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Find ways to make the waiting more purposeful
The five briefs for the WDCD Refugee Challenge: Brief 2
Dutch Minister of Culture Jet Bussemaker on what design can do for refugees
Video: Jet Bussemaker for the WDCD Refugee Challenge
‘Refugees should work in the shadow economy’
Thought leader: Friedrich Schneider, professor of Economics
Four-miles for accepted flâneries féminines
Nigerien architect Mariam Kamara designs a path for women in Niamey
WDCD Refugee Challenge teams up with ADCN Talent Awards 2016
In search of the next generation of creative trouble-shooters
Mapping migrants on the move
Best practices: How to visualise a refugee crisis
WDCD Refugee Challenge at Pakhuis de Zwijger
Save the date: Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Submit your ideas for improved shelters
The five briefs for the WDCD Refugee Challenge: Brief 1
A birdhouse to offer a warm welcome
Challenge entry: A birdhouse as a beacon for warmth and awareness
‘I like saying things strongly’
South African cartoonist Zapiro to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam
A mobile kitchen that anyone can build, anywhere
Challenge entry: Towards self-sufficiency for refugees with food and farming
Fresh Eyes on the Refugee Crisis
Thought-provoking video represents the views academic experts on refugee situation
‘Design is too important to leave to designers’
WDCD ambassador David Kester founds UK branch of Design Thinkers Academy
Cucula works with, not for refugees
In the Berlin CUCULA workshop, refugees make and sell furniture designed by Enzo Mari
A coat that turns into a tent
RCA student project is among the first entries for the WDCD Refugee Challenge
Pictures for better understanding
ICOON offers refugees a tool for communication
Refugees’ accounts tell the real story
One story from an individual refugee says more than a thousand pictures
‘The term migrants dehumanizes refugees’
Thought leader: Barry Malone, editor of Al Jazeera English
Integration goes best partying
Arts students start carnival association together with refugees
A new approach to building for refugees
Cameron Sinclair's RE:BUILD is a re-deployable building system for displaced populations
Products to tell refugee’s stories
Studio Refugee matches designers and refugees for product design
Cucula works with, not for refugees
In the Berlin CUCULA workshop, refugees make and sell furniture designed by Enzo Mari
Encounters in a self-built living room
‘De Voorkamer’ introduces a social design method for integration