Shaping the future of materials with bacteria
In conversation with REC Winner Axel Gómez-Ortigoza
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A new age of embellishments
In conversation with REC Winner Aradhita Parasrampuria
From torn clothes to new opportunities
In conversation with REC Winner Yayra Agbofah
Tasting, weaving and sowing seeds together
Breakout session report: Crafting Tomorrow
How creative storytelling and fundraising go hand-in-hand
Talking shop with Sunny Dolat and Kigge Hvid
Open call: How can social designers spark cultural participation for climate awareness?
Inspiring climate awareness community projects
7 resources to level up your circular design game
Podcasts, books and classes to inspire design for social and climate justice
Fashion that connects past, present and future
Nina Zulian on Indigenous heritage and contemporary fashion design
When I am gone, make a museum of me
Teresa Carvalheira on the practice of heirlooming
A meditation on hungry ghosts
Anke Loots and the Slum Studio collaborate on new photography series
Too much clothing, not enough justice
Stop Waste Colonialism is the latest project from The Or Foundation
3 digital storytellers tackling waste in Africa
Imagining different worlds through immersive games and films
Misaki Tanaka on making sustainable fashion more inclusive
In conversation with the founder of SOLIT Japan
Fearless fashion on every and any gender
Adebayo Oke-Lawal to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
A Sweatshop’s Worst Nightmare
Blue Tin Production, a radical female-led co-operative
Clayre Coello & Carmen Serratos: weaving networks between women
Coolhuntermx celebrates women in Mexico's creative industries for #IWD2021
‘A piece of clothing is more than an accessory, it’s ritual transformation’
Mexican fashion designer Carla Fernandez to speak at WDCD Mexico City
‘We’re creating the future of fabrics’
Suzanne Lee (Modern Meadow) announces launch of bio-leather in coming year
Re-imagining African identity
Q&A with WDCD Live Amsterdam 2018 speaker Sunny Dolat
Fruit of a fresh artistic wave over Dakar
Costumes by fashion designer Selly Raby Kane accompany album launch by Ibaaku
A personal view on African beauty
Like her brother Laduma, Tina Ngxokolo draws inspiration from her Xhosa background
Selly Raby Kane in creative lead of Design Indaba 2017
Senegal’s pop culture queen set to shake up Africa's biggest event
Zaaf, a life in a bag
Young Ethiopian woman entrepreneur conquers the world with leather handbags
Saving Ethiopian handloom weaving from extinction
International design brands revive traditional weaving in Ethiopia