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This week experts will help participants of WDCD Refugee Challenge to refine their concepts
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Last chance to enter for the WDCD Refugee Challenge
Creative thinkers gather in Stockholm for a 12-hour workshop to generate ideas
Futuristic visions, fantasies and concepts
Visual artist Floris Kaayk shares his views on the future at WDCD Live Amsterdam
A small solution to a big problem
Smart direct mail campaign by British Council offers Arabic-speakers a clever language tool
The Silent University makes them speak
Platform for knowledge exchange beyond the limitations of citizenship
What Design Can Do against violence taboos
WDCD, Rietveld Academie and public prosecutor’s office team up in student challenge
Linking rich musical traditions to the future
Officerfishdumplings to present REMIX ←→ CULTURE at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2016
Final call for refugee challenge
IKEA Foundation's Jonathan Spampinato calls upon the creative community to send in great ideas
‘Many small acts of kindness can reduce cultural tensions’
An interview with Refugee Challenge Jury Robin Cohen
‘It’s time to bring change into the stories told’
Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane takes the stage at WDCD Live Amsterdam
With this note we trust to spread good change
Lebanese supermarket helps street children
Light-and-sound virtuoso Marcus Lyall on stage at WDCD
Designer of live shows for U2, The Rolling Stones, The Chemical Brothers and Oasis
Meanwhile in Brazil
A word with Bebel Abreu, partner of WDCD Live São Paulo, on preps for the second edition
‘As designers we can’t just stand by and watch’
WDCD director Richard van der Laken on the motives behind the WDCD Refugee Challenge
Peter Saville on stage at WDCD Live Amsterdam
Closer - Joy Division (Factory, 1980) and Power, Corruption & Lies - New Order (Factory, 1983)Founder and art director of the legendary independent UK label Factory Records
A marriage between Dutch design and Rwandan craftsmanship
Dutch-African fashion label Afriek works on the basis mutual respect and equality
‘A winning idea is one that integrates the voice of urban refugees themselves’
An Interview with Refugee Challenge Jury Sonia Ben Ali
‘We need to harness unique African talent’
Rwandan architect Christian Benimana is setting up the first African Design Center
Refugee Challenge deadline extended to 20 May
WDCD Refugee Challenge leader Dagan Cohen: ‘We really don’t want to miss out on great entries’
‘My Africa Is’ tells the real story
Documentary series follows African change-makers
Design as a tool for seduction
Nynke TrompSpeaker announcement: Nynke Tromp, assistant professor Social Design & Behaviour Change
Rawsthorn on Design and the Refugee Crisis
MigrationlabDesign critic Alice Rawsthorn volunteers in Le Jungle in Calais
The one video you should share today
All the reasons why you should join the WDCD Refugee Challenge in under a minute
Talent awards for ‘Reframe’ and ‘Refugee Wifi’
WDCD Refugee Challenge teamed up with ADCN Young Talent Awards