How FREITAG and Secrid stay ahead of the curve
Daniel Freitag and René van Geer on 30 years of sustainable design
WDCD Blog
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Everything you need to know about WDCD Live Amsterdam 2024
The festival returns on 5 July with Edel Rodriguez, Natsai Audrey Chieza & more
Redesign Everything Challenge Winners Revealed
11 creative climate solutions to be launched into action
How creative storytelling and fundraising go hand-in-hand
Talking shop with Sunny Dolat and Kigge Hvid
Behind the scenes at the Redesign Everything Jury Days
Ten experts meet in Amsterdam for two days of evaluations
Redesign Everything Challenge announces 33 nominees
A map for building livable cities, mobilising people & restoring nature
Kaori Akiyama & Shubhi Sachan on everyday materialities
6 questions with the founders of Studio Bycolor & Material Library of India
‘It feels like closing a loop’
Past winners Emy Bensdorp & Loreta Castro on the Redesign Everything Challenge
Fostering youth participation with Next Gen Design
Five European design platforms launch ambitious new collaboration
Here they are — 557 ideas to redesign everything
Materials, community & nature take centre stage in this year’s challenge
Announcing the Redesign Everything Talks
A new circular design event series with Amsterdam’s Pakhuis de Zwijger
3 creative activists speak out on the need for redesign
Watch our new video series with Borre Akkersdijk, Paola Antonelli & Amanda Costa
Open call: How can social designers spark cultural participation for climate awareness?
Inspiring climate awareness community projects
What if the future could be better than the past?
5 design visions to restore and reimagine
Putting frontline communities first
5 impactful ways to reframe and reconnect
Building better with less
5 inspiring initiatives to reduce and refuse
7 resources to level up your circular design game
Podcasts, books and classes to inspire design for social and climate justice
Redesigning the end of the line
5 compelling cases for recycle and repair
Open Call: What if we could redesign everything?
Introducing the Redesign Everything Challenge by WDCD and the IKEA Foundation
Dreaming Big With Rethread Africa
Catching up with MICC winner Noreen Mwancha and mentor Lawrence Thiga
The Purposeful Gift Guide
12 gift ideas for the conscious creative
‘With Alterist, we’re really going for scalability’
Catching up with MICC winner Hannah Standen and mentor Puck Middelkoop
Fashion that connects past, present and future
Nina Zulian on Indigenous heritage and contemporary fashion design
When I am gone, make a museum of me
Teresa Carvalheira on the practice of heirlooming