Finding solidarity and sunflowers in Warsaw
Artists rally support for Ukrainian refugees
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Surviving crude oil in Cabimas
New photography series captures life in Venezuela's oil rush
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
Ashley Phillips & Miro LaFlaga on putting purpose over profit
How the founders of Six Cinquième are making the creative industry more inclusive
Meet emerging designers of colour exploring climate justice
DesignKind Digital Showcase 2022 takes place on 7 July
Designing under the influence
Breakout session report: Decolonising Design & Gender, Design and Power
Circularity as a feminine principle
Thoughts on gender, design and the economy
‘Graphic design can change how one sees the world’
Eddie Opara to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Motherhood, gender equity and board games
In Brazil, two designers are making playful moments more inclusive
Boost your creativity and deepen your activism
The changemaker’s guide to WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Your Summer Reading List by WDCD 2022
5 radical books to reframe your perspective
Cinema, and all the things climate can’t change
Josh Fox to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Plastic recycling in the Sahara desert
Precious Plastic tackles waste in the Sahrawi Refugee Camps
Fearless fashion on every and any gender
Adebayo Oke-Lawal to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
A new platform for creatives on the frontline
Stanley Vaganov on the mission and vision behind No Shelter Creatives
On war, peace and the architecture of belonging
Marwa Al-Sabouni to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
12 Principles for a Feminist Internet
Activists call for a new tech policy based on sustainability, access & care
When innovation meets ancestral materials
What is a designer’s responsibility when working with cultural heritage?
A Sweatshop’s Worst Nightmare
Blue Tin Production, a radical female-led co-operative
How design took shape in 2021
Our top stories of the year, as picked by our readers and editors
‘Let’s talk about race and the climate’
Art exhibition at COP26 explores inequality in the climate crisis
An inventory of stolen objects
New database tracks thousands of African artifacts held in Western museums
‘The Earth feels and lives just like us’
Notes on indigenous knowledge from ‘Urgent Conversations on Earth Day’