SPACE10 x Ma-tt-er launch residency exploring Mexico’s biomaterials
Open call for a six week residency in Mexico City
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How design took shape in 2021
Our top stories of the year, as picked by our readers and editors
Bricks glazed with iron and steel
StoneCycling & Studio Mixtura bring out six new waste-based glazes
Never Waste A Good Crisis
New book by WDCD presents 31 brilliant ideas for a circular future
A playground for everyday experiments
New exhibition by Space10 explores how playful interventions can enrich your wellbeing
‘I wanted to make an artwork for pollinators, not about them’
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg unveils new garden designed for bees and butterflies
‘Let’s talk about race and the climate’
Art exhibition at COP26 explores inequality in the climate crisis
Design, COP26’s best creative tool for climate action
Five design projects that can help us reach the climate summit's goals
Two days of daring optimism at WDCDMX GNP 2021
Looking back at WDCD live in Mexico City
A Bird’s Eye View Of Humanity’s Impact
Photographer Tom Hegen on documenting the scars on our planet
When buildings give something back
Architect Michel Rojkind to speak at WDCDMX GNP 2021
Meet Marylou Faure’s cheeky figurines
A new set of characters to celebrate the female form
‘What drives me is the space between logic and beauty’
Data Humanist Giorgia Lupi to speak at WDCDMX GNP 2021
Join Marina Willer, Jimmy Nelson & more at Adobe MAX 2021
What to see at the biggest creative conference of the year
Take Back Your Power With Pussypedia
Author Zoe Mendelson & visual artist María Conejo to speak at WDCDMX GNP 2021
Less is More at Dutch Design Week 2021
6 circular projects to see at this year’s festival
Design can help people to ‘rethink learned patterns’
Adobe creative resident Patricia Reiners on sustainability and UX design
Three visions for water-resilient cities
Rethinking what design can do for water with SPACE10 and TU Delft
Prototyping creative solutions to waste and consumerism
This 2-3 October, join us in a two-day online workshop redesigning waste with Adobe
An inventory of stolen objects
New database tracks thousands of African artifacts held in Western museums
An interactive atlas of climate change
New IPCC report visualises our possible climate futures
All that glitters is salt
Karlijn Sibbel & Atelier Luma unveil new biomaterial made from salt crystals
3 new magazines pushing the boundaries of design
Our top picks of recent releases by Next Nature, Wallpaper and Sound Advice
No Waste Challenge winners revealed
16 design-driven solutions to take less, make better & handle smarter