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How creative storytelling and fundraising go hand-in-hand
Talking shop with Sunny Dolat and Kigge Hvid
Kaori Akiyama & Shubhi Sachan on everyday materialities
6 questions with the founders of Studio Bycolor & Material Library of India
‘It feels like closing a loop’
Past winners Emy Bensdorp & Loreta Castro on the Redesign Everything Challenge
‘We can use digital technologies to stimulate empathy’
Guto Requena on love, urban design and Queer Eye Brazil
Misaki Tanaka on making sustainable fashion more inclusive
In conversation with the founder of SOLIT Japan
‘An artwork can become a political tool’
Sarah Boris on trusting your gut & designing for the modern protest
Taina Campos on sisterhood, tamales & tomorrow’s materials
Exploring the potential of local biomaterials in Mexican design
Spinning yarns with blood
Shahar Livne on the links between design, ecology and forgotten materials
Ashley Phillips & Miro LaFlaga on putting purpose over profit
How the founders of Six Cinquième are making the creative industry more inclusive
‘Design could transform how things work in government’
Kassim Vera on bridging the gap between design & policy in Jalisco
5 ways to embed circularity into your creative startup
An interview with Manon Klein from Impact Hub Amsterdam
Design can help people to ‘rethink learned patterns’
Adobe creative resident Patricia Reiners on sustainability and UX design
Kiji Arita revives forgotten ceramics in Japan
Sander Wassink & Yoriko Ishizawa discuss their latest collaboration
‘Climate change is the most challenging brief I’ve worked on’
Naresh Ramchandani on creativity, sustainability & designing out waste
A mobile game that plants real trees
Studio Drift on reconnecting with nature through Birthplace, the game
‘In 20 years, every surface will harvest its own energy’
Marjan van Aubel on Solar Design, the World Expo & our upcoming Challenge
The Clean Energy Challenge digest: Looking forward with the winning teams
10 one-on-one interviews about their next steps
‘A piece of clothing is more than an accessory, it’s ritual transformation’
Mexican fashion designer Carla Fernandez to speak at WDCD Mexico City
Re-imagining African identity
Q&A with WDCD Live Amsterdam 2018 speaker Sunny Dolat
‘To us, design means action’
Interview with Richard van der Laken, co-founder and creative director of What Design Can Do
‘We must heal our cities with technology and love’
Q&A with WDCD Live Amsterdam 2018 speaker Guto Requena
‘Design for big systemic change, but start small’
Q&A with WDCD Live São Paulo speaker Juliana Proserpio