REDESIGN EVERYTHING CHALLENGE

An urgent call for creative climate solutions

The Redesign Everything Challenge was launched by What Design Can Do and the IKEA Foundation in January 2024 to find and celebrate the world’s most creative climate solutions. Changemakers everywhere were invited to submit ideas to radically redesign the world we live in — our products, materials, stories, systems, services and spaces — through a circular and regenerative lens.

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WHY REDESIGN EVERYTHING?

Today, signs of the climate breakdown are everywhere. Our planet has just endured the hottest year ever recorded, and millions are already experiencing its disastrous effects firsthand. But experts say we still have time to act — about 8 years — in which we must reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst scenarios. This gives us one last opportunity to redesign ‘business as usual’ and reimagine a completely different world. Now, more than ever, there is an urgent need for adaptive, circular and regenerative solutions; and for the transformative, disruptive, and healing power of design.

Want to learn more? With the help of partners from Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya, Mexico and the Netherlands, we’ve put together an extended design brief including research around the greatest climate challenges and opportunities facing communities around the world. To dive deeper into this content, visit the Redesign Everything Challenge platform.

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11 WINNING PROJECTS

From an incredible 557 submission worldwide, 11 promising projects were selected as winners of the Redesign Everything Challenge. Responding to different climate urgencies around the world, the list includes new ideas to redesign just about everything, from the products and materials that we use everyday, to our relationships with each other and nature. The competition now enters an exciting phase as winning teams gain access to an award package designed to launch their ideas into action.

WHAT’S NEXT?

Next to €5.000 in project funding, winning teams will gain access to an accelerator programme offered by What Design Can Do which will kick-off with a week-long sprint in Amsterdam. Here they will receive the expert mentorship, training and tools they need to scale their ideas and expand their impact on the world. All winning teams will also gain valuable press and publicity and get the chance to present their projects during WDCD Amsterdam 2024.