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Rethinking Human Materials
Zsofia Kollar on the cultural legacy & creative potential of human hair
Bringing nature into the city with Refugio
Gabriel Calvillo to speak at WDCD Mexico GNP 2023
Your Summer Reading List by Liza Enebeis, Bebel Abreu & more
6 recent favourites on regeneration, feminism & the business of design
How to become a circular economy provocateur
Dr. Leyla Acaroglu on using design as a ‘positively disruptive force’
Farmers and creatives meet at Juntos Farm
A community space for regenerative agriculture
‘We’re seeing a true shift in business-as-usual’
Corinne Gray on the art of disruption & the future of entrepreneurship
Does the world really need more novelty oats?
Claire Potter on balancing the 'thin tightrope' of product design education
Knitting plastic waste with robots
The New Raw launches new collection of playful upcycled benches
Circular economy through an island lens
Cleo de Brabander on circularity in the Caribbean
‘We see circularity as part of an evolutionary process’
Secrid co-founder René van Geer joins the Make it Circular Challenge jury
3 digital storytellers tackling waste in Africa
Imagining different worlds through immersive games and films
Hate it, Change it, Make it Circular
WDCD launches new video campaign featuring Bas van Abel, Carla Fernandez and more
Misaki Tanaka on making sustainable fashion more inclusive
In conversation with the founder of SOLIT Japan
Time and nature take the spotlight in 2022
Our top stories of the year, as picked by our readers and editors
A return to thoughtful building in India
Learning from traditional practices to create climate-resilient cities
Taina Campos on sisterhood, tamales & tomorrow’s materials
Exploring the potential of local biomaterials in Mexican design
Meet the next generation of Dutch product-makers
Plant power & circular materials take centre stage at Secrid Talent Podium
Meet the ‘plastic revolutionaries’ of Kenya and Uganda
African artivists take on plastic pollution with their communities
Has hempcrete ever looked this good?
Dutch designers complete pink biobased building for Floriade 2022
‘The next big thing will be a lot of small things’
Breakout session report: Circular Design Jam & Pitch Podium
A festival dedicated to the New European Bauhaus
Four-day event celebrates Europe’s most beautiful, sustainable and inclusive projects
Circularity as a feminine principle
Thoughts on gender, design and the economy
Circular Solutions: a two part docu-series
A showcase of 4 circular Brazilian & Dutch designers