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From warning gongs to backpack radios
How can we ensure a better flow of information during natural disasters? Especially in the emergency…
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Ammara Jabbar
Ammara Jabbar is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer based in Karachi, Pakistan. She graduated from the…
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Cinema, and all the things climate can’t change
In 2008, Josh Fox‘s family was offered the sum of $100,000 to allow a natural gas…
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Corporate Fundraiser
What Design Can Do is looking for a corporate fundraiser Introduction What Design Can Do (WDCD)…
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Fearless fashion on every and any gender
As a young boy living in the city of Lagos, Adebayo Oke-Lawal became enamoured with the…
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A new platform for creatives on the frontline
Over the past few weeks, millions of people have been displaced as a result of the…
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On war, peace and the architecture of belonging
Can the design of a city help maintain its peace? And if it has been destroyed,…
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WDCD Live returns to Amsterdam on 3 June 2022
It’s finally time to roll out the yellow carpet! This summer, What Design Can Do (WDCD)…
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SPACE10 POPS UP IN MEXICO CITY
Back in February, we shared SPACE10’s latest residency, ‘Tomorrow’s Materials’, which investigates biomaterials in Mexico City.…
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Shibaura House
Shibaura House is the organisation partner of What Design Can Do Tokyo. This unique hub for…
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When innovation meets ancestral materials
As the planet continues to suffer the consequences of human actions like resource exploitation, deforestation and…
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Making, dreaming and healing in circles
Now on show at the Cologne Museum of Applied Arts (MAKK) is a unique exhibition inspired…
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Financial Controller
What Design Can Do is looking for a Financial Controller Introduction What Design Can Do (WDCD)…
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Clean energy, by and for the people
Until now, conversations about clean energy have tended to focus on questions of policy, technology or…
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A new way to submit your stories
Back in 2013, we founded the What Design Can Do blog as a hub for inspiring…
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Submission Guidelines
Founded in 2013, the What Design Can Do blog is a platform for inspiring ideas and…
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A playground for everyday experiments
Earlier this week, SPACE10, IKEA’s research and design lab in Copenhagen, launched its new exhibition Kaleidoscopic…
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‘Let’s talk about race and the climate’
Right now, leaders from around the world are arriving in Glasgow for COP26 aiming to set…
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Two days of daring optimism at WDCDMX GNP 2021
Last week, What Design Can Do returned to Mexico City for the long-awaited second edition of…
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In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, WDCDMX GNP 2021 has been transformed into a new,…
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A Bird’s Eye View Of Humanity’s Impact
When it comes to telling complex stories like climate change, a little perspective can go a…
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When buildings give something back
Once a famous drummer, Michel Rojkind is now one of Mexico’s most established names in contemporary…
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OSCAR HAGERMAN
Oscar Hagerman Mosquera is a Mexican architect and designer. Hagerman was born in 1936 in Coruña,…
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ENRIQUE LOMNITZ
Enrique Lomnitz is a Mexico City-born industrial designer and social entrepreneur. After studying at the Rhode…