The path to growable, compostable electronics
In conversation with REC Winners Catherine Euale & Paige Perillat-Piratoine
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A smarter way to fight forest fires
In conversation with REC Winner Suat Batuhan Esirger
How can A.I. be more ethical, playful and gracious?
Breakout session report: A.I. and Designers
Co-creating possible futures in the Amazon
Refik Anadol unveils new collaboration with the Yawanawá people of Brazil
‘We’re seeing a true shift in business-as-usual’
Corinne Gray on the art of disruption & the future of entrepreneurship
Knitting plastic waste with robots
The New Raw launches new collection of playful upcycled benches
‘We can use digital technologies to stimulate empathy’
Guto Requena on love, urban design and Queer Eye Brazil
From warning gongs to backpack radios
How communities in Indonesia are saving lives with information design
12 Principles for a Feminist Internet
Activists call for a new tech policy based on sustainability, access & care
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
Light recipes for the farm of the future
Daan Roosegaarde's latest artwork highlights the value of agriculture
A mobile game that plants real trees
Studio Drift on reconnecting with nature through Birthplace, the game
Crisis Mapping the US Elections
Activists launch new platform to monitor violence across the USA
The Smart App making Sao Paulo Cleaner and Safer
WDCDSP Interviews Clean Energy Challenge Winner Marcel Ogando from Milênio Bus
Estudio Guto Requena turns heartbeats into digital art
Heartbits is a new app to connect with those you miss
Art through the screen
Online museum visits that make you see more
SymptoTrack maps untested COVID-19 cases
Volunteers from three Dutch internet design and development agencies develop an open-source platform to track the spread of infections
Change is calling, rethinking the smart in smartphone
Introducing Fairphone 3, the latest model of ethically produced smartphones
‘Anything we design must be an amazing experience’
Tesla’s head of design Javier Verdura to speak at WDCD Mexico City
‘The challenge helped to turn our idea into a possible future’
Marjan van Aubel on her Climate Action Challenge winning project Power Plant
‘Designers should start co-creating with technology’
WDCD Live São Paulo 2017 report: Day 1 / part 1
Design as a tool for seduction
Nynke TrompSpeaker announcement: Nynke Tromp, assistant professor Social Design & Behaviour Change
