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How bad design is driving the ‘take-make-waste’ economy

A closer look at all the ways that we can do better

  • No Waste Challenge
  • What Design Can Do
  • 19 Jan 2021

The No Waste Challenge is now open for submissions!

WDCD & the IKEA Foundation call for radical, design-driven solutions to waste

  • No Waste Challenge
  • What Design Can Do
  • 10 Jan 2021

Looking back at the best of Design in Times of Corona

Our top stories of the year, as picked by our readers and editors

  • Design in times of corona
  • What Design Can Do
  • 24 Dec 2020

A mobile game that plants real trees

Studio Drift on reconnecting with nature through Birthplace, the game

  • Interview
  • Natasha Berting
  • 17 Dec 2020

“All my work has been cancelled. What now?”

Looking back at Designers for Designers, a coaching series for surviving the pandemic

  • Creative Leadership
  • What Design Can Do
  • 10 Dec 2020

Harvesting clean energy, using rotten veg

Innovative new material could turn entire buildings into vertical solar farms

  • Energy
  • Natasha Berting
  • 01 Dec 2020

Buy Nothing on Black Friday 

And other ways to curb consumption this holiday season

  • Sustainability
  • What Design Can Do
  • 26 Nov 2020

How New York City’s Armour is Being Transformed into Art

The Plywood Protection Project finds new use for boarded-up storefronts

  • Art
  • Natasha Berting
  • 19 Nov 2020

4 new books on the making of trash and treasures

Our top picks of recent releases by Lidewij Edelkoort, Katie Treggiden and more

  • Books
  • Natasha Berting
  • 12 Nov 2020

Crisis Mapping the US Elections

Activists launch new platform to monitor violence across the USA

  • Technology
  • Natasha Berting
  • 06 Nov 2020

Viral Times: Broadcasting Untold Stories From the Slums

Chicoco Radio launches new media platform for artists & activists in Nigeria

  • Design in times of corona
  • Natasha Berting
  • 30 Oct 2020

The Smart App making Sao Paulo Cleaner and Safer

WDCDSP Interviews Clean Energy Challenge Winner Marcel Ogando from Milênio Bus

  • Clean Energy Challenge
  • What Design Can Do
  • 22 Oct 2020

Powerful prints for Beirut

This week's visual relief celebrates the best of the Beirut Editions art sale

  • Graphic Design
  • What Design Can Do
  • 21 Oct 2020

Our top tips for Dutch Design Week 2020

7 must-see projects exploring closeness and COVID-19

  • Design in times of corona
  • Natasha Berting
  • 15 Oct 2020
Beyond Plastic Bowls

A Whole World Beyond Plastic

Dave Hakkens' latest series is all about biodegradable materials

  • Sustainability
  • Natasha Berting
  • 07 Oct 2020

Seventeen new toilets for Tokyo

In the wake of COVID-19, a push for more inclusive public facilities

  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Natasha Berting
  • 30 Sep 2020

Do we dare imagine a city without waste?

An animated call to action featuring designer Bruce Mau

  • Circular Economy
  • Natasha Berting
  • 29 Sep 2020

Marina Willer makes doodles out of migraines

This week's visual relief is bright, bold and functions as creative therapy

  • Design in times of corona
  • Natasha Berting
  • 25 Sep 2020

No Place for Sex Trafficking

New program makes hotel rooms and holiday rentals safer for all

  • No Minor Thing
  • Natasha Berting
  • 22 Sep 2020

5 new books on design, decadence and disruption

Our top picks of recent releases by Bruce Mau, Magid Magid & more

  • Books
  • Natasha Berting
  • 09 Sep 2020

Cards for Humanity is an online tool for inclusive design

A new resource to help creatives build empathy and make better products

  • Social Justice
  • Natasha Berting
  • 01 Sep 2020

Visual Relief by Edel Rodriguez

This week's visual relief is the bold & bracing work of graphic artist Edel Rodriguez

  • Design in times of corona
  • Natasha Berting
  • 19 Aug 2020

‘In 20 years, every surface will harvest its own energy’

Marjan van Aubel on Solar Design, the World Expo & our upcoming Challenge

  • Energy
  • Natasha Berting
  • 11 Aug 2020

Style and sustainability for the new normal

Environmentally friendly masks with high impact on local economic activities

  • Design in times of corona
  • What Design Can Do
  • 17 Jul 2020

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