live events, open calls, and campaigns all over the world to promote the power of design

What Design Can Do Live Amsterdam

6 june 2025

On 6 June 2025, WDCD Live Amsterdam 2025 will bring together creatives, policymakers, and change-makers to explore how design can drive real impact. This year’s themes, Climate Futurism and Truth to Power, challenge us to rethink sustainability through regenerative design and harness storytelling, AI, and data for justice. Be part of the conversation in Amsterdam and sign up now for early access to early bird tickets!

Next gen design

Next Gen Design is a three-year programme of surveys, design competitions and events to encourage the European design sector — particularly young designers — to create, adopt and disseminate green and sustainable design that contributes to the European Green Deal.

Five prominent European design platforms and annual festivals are collaborating: Skopje Design Week, Mikser from Belgrade, design austria from Vienna, What Design Can Do from Amsterdam, and Barcelona Creativity and Design Foundation.