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Volunteers compile phrasebook for refugees
Refugee Phrasebook is a beautiful example of the true social benefits of social platforms. In a…
Refugee Phrasebook is a beautiful example of the true social benefits of social platforms. In a…
On the day that EU-leaders gather to decide how to respond to the horrible scenes of…
Would you ever have imagined that a land surveyor’s tool could be linked to the emotion…
This week, What Design Can Do is proud to launch the Redesign Everything Challenge in partnership…
What Design Can Do (WDCD) has been awarded a grant to support its work to address…
Around this time last month, we were waking up to our first day of COP27 in…
In Warsaw, there exists a community that calls itself Slonecznik, which means ‘sunflower’ Polish. I am…
On Thursday 7 July at 10:00 – 11:00 (BST) DesignKind will showcase an online series of…
In recent years, we’ve seen more creatives engaging with societal and environmental issues than ever. But…
How can we make the transition to a circular future more tangible and attractive to people…
How can refugees empower themselves with limited resources? Precious Plastic‘s latest project in partnership with UNHCR…
After an extraordinary open call, the WDCD No Waste Challenge now moves into an exciting new…
Back in 2014, Dutch designer Bas Timmer developed the first Sheltersuit: a weather-proof, wearable sleeping bag…
Are creative cities safer cities? That’s one question we hope to explore in further depth at…
‘We need to fight for our values with images and words. We need to battle with…
Every day, thousands of people and entire families are displaced from their homes because of the…
Two befriended organizations just started crowdfunding campaigns that we think deserve the attention of the WDCD…
For its eighth edition WDCD returned to the beautiful and intimate setting of Amsterdam’s main theatre…
Bas Timmer, inventor of the Sheltersuit, has a bold ambition to produce 10,000 of the coats-with-sleeping-bag…
Richard van der Laken, creative director of What Design Can Do, looks back on the platform’s…
Anunciamos os cinco vencedores do What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge: Makers Unite, um laboratório de…
While all our focus is on climate change, these days, we haven’t forgotten our five finalists…
While all our focus is on climate change, these days, we haven’t forgot our five finalists…
Several WDCD alumni and friends are among the Beazley Designs of the Year, from 18 October…