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Why Do Stories Matter?: Storytelling Masterclass at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2025
Learning the Strategy and Structure of Effective Storytelling
Reimagining AI through resistance, care and counter-oppressive design
Breakout session report: Abdelrahman Hassan’s workshop at WDCD Live 2025
Hands-on with FREITAG: Circularity in Action at WDCD Live Amsterdam
FREITAG at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2025
Let’s Become Fungal!: exploring the fungal space with Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodriguez
Breakout session report: Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez’s workshop at WDCD Live 2025
Redesigning the Future of Materials with Polybion and Secrid
The making of a collaboration
From Sustainability to Circularity: Rethinking Design with Thomas Rau
Exploring circular futures at What Design Can Do Live in Amsterdam
8 projects selected for the WDCD Accelerator
Creative climate solutions to be launched into action
Meet the Redesign Belonging finalists
Eleven projects exploring fostering belonging through the power of design
Breaking Boundaries in Design at WDCD Live Delhi 2025
Highlights from our first-ever South Asia edition
Cultivating native plants in São Paulo
In conversation with REC Winners Daniel Caballero & Edegar Silva
A smart solution for safer periods
In conversation with REC Winners Cheuk Laam Wong & Margaret Wu
The path to growable, compostable electronics
In conversation with REC Winners Catherine Euale & Paige Perillat-Piratoine
Shaping the future of materials with bacteria
In conversation with REC Winner Axel Gómez-Ortigoza
Can design help Delhi breathe easy?
In conversation with REC Winners Abhimanyu Singhal & Depanshu Gola
Cas Holman, Gabriel Fontana & more on the power of play
Catch these creatives live at WDCDMXGNP 2024
One bite away from extinction
In conversation with REC Winner Carla Rotenberg
A new age of embellishments
In conversation with REC Winner Aradhita Parasrampuria
A smarter way to fight forest fires
In conversation with REC Winner Suat Batuhan Esirger
Rethinking the ritual of self-care
In conversation with REC Winner Namita Bhatnagar
Restoring New York City’s Reefs
In conversation with REC Winner Mary Lempres
From torn clothes to new opportunities
In conversation with REC Winner Yayra Agbofah
How to leverage the power of the collective
Breakout session report: Memberful Design with Momkai
Tasting, weaving and sowing seeds together
Breakout session report: Crafting Tomorrow