‘Nós precisamos repensar a forma que projetamos o nosso mundo’
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2018 report: palco principal, dia 1
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WDCD launches third annual event in Mexico City
WDCD teams up with the Reinventing Mexico Foundation to present WDCD Mexico City in May 2019
WDCD’s new book focusses on ‘Designing Activism’
Fourth publication of WDCD presents 31 Designers Fighting for a Better World
‘The climate movement can really use some excitability’
WDCD and IKEA Foundation reflect on their collaboration
Branding Toolkit helps social entrepreneurs
‘Brand the Change’ by Anne Miltenburg aims at change makers and disruptors
A cultural corridor reviving the city
How Ana Elena Mallet built one of the biggest cultural festivals of Mexico City
Re-imagining African identity
Q&A with WDCD Live Amsterdam 2018 speaker Sunny Dolat
Tricked into sexual exploitation
Public prosecutor reflects on WDCD’s new challenge on sexual exploitation of children
Game changing designs from Milan
Inspiring design innovations for a better future from Milan Design Week 2018
10,000 New Sheltersuits For The Homeless
Bas Timmer wants to provide Sheltersuits for all the refugees in Lesbos
‘To us, design means action’
Interview with Richard van der Laken, co-founder and creative director of What Design Can Do
The voice of the misrepresented
WDCD 2018 speaker Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on what drives him as a journalist
‘We must heal our cities with technology and love’
Q&A with WDCD Live Amsterdam 2018 speaker Guto Requena
Getting intimate with technology
Reprodutopia workshop at WDCD Live investigates the future of making babies, relationships and intimacy
‘Design education is about critical thinking and experimentation’
Joel Towers, parting Executive Dean of Parsons School of Design, focused new curriculum on sustainable development and social engagement
New invitation-only challenge: No Minor Thing
Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office joins forces with What Design Can Do to combat sexual exploitation of children
Sunny Bergman makes us face our prejudices
Filmmaker and activist Sunny Bergman takes action as a consequence of her work
Better than meat
Vegetarian Butcher Jaap Korteweg links systemic change to economic success
The fabric that turned Freitag into a brand
With the iconic bags now comes truly sustainable clothing from Freitag
Dave Hakkens’ casual approach to moving communities
How Precious Plastic initiator Dave Hakkens attracts tens of thousands to plastic recycling
WDCD Live: The fuel, the knowledge and the network
WDCD Live Amsterdam (24 & 25 May 2018) aims to connect designers, NGO's and businesses
Design prototyping and product development
Challenge Accelerator workshop: Product development requires constant re-examination of ideas
Climate Action Challenge: Five days of acceleration
Challenge winners gather in Amsterdam for a profound bootcamp to help develop their projects further