Design better communication channels for refugees
The five briefs for the WDCD Refugee Challenge: Brief 4
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Researching the designer’s impact
Service designer Ipek Altunmaral researches design’s contributions to refugee reception
Share your ideas for connecting cultures
The five briefs for the WDCD Refugee Challenge: Brief 3
Find ways to make the waiting more purposeful
The five briefs for the WDCD Refugee Challenge: Brief 2
Submit your ideas for improved shelters
The five briefs for the WDCD Refugee Challenge: Brief 1
A birdhouse to offer a warm welcome
Challenge entry: A birdhouse as a beacon for warmth and awareness
‘I like saying things strongly’
South African cartoonist Zapiro to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam
Fresh Eyes on the Refugee Crisis
Thought-provoking video represents the views academic experts on refugee situation
Cucula works with, not for refugees
In the Berlin CUCULA workshop, refugees make and sell furniture designed by Enzo Mari
A coat that turns into a tent
RCA student project is among the first entries for the WDCD Refugee Challenge
Pictures for better understanding
ICOON offers refugees a tool for communication
Refugees’ accounts tell the real story
One story from an individual refugee says more than a thousand pictures
‘The term migrants dehumanizes refugees’
Thought leader: Barry Malone, editor of Al Jazeera English
Integration goes best partying
Arts students start carnival association together with refugees
Legal loopholes in work rules for refugees
Dutch designers find possibilities for asylum seekers to work despite rules
Phrasebook for refugees
Berlin volunteers compile phrasebook with basic sentences in different languages
A new approach to building for refugees
Cameron Sinclair's RE:BUILD is a re-deployable building system for displaced populations
Products to tell refugee’s stories
Studio Refugee matches designers and refugees for product design
Cucula works with, not for refugees
In the Berlin CUCULA workshop, refugees make and sell furniture designed by Enzo Mari
Encounters in a self-built living room
‘De Voorkamer’ introduces a social design method for integration
Refugees Welcome fights fear for room sharing
Flatshare website already operational in nine countries, 500 matches made
Floating media center gives communities a voice
Architect Kunlé Adeyemi on the backgrounds of amphibious Chicoco Radio Media Center in Port Harcourt
One Friday night dinner at V&A
Public dipped in dining experience by food designers honey & bunny
Bamboo bikes to support local communities
Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative empowers young entrepreneurs