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Amanda Costa on the road to climate justice in Brazil
Amanda Costa is a young climate activist and creator from Brazil. Her work is focused on…
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Why Maps Matter
Designers use world maps in many contexts: to convey the scale of certain information, to display…
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Architecture beyond the mega-city
Teppei Fujiwara is an architect whose work transcends the traditional realms of architecture. Alongside Fujiwalabo, an…
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Make it Circular Challenge receives over 650 entries
Signed, sealed and delivered! As of today, the Make it Circular Challenge is officially closed for…
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Hate it, Change it, Make it Circular
“We are constantly producing loads of sh*t,” remarks visionary engineer Arthur Huang. “I hate that people…
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‘An artwork can become a political tool’
For the first ten years of her career, artist and designer Sarah Boris churned out an…
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A matter of style over substance
Though design is one of the most powerful agents for change, it continues to be under-represented…
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Taina Campos on sisterhood, tamales & tomorrow’s materials
It took a global pandemic to slow many of us down and reassess our relationships with…
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The Plastic Elephant in the Room
Is it possible to overlook a big plastic elephant in a room? In the English speaking…
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Eat, sleep, rave, rewild
At first glance, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Rewilding Rave campaign belonged to the newest…
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Finding solidarity and sunflowers in Warsaw
In Warsaw, there exists a community that calls itself Slonecznik, which means ‘sunflower’ Polish. I am…
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Surviving crude oil in Cabimas
This is a story about the people of Cabimas: a Venezuelan city located in the state…
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Goodbye quick fixes, hello long-term solutions
Today we live in a world that’s bursting at the seams with stuff: households with a…
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Meet the ‘plastic revolutionaries’ of Kenya and Uganda
The world is only too familiar with the global menace of plastic pollution. According to the…
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Gabriel Calvillo
Industrial Designer from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Co-founder of Maliarts, a multidisciplinary creative agency…
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Jared Jiménez
Ecodesigner and consultant who seeks to contribute to the resolution of environmental problems from a circular…
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Karen Kerstin Poulain
Architect graduated from the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, she completed a master’s degree…
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Tania Tovar/Juan Carlos Espinosa Cuock
TANIA TOVAR TORRES Tania Tovar Torres is an architect, curator, and writer. Her practice explores creative…
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Atenea Herrera/Pierre Violet
Atenea brings her knowledge to the center of the fashion discipline with her experience as a…
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Taina Campos
Taina Campos. Industrial designer focused on regenerative design through the exploration of biomaterials. Graduated from CIDI…
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Rianne Makkink
Designer-architect Rianne Makkink is the co-founder of WaterSchool and the Dutch design collaborative Studio Makkink &…
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Kevin Kimwelle
Community architect, researcher and social innovator in sustainable development. He researches the use of alternative design and…
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It’s time to build a circular society — one great idea at a time
What if we could get to the root of the climate crisis, and make our lives…
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Ashley Phillips & Miro LaFlaga on putting purpose over profit
How do you run a successful business that’s driven by purpose, and not profit? Not an…