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WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
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A wind-up toothbrush and a self-illuminating kitchen drawer
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Techno Morality
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Show Me Data
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Check Your Hidden Impact!
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Pyramid of Technology
Participants experimented with a brand new workshop methodology developed by the Next Nature Network
Closing the Loop
Activation Session where participants were invited to consider a design all the way from sourcing to production to use, in order to find ways of making the process circular.
36-hour Design Jam kicks off Climate Action Challenge
The Climate Action Design Jam was a jam-packed, 36-hour bonanza of brainstorming, ideation, prototyping and pitching.
Hovering between hope and despair
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017 Report: Day 2 plenary sessions
‘No doubt that we need design to solve mankind’s problems’
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017 marked the kick-off for a two-year exploration of the topic of climate action.
It’s time for a Ministry of Creativity & Climate Affairs
WDCD Live closes off with a manifesto directed at politicians around the world
Climate Action Challenge call for entries is now open
WDCD, IKEA Foundation and Autodesk Foundation call for game-changing ideas to help adapt to climate change
WDCD Live Amsterdam has taken off
Friends of WDCD gathered for the pre-conference dinner
‘We need a Ministry of Creation & Climate Change’
WDCD-founder Richard van der Laken calls for more influence of the creative industry on political decision making
Three more reasons to attend WDCD Live Amsterdam
Association of Dutch Designers (BNO) to host the BNO Circle Sessions on circular design
On pop-up cities and shrink-wraped cucumbers
Athenaeum recommends #2: reading list for WDCD Live 2017 attendants
Watch the video and bring light to a child in Mali
Cyclus campaign by Arjowiggins and Antalis teams up with Childfund Alliance to provide families in Mali with solar lamps
Design for waterproof future and plastic-free oceans
Water is the main topic in two of our activation session during WDCD Live Amsterdam
Look at the music
Dutch designer Jaap Drupsteen creates wonderful visual world for Calefax reed quintet
Makers Unite starts crowdfunding campaign
Organization in support of creative refugees wants to become a social enterprise in Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum exhibits design for refugees
Cucula team with chairs produced in the Berlin based workshopWDCD attendants can opt for a Breakfast & Guided Exhibition Tour on 24 May
The future is bright, thanks to designers
WDCD’s new publication ‘Good News for the Planet’ presents 31 brilliant ideas for climate action
Learn from floating plants in the Amazon
Victor Affarosão Paulo based architect and WDCD speaker Marko Brajovic leads biomimicry workshop in the Amazon
Good news from the world on wheels
Carbon free trains, electric buses, self-driving on-demand car service: the future is bright in public transport