The world’s first Solar Biennale kicks off on 9 September
Event will present a ‘new and holistic perspective on the energy of the sun’
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‘The next big thing will be a lot of small things’
Breakout session report: Circular Design Jam & Pitch Podium
Meet emerging designers of colour exploring climate justice
DesignKind Digital Showcase 2022 takes place on 7 July
Designing under the influence
Breakout session report: Decolonising Design & Gender, Design and Power
How to use logic (and make magic) as a creative
Breakout session report: Impact of Creativity & Creative Leadership
A festival dedicated to the New European Bauhaus
Four-day event celebrates Europe’s most beautiful, sustainable and inclusive projects
Hope, resilience & people power at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Highlights from our sold-out tenth edition in Amsterdam
Circularity as a feminine principle
Thoughts on gender, design and the economy
‘Graphic design can change how one sees the world’
Eddie Opara to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Motherhood, gender equity and board games
In Brazil, two designers are making playful moments more inclusive
How to live—and build—in symbiosis with nature
Julia Watson to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Boost your creativity and deepen your activism
The changemaker’s guide to WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
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In times of crisis, what is a designer’s work really good for?
Ready to take your startup to the next level?
The creative entrepreneur’s guide to WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Why Transcend?
On the moral and spiritual implications of design in the 21st century
Your Summer Reading List by WDCD 2022
5 radical books to reframe your perspective
From warning gongs to backpack radios
How communities in Indonesia are saving lives with information design
Cinema, and all the things climate can’t change
Josh Fox to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Plastic recycling in the Sahara desert
Precious Plastic tackles waste in the Sahrawi Refugee Camps
Fearless fashion on every and any gender
Adebayo Oke-Lawal to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
A new platform for creatives on the frontline
Stanley Vaganov on the mission and vision behind No Shelter Creatives
On war, peace and the architecture of belonging
Marwa Al-Sabouni to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
‘Design could transform how things work in government’
Kassim Vera on bridging the gap between design & policy in Jalisco
WDCD Live returns to Amsterdam on 3 June 2022
A one-day festival at the intersection of design, climate action & social justice