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WDCD Live Amsterdam 2018 report: Workshop Freitag. Creating guiding principles for lasting impact
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Inclusive design twisted on its head
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2018 report: Workshop exclusive design challenge
Startup brings the farm into the supermarket
The Infarm team with an indoor farm unitInfarm develops range of tiny vertical farms for growing and selling fresh produce on the spot
Zero-carbon towns: science fiction or urban future?
Architecture student Damien Assini proposes masterplan for a carbon-free urban landscape
Floating Architecture Workshop to focus on climate action
8 day workshop in the Brazilian rainforest aims to generate ideas for WDCD Climate Action Challenge
Bowl Shaped Roofs Collect Rainwater in Iran
|Tehran-based architecture studio unveil proposal for a roof system which harvests water
The search is on for a better, braver food future
The first Future Food Design Award to be presented during Dutch Design Week
Mapping the toxicity of the world
New map by The Eco Experts visualise the best and the worst polluters in in the world
INSPIRATIONAL FIGURES AT THE WDCD REFUGEE CHALLENGE GRAND FINALE
The programme on 7 March will include talks by humanitarian experts Goof van Dormolen and Willemijn Verloop
Selly Raby Kane in creative lead of Design Indaba 2017
Senegal’s pop culture queen set to shake up Africa's biggest event
Celebrating the most innovative interactive films of the year
WDCD alumni Eefje Blankevoort, Floris Kaayk and Jan Rothuizen nominated for ‘Best Interactive’ film award
Campaign Zero: A platform for ending police violence
How designers are helping visualise the Black Lives Matter movement
‘Designers can offer refugees new perspective’
Arabist and author Petra Stienen looks ahead at judging the WDCD Refugee Challenge nominations
‘Many small acts of kindness can reduce cultural tensions’
An interview with Refugee Challenge Jury Robin Cohen
‘A winning idea is one that integrates the voice of urban refugees themselves’
An Interview with Refugee Challenge Jury Sonia Ben Ali
The one video you should share today
All the reasons why you should join the WDCD Refugee Challenge in under a minute
Dutch Minister of Culture Jet Bussemaker on what design can do for refugees
Video: Jet Bussemaker for the WDCD Refugee Challenge
WDCD Refugee Challenge teams up with ADCN Talent Awards 2016
In search of the next generation of creative trouble-shooters
WDCD Refugee Challenge at Pakhuis de Zwijger
Save the date: Tuesday, 15 March 2016
‘Design is too important to leave to designers’
WDCD ambassador David Kester founds UK branch of Design Thinkers Academy
Fabio Lopez tackles serious issues, one pictogram at a time
The Brazilian designer is the latest addition to the WDCD São Paulo programme
The lab that turns waste into business
Rotterdam steps into the blue economy with 'BlueCity010'
Brazilian cuisine takes to the skies
Chef Rodrigo Oliveira enters the universe of aviation
The future of food is bright
TrendxChange on Food Future leaves attendants with optimism