Creating for Gender Equality | Jimena Acosta | Larissa Ribeiro
How can design help combat gender oppression in Latin America and beyond? The final talk of…
Media Power | Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
Who does the media serve? In the first session, titled Media Power, we will hear from…
Decolonising Design | Anoushka Khandwala | Sunny Dolat
Can we transform the ways we teach, value and practice design? Next, in Decolonising Design, we…
Design activism in a meaningful way | Ahmed Shihab Eldin
‘Palestinian by blood. American by birth. Kuwaiti by nationality. Egyptian by upbringing. Austrian by adolescence. Curious…
Being a Chef, Food Design and Sustainability | Elena Reygadas
‘I love eating. For me there is no such thing as guilty pleasure. I’d only feel…
Changing Shell by becoming a shareholder | Mark van Baal
Mark van Baal is a man on a mission: stop climate change by motivating the oil…
The vegetarian butcher | Jaap Korteweg
Jaap Korteweg wants to become the biggest butcher in the world, without ever slaughtering an animal.…
What about love? | Guto Requena
The chance to hack an old building and transform it into an interactive, informative urban art…
The Nest Collective | Sunny Dolat
Sunny Dolat is a Kenyan fashion stylist, creative director and production designer. In 2012, he co-founded…
(Re)framing the Anthropocene | Joel Towers
Joel Towers is the Executive Dean of Parsons School of Design in New York. A few…
Dronecoria | Lot Amoros
Lot Amoros developed the concept behind Dronecoria, an aerial machine for ecological restoration projects, capable of…
Design for change | Marina Willer
Pentagram partner Marina Willer recently ‘felt that the world has been going to such a bad…
Design as a tool to transform society | Richard van der Laken
Richard van der Laken is the energetic engine behind both What Design Can Do. In 2010…
From textile waste to art and why | Femke van Gemert
Femke van Gemert, designer of unique, handmade and sustainable art objects from upcycled textiles, taking the…
Rethinking solar energy | Marjan van Aubel
Marjan van Aubel is an award-winning solar designer, her work promotes extreme energy efficiency through intelligent design.…
The Vertical University Project | Rajeev Goyal
Rajeev Goyal is the co-founder of the Vertical University Project. A trust that conserves endangered habitats…
Redesigning Google | Robert Wong
Robert Wong of Google Creative Lab at What Design Can Do 2018
Solving the plastic problem | Dave Hakkens
Hakkens focusses most of his attention to Precious Plastic, an open source manual to build machines…
The world doesn’t need another chair | Guto Requena
Guto Requena (Estudio Guto Requena) is one of Brazil’s most innovative architects. His work is based…
Happiness is cyclical | Daniel Freitag
Daniel Freitag (Freitag) on Freitag’s on Cyclist Manifesto at What Design Can Do 2018
What makes a journalist credible? | Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin (AJ+) on redesigning journalism around the idea of transparency and accountability – instead of…
AMSTERDAM 2018 DAY 1
Relive the WDCD Amsterdam Live 2018 conference here. On May 24 & 25, What Design Can…
Amsterdam 2018 Day 2
Relive the WDCD Amsterdam Live 2018 conference here. On May 24 & 25, What Design Can…
How a red carpet can bring social cohesion | Aline Cavalcante
Biker activist Aline Cavalcante (Brazil) speaking at What Design Can Do Live Amsterdam 2017.