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Guto Requena on love, urban design and Queer Eye Brazil
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A home for inspiring ideas and fresh conversations about the power of design. Keep scrolling to see our latest stories exploring themes like climate action, social justice and health & wellbeing.
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Time and nature take the spotlight in 2022
Our top stories of the year, as picked by our readers and editors
A matter of style over substance
Deepika Srivastava on how mainstream media writes about design
Taina Campos on sisterhood, tamales & tomorrow’s materials
Exploring the potential of local biomaterials in Mexican design
The Plastic Elephant in the Room
Is it time to retire the most widely-used piece of furniture in the world?
‘Climate action requires extraordinary collaboration’
The Creative Climate Collective on what they learned at COP27
Designing the new utopia & dystopia
How to envision more positive climate futures
Meet the next generation of Dutch product-makers
Plant power & circular materials take centre stage at Secrid Talent Podium
The Creative’s Guide To COP27
How to take part in the biggest climate change conference of the year
Meet the ‘plastic revolutionaries’ of Kenya and Uganda
African artivists take on plastic pollution with their communities
Anticipating the future at Dutch Design Week 2022
6 things you don’t want to miss from this year’s programme
Spinning yarns with blood
Shahar Livne on the links between design, ecology and forgotten materials
Ashley Phillips & Miro LaFlaga on putting purpose over profit
How the founders of Six Cinquième are making the creative industry more inclusive
Circularity as a feminine principle
Thoughts on gender, design and the economy
Motherhood, gender equity and board games
In Brazil, two designers are making playful moments more inclusive
Why Transcend?
On the moral and spiritual implications of design in the 21st century
SPACE10 POPS UP IN MEXICO CITY
A two-week festival exploring what good design is in today’s climate
Making, dreaming and healing in circles
Four must-see designs from The Circle Exhibition
Planting trees and crossing continents with Pangea Afrikan
The impact of typography on culture and the environment
How design took shape in 2021
Our top stories of the year, as picked by our readers and editors
Never Waste A Good Crisis
New book by WDCD presents 31 brilliant ideas for a circular future
Design, COP26’s best creative tool for climate action
Five design projects that can help us reach the climate summit's goals
Join Marina Willer, Jimmy Nelson & more at Adobe MAX 2021
What to see at the biggest creative conference of the year
Less is More at Dutch Design Week 2021
6 circular projects to see at this year’s festival