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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
Has hempcrete ever looked this good?
Dutch designers complete pink biobased building for Floriade 2022
Circularity as a feminine principle
Thoughts on gender, design and the economy
Why Transcend?
On the moral and spiritual implications of design in the 21st century
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
‘I wanted to make an artwork for pollinators, not about them’
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg unveils new garden designed for bees and butterflies
No Waste Challenge winners revealed
16 design-driven solutions to take less, make better & handle smarter
85 promising ideas for a world beyond waste
Introducing the No Waste Challenge nominees
A Downing Street Disaster
Studio Birthplace & Greenpeace release animated film about UK's plastic exports
Paola Antonelli launches ‘Broken Nature’ podcast
A four-part series to examine our fragile ties to the environment
Kiji Arita revives forgotten ceramics in Japan
Sander Wassink & Yoriko Ishizawa discuss their latest collaboration
Food waste, reimagined
Foodvalley NL highlights six circular initiatives changing the way we eat and farm
Six innovations taking on the plastic waste crisis
WWF highlights bold solutions to achieve no plastic in nature by 2030
The world’s first 3D printed earthen house
TECLA brings together ancient materials and new technology
A monkey house in between trees
Marko Brajovic completes his latest structure in the forests of Paraty, Brazil
Light recipes for the farm of the future
Daan Roosegaarde's latest artwork highlights the value of agriculture
Harvesting clean energy, using rotten veg
Innovative new material could turn entire buildings into vertical solar farms
Buy Nothing on Black Friday
And other ways to curb consumption this holiday season
How New York City’s Armour is Being Transformed into Art
The Plywood Protection Project finds new use for boarded-up storefronts
A Whole World Beyond Plastic
Dave Hakkens' latest series is all about biodegradable materials
Style and sustainability for the new normal
Environmentally friendly masks with high impact on local economic activities