‘Monkeybiz changed my life’
The Afreak collectionArt collective revives traditional African beadwork to provide women in poverty with income
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African designers take the world stage
Africa is setting the tone and has a growing influence in fashion from the African continent
The Silent University makes them speak
Platform for knowledge exchange beyond the limitations of citizenship
‘As designers we can’t just stand by and watch’
WDCD director Richard van der Laken on the motives behind the WDCD Refugee Challenge
A marriage between Dutch design and Rwandan craftsmanship
Dutch-African fashion label Afriek works on the basis mutual respect and equality
‘My Africa Is’ tells the real story
Documentary series follows African change-makers
A crazy idea for a new view on citizenship
A utopian concept that was born to provoke debate and question today’s status-quo concerning citizenship and border
A global marketplace for local jewelry makers
Soko turns the mobile phone into a tool for trade for local artisans
‘Refugees should work in the shadow economy’
Thought leader: Friedrich Schneider, professor of Economics
Four-miles for accepted flâneries féminines
Nigerien architect Mariam Kamara designs a path for women in Niamey
A mobile kitchen that anyone can build, anywhere
Challenge entry: Towards self-sufficiency for refugees with food and farming
‘Displacement will mark this century’
Thought leader: Alexander Betts, Director of the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford
‘Migration is essential to human survival’
Thought leader: Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development, University of Oxford
Refugia, a separate nation for refugees
Thought leader: Jason Buzi, American entrepreneur
‘Europe can easily receive millions of refugees’
Thought leader: Noam Chomsky, linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist
Challenge: What Design Can Do for Refugees
What Design Can Do & IKEA Foundation announce global design challenge to help refugees
It’s on: tickets for WDCD Brazil are now available
Profit from the early bird discount for WDCD São Paulo on 7 & 8 December 2015
A museum in print
Mammoth design project documents one of the largest faith gatherings on earth
After a busy and tantalizing year we take a summer break
See you in september!
‘In the city we need design to help us out’
WDCD2015 / Report part 3: What Design Can Do for Urban Issues
Design like you give a damn
WDCD2015 / A call to designers: help refugees, do something
Nothing stinks, only thinking makes it so
WDCD2015 speaker Sissel Tolaas makes us aware of our most sophisticated tool
Here’s what we will be talking about at WDCD
The themes of WDCD2015: Cultural consciousness, humanity, urban issues, and the senses
When Hong Kong’s prosperity depended on design
Online exhibition celebrates the disappearing culture of neon signs