‘This was such a wonderful social experience’
With a team of students and refugees Narges Mofarahian built a first prototype of an AGRIshelter
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A park with the features of a submarine
Carlo Ratti Associati presents master plan for a floating park in West Palm Beach, Florida
‘Outstanding creativity can’t do without failure’
Erik Kessels, founder of KesselsKramer, will talk about ‘Failed It!’ at WDCD Live São Paulo
‘Gastronomy should be inclusive, not exclusive’
WDCD Live São Paulo presents one of the most praised chefs of Brazil: Rodrigo Oliveira
Information decrypted into architecture
On stage at WDCD Live São Paulo 2016: Jacob van Rijs, founder of MVRDV
Stubborn promotor of bicycle in São Paulo
Aline Cavalcante speaks at WDCD Live SP about her missions to get Paulistas pedaling
The international creative vibe returns to Brazil
WDCD Live São Paulo 2016 to be held at FAAP on 13 & 14 December
Test gamers wanted to preserve wildlife
Internet of Elephants lets gamers play with real wild animals
Honey & Bunny honoured for project fleischTEILE
Project to reduce food waste awarded during Vienna Design Week 2016
World Animal Day: Here’s how we treat them
Animator Steve Cutts makes us look into the mirror
‘When it comes to inclusion Canada is the new guiding country’
WDCD’s Richard van der Laken reflects on his participation in 6 Degrees forum on inclusion and citizenship
37 design visions on utopia
Eclectic collection of design projects at London Design Biennale
Have your portrait made the African way
Zanele Muholi and Pierre-Christophe Gam are among the African photographers who make your portrait at Unseen
A design museum in the slums
Design Museum Dharavi was set up to explore the social impact of design on informal settlement community
A personal view on African beauty
Like her brother Laduma, Tina Ngxokolo draws inspiration from her Xhosa background
No modular phone from Google
Google ends Project Ara while modular phone was close to finish
Most Refugee Challenge entrants are still working on ideas
Almost three-quarters of Refugee Challenge-participants are developing their ideas further
Exploring space the Viking way
Nelly Ben Hayoun works on a new project called 'The Life, the Sea and the Space Viking'
Walls of green bring colour and air in the concrete desert
Landscape studio m.90 works on green corridor in São Paulo
Twenty-three shots of inspiration from the WDCD2016 stage
All talks, many pictures and our written reports of WDCD Live Amsterdam 2016 are now online
DUS presents 3D printed tiny house
Inventors of the 3D Printed Canal House come up with printed mini-retreat
‘Designers want lectures and connective intelligence’
Design critic Lucas Verweij counts more Design Weeks than there are weeks in a year
Haiti eco-shelter first set up in museum
ECOnnect shelter is one of the eye-catchers in Dream Out Loud exhibition in Amsterdam
Download the Refugee Challenge Shortlist Poster Exhibition
Available for free: the poster exhibition with all 25 projects shortlisted in the WDCD Refugee Challenge