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Koert van Mensvoort explores ‘What will the virus teach us about life?’
Artist and philosopher Koert van Mensvoort has never shied away from the big questions. As creative…
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Architect Marko Brajovic wonders: ‘How will we live together – with all other species?’
For the São Paulo based architect, who was born in Montenegro and educated in Venice and…
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Sitopia: Carolyn Steel on rebuilding our lives through food
Carolyn Steel argues that there is no better way of rebuilding than through the lens of…
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Initiatives for waste collectors
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in São Paulo, the collection and distribution…
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Bompas & Parr forecasts post-coronavirus trends
Bompas & Parr, the experience design studio you might know from awesome food experiments during event…
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Bread on Earth
Everyone (and their roomie, mom, and neighbor) is baking bread right now, flour is selling like…
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Michael Johnson on coping in downturn
One of the many quotable lines from Michael Johnson’s What Design Can Do talk, back in…
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SymptoTrack maps untested COVID-19 cases
In less than two weeks a team of 15 designers and software developers produced SymptoTrack, a…
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Global Call to creatives
“We are in in an unprecedented situation and the normal rules no longer apply. We cannot…
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Watch the virus spread
Here’s how data visualization designers help us understand and react to the corona crisis. The Washington…
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Make your own mask!
The demand for face masks for medical workers is huge. Hospitals and governments are outbidding each…
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WDCD México GNP postponed
After much consideration, due to the current and difficult situation around #COVID19, we’ve made the tough…
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Students present five perspectives on waste-free futures
What is it that drives our problem with waste? How can we — as producers and…
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Creative Cities are Safer cities @ WUF10 Abu Dhabi
WDCD is part of the Creative Cities are Safer Cities initiative. With our partners STBY, Centre…
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How can we co-create safety in urban informal settlements in Africa?
WDCD is part of the Creative Cities are Safer Cities initiative. With our partners STBY, Centre…
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Time for Action
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid, Spain, art work is on display…
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Visions in buoyancy
A few weeks back, we participated in Dutch Design Week: a 9 day celebration of innovative…
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No time to waste
On the 29th July this year, we saw the earliest Earth Overshoot day on record, meaning…
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Are creative cities safer cities?
Are creative cities safer cities? That’s one question we hope to explore in further depth at…
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how can we make a difference in waste and consumerism?
NO WASTE STUDENTS LAB We asked the help of students from the HKU University of the…
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How can we help reduce the number of suicides?
Suicide is usually not a subject we feel comfortable talking about. With this lab we try to understand what role design can play to help reduce suicide and improve social awareness.
In partnership with Zelfmoordpreventie 113
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Change is calling, rethinking the smart in smartphone
Smartphones are an integral part of our everyday lives, but most of us have no idea…
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Postering for change: exploring a century of visual dissent
Ahead of the December COP25 conference in Chile, the momentum to invoke change is full speed…
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Keeping both feet on the ground
Did you know that Earth’s soil is vital in the battle against climate change? A recently…