Powerful prints for Beirut
This week's visual relief celebrates the best of the Beirut Editions art sale
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Our top tips for Dutch Design Week 2020
7 must-see projects exploring closeness and COVID-19
A Whole World Beyond Plastic
Dave Hakkens' latest series is all about biodegradable materials
Seventeen new toilets for Tokyo
In the wake of COVID-19, a push for more inclusive public facilities
Do we dare imagine a city without waste?
An animated call to action featuring designer Bruce Mau
Marina Willer makes doodles out of migraines
This week's visual relief is bright, bold and functions as creative therapy
No Place for Sex Trafficking
New program makes hotel rooms and holiday rentals safer for all
5 new books on design, decadence and disruption
Our top picks of recent releases by Alice Rawsthorn, Magid Magid & more
Cards for Humanity is an online tool for inclusive design
A new resource to help creatives build empathy and make better products
Visual Relief by Edel Rodriguez
This week's visual relief is the bold & bracing work of graphic artist Edel Rodriguez
‘In 20 years, every surface will harvest its own energy’
Marjan van Aubel on Solar Design, the World Expo & our upcoming Challenge
Style and sustainability for the new normal
Environmentally friendly masks with high impact on local economic activities
New spatial strategies for museums
Design studios release guidelines to help cultural spaces reopen safely
Visual Relief By Happy Data
This week's visual relief highlights the small but mighty numbers
Estudio Guto Requena turns heartbeats into digital art
Heartbits is a new app to connect with those you miss
Marcus Lyall invites you to Scream the House Down
A socially distanced art installation to ease your frustrations
Decolonising Design
Anoushka Khandwala on what it means to decolonise design in the light of the mobilisation of the Black Lives Matter movement
Dezeen x WDCD: Urgent conversations on social justice in design
Three live talks about media power, decolonising design & gender equality
How digital arts can solve the problem of socially distanced place-making
Exploring the role that digital arts can play for organisations based on live and tangible experiences
‘Designers of the People’ help small businesses to readjust
Creatives from 18 countries dedicate part of their time to voluntarily help local businesses
Shelterbags for South Africa’s homeless
New project to help people surviving COVID-19 on the streets
Art through the screen
Online museum visits that make you see more
Designers for Designers
A digital coaching series for creatives impacted by COVID-19