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Will we have Mexico’s future minister of the Interior on stage?
Former mayor of Mexico City Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón is considering return to Mexican politics
Restaurant of the heart receives families in need
Tawlet, the restaurant in Beirut set up by food activist Kamal Mouzawak, offers families in need the pleasure of dining
Fighting deforestation with drones and phones
Peter Gabriel’s WITNESS to train Amazon inhabitants to record illegal logging
Business has a lot to gain from remanufacturing
Circular business expert Nancy Bocken studied remanufacturing strategies for European Remanufacturing Network
Compose your own programme and pay accordingly
WDCD Live’s new format offers lots of choice from Activation Sessions to ticketing
‘If things are bad, that’s good’
‘A terrible situation is a great opportunity to use design thinking,’ says Bruce Mau
‘We will bring positive energy into the climate change discussion’
With global temperature rising to new records, WDCD is mobilizing the creative community
Bruce Mau, Trump-lookalikes, interactive gatherings & carnival
WDCD launches programme of WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017
Life-vests turned into refugee support flags
Makers Unite and Refugee Nation join forces to create both jobs and awareness for refugees
‘The Refugee Challenge has been a very uplifting experience’
Demo Day: Five finalists of WDCD Refugee Challenge showed how far they have come so far
Syrian refugee helps the poor in Amsterdam
Young Syrian programmer designs website with all available offers for people in need
‘To build with straw bales you need a wooden structural frame’
Young engineers of Arup joined the WDCD Refugee Challenge to make AGRIshelter reality
‘Climate action is about the survival of our civilization’
Creative director Richard van der Laken on WDCD Live’s new format and theme
Alternatives for an alternative platform
How a detour will help WDCD Refugee Challenge finalist Reframe Refugees to reach its goal
A nice meeting over chorba and guima
WDCD Refugee Challenge finalist Eat & Meet experienced the first test dinner in Paris
African design collection for IKEA
African designers to collaborate with IKEA's in-house team during upcoming Design Indaba conference
WDCD Refugee Challenge showcased in Taipei
Refugee Challenge exhibition and WDCD goodies part of 100 Years of Dutch Design exhibition in Taiwan Design Museum
Better Shelter selected Design of the Year
Design Museum London awards top prize to IKEA Foundation’s improved shelter
Makers Unite explores expanding to food production
In collaboration with IKEA's Space10 Makers Unite investigates sustainable food production in Social Living Labs
‘We want to become the ultimate rats’
Experience designer Nelly Ben Hayoun founds the University of the Underground to make social dreams come true
A card that tells refugees everything they want to know
The Welcome Card team has come a long way since the initial concept entered for the WDCD Refugee Challenge
WDCD Refugee Challenge works towards grand finale
Five finalist teams will present their business plans on 7 March in Amsterdam
Feeling the problem leads to the desire to solve it
WDCD Live São Paulo 2016 breakout session: generating deep empathy with victims of violence