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Breakout session report: Memberful Design with Momkai
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7 resources to level up your circular design game
Podcasts, books and classes to inspire design for social and climate justice
‘Memberful design is about creating a sense of belonging’
Harald Dunnink on cultivating calm, unbreaking news and starting fires
How to choose the right map for your design
A brief toolkit for understanding world maps and their implications
Too much clothing, not enough justice
Stop Waste Colonialism is the latest project from The Or Foundation
Why Maps Matter
On design, cartography and the perpetuation of othering
3 digital storytellers tackling waste in Africa
Imagining different worlds through immersive games and films
Clearing up 1.5 degrees of confusion
New series by Ecologi x Waterbear aims to unpack the jargon of climate change
A matter of style over substance
Deepika Srivastava on how mainstream media writes about design
Climate change has a communication problem
Three critiques on the use of language and media in climate discourse
From warning gongs to backpack radios
How communities in Indonesia are saving lives with information design
Crisis Mapping the US Elections
Activists launch new platform to monitor violence across the USA
Viral Times: Broadcasting Untold Stories From the Slums
Chicoco Radio launches new media platform for artists & activists in Nigeria
Can art help us navigate an infodemic?
Olafur Eliasson and Kumi Naidoo on designing trust in the media
Waste of the world
Kadir van Lohuizen’s waste project now on view in Amsterdam
The voice of the misrepresented
WDCD 2018 speaker Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on what drives him as a journalist
Find inspiration in the marshes of Chibayish and the magic of feathers
Athenaeum recommends #1: Three magazines on rural life and nature
It’s a Rap! Headlines in Rhymes
Senegalese rappers present weekly newsflash Le Journal Rappé
In support of marginalized urban communities
Collaborative Media Advocacy Platform (CMAP) helps disadvantaged communities to shape their city
Cross media social journalism
Eefje Blankevoort, co-founder of journalism company Prospektor to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2016
The refugee crisis explained
German design studio In a Nutshell takes the edge of the idea that refugees are taking over Europe
The news as if you were there
Immersive journalism uses virtual reality to let people experience news events
Blowing in the wind
Hurricane Isaac hits the coast