‘When it comes to inclusion Canada is the new guiding country’
WDCD’s Richard van der Laken reflects on his participation in 6 Degrees forum on inclusion and citizenship
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37 design visions on utopia
Eclectic collection of design projects at London Design Biennale
Have your portrait made the African way
Zanele Muholi and Pierre-Christophe Gam are among the African photographers who make your portrait at Unseen
A design museum in the slums
Design Museum Dharavi was set up to explore the social impact of design on informal settlement community
A personal view on African beauty
Like her brother Laduma, Tina Ngxokolo draws inspiration from her Xhosa background
No modular phone from Google
Google ends Project Ara while modular phone was close to finish
Selly Raby Kane in creative lead of Design Indaba 2017
Senegal’s pop culture queen set to shake up Africa's biggest event
Most Refugee Challenge entrants are still working on ideas
Almost three-quarters of Refugee Challenge-participants are developing their ideas further
Celebrating the most innovative interactive films of the year
WDCD alumni Eefje Blankevoort, Floris Kaayk and Jan Rothuizen nominated for ‘Best Interactive’ film award
Exploring space the Viking way
Nelly Ben Hayoun works on a new project called 'The Life, the Sea and the Space Viking'
Walls of green bring colour and air in the concrete desert
Landscape studio m.90 works on green corridor in São Paulo
Twenty-three shots of inspiration from the WDCD2016 stage
All talks, many pictures and our written reports of WDCD Live Amsterdam 2016 are now online
DUS presents 3D printed tiny house
Inventors of the 3D Printed Canal House come up with printed mini-retreat
‘Designers want lectures and connective intelligence’
Design critic Lucas Verweij counts more Design Weeks than there are weeks in a year
Haiti eco-shelter first set up in museum
ECOnnect shelter is one of the eye-catchers in Dream Out Loud exhibition in Amsterdam
Download the Refugee Challenge Shortlist Poster Exhibition
Available for free: the poster exhibition with all 25 projects shortlisted in the WDCD Refugee Challenge
Now Mine Kafon flies
Kickstarter campaign propels demining drone high into the sky
Tech device helps dementia patient to be more active
Proximity Button warns carer when patient gets out of reach
A look inside WeTransfer’s headquarters
Design Week visited WDCD-partner WeTransfer that is on the brink of expansion
Incredible work from innovative designers at an amazing happening
See what you missed or revive what you experienced at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2016
‘WDCD changed my perspective’
Lilian Vos of branding & design agency VBAT on Day 1 of WDCD Live Amsterdam 2016
Reframing the issue brings about the solution
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2016 report: What Design Can Do for Refugees breakout
‘Gratifying to see that designers want to think with us’
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2016 report: What Design Can Do Against Violence
Campaign Zero: A platform for ending police violence
How designers are helping visualise the Black Lives Matter movement