10,000 New Sheltersuits For The Homeless
Bas Timmer wants to provide Sheltersuits for all the refugees in Lesbos
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‘To us, design means action’
Interview with Richard van der Laken, co-founder and creative director of What Design Can Do
The voice of the misrepresented
WDCD 2018 speaker Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on what drives him as a journalist
‘We must heal our cities with technology and love’
Q&A with WDCD Live Amsterdam 2018 speaker Guto Requena
Getting intimate with technology
Reprodutopia workshop at WDCD Live investigates the future of making babies, relationships and intimacy
‘Design education is about critical thinking and experimentation’
Joel Towers, parting Executive Dean of Parsons School of Design, focused new curriculum on sustainable development and social engagement
New invitation-only challenge: No Minor Thing
Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office joins forces with What Design Can Do to combat sexual exploitation of children
Sunny Bergman makes us face our prejudices
Filmmaker and activist Sunny Bergman takes action as a consequence of her work
Better than meat
Vegetarian Butcher Jaap Korteweg links systemic change to economic success
The fabric that turned Freitag into a brand
With the iconic bags now comes truly sustainable clothing from Freitag
Dave Hakkens’ casual approach to moving communities
How Precious Plastic initiator Dave Hakkens attracts tens of thousands to plastic recycling
WDCD Live: The fuel, the knowledge and the network
WDCD Live Amsterdam (24 & 25 May 2018) aims to connect designers, NGO's and businesses
Design prototyping and product development
Challenge Accelerator workshop: Product development requires constant re-examination of ideas
Climate Action Challenge: Five days of acceleration
Challenge winners gather in Amsterdam for a profound bootcamp to help develop their projects further
What design does for the plastic problem
Fossil fuel industry investments set to rise plastics production by 40% in next decade
“A floresta é meu laboratório de design”
Arquiteto Marko Brajovic recebe Lucas Verweij e Jurgen Bey em seu atelier
Relato wdcd live são paulo 2017: sessão de ativação 8, o fim dos carros ou um novo começo?
Relato WDCD Live São Paulo 2017: Sessão de Ativação 8, O fim dos carros ou um novo começo?
Relato wdcd são paulo 2017: sessão de ativação 13- desafio de ação climática – da ideia ao impacto
"Eu quero fazer o que nossos clientes precisam, não o que querem"
“O wdcd abriu meus olhos para adaptação”
Nicole Oliveira, da 350.org, reflete sobre sua participação no júri do WDCD Climate Action Challenge
Relato wdcd são paulo 2017: sessão de ativação 16, jardim panorama
Uma ponte para reconectar uma comunidade em são paulo
Relato wdcd são paulo 2017: Sessão de ativação 9, design de marcas sustentáveis
Os designers devem educar os seus clientes para a sustentabilidade
Relato wdcdsp 2017: Sessão de ativação 3, marcas circulares e liderança do design
O desafio dos líderes de transformar as marcas em circulares
Relato wdcd live são paulo 2017: Sessões de ativação 14, cheque seu impacto secreto e 15, projetando sem impacto secreto
Como fazar design para um modelo de negócio eco-positivo