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WDCD Live returns to Amsterdam on 3 June 2022
A one-day festival at the intersection of design, climate action & social justice
What sets a design festival apart in 2022?
5 things we’ve learned from our community
A new way to submit your stories
WDCD now offers paid opportunities for writers
SPACE10 x Ma-tt-er launch residency exploring Mexico’s biomaterials
Open call for a six week residency in Mexico City
No Waste Challenge winners revealed
16 design-driven solutions to take less, make better & handle smarter
‘Design is a great stimulator in the search of solutions’
No Waste Challenge jury shares valuable advice ahead of grand finale
No Waste Challenge Nominees: Amsterdam
Shortlist zeroes in on the sustainable materials of the future
No Waste Challenge Nominees: Delhi
Shortlist highlights a social approach to tackling India's waste problem
No Waste Challenge Nominees: Mexico City
Shortlist brings ideas to take recycling and composting to the next level
No Waste Challenge Nominees: Nairobi
Shortlist champions circular strategies for better health and wellbeing
No Waste Challenge Nominees: São Paulo & Rio
Shortlist features everyday solutions for makers, home cooks and waste pickers
No Waste Challenge Nominees: Tokyo
Shortlist draws inspiration from ancient techniques to artificial intelligence
No Waste Challenge Nominees: Global
Shortlist includes fashion chains, foraging campaigns and a living coffin
85 promising ideas for a world beyond waste
Introducing the No Waste Challenge nominees
‘The Earth feels and lives just like us’
Notes on indigenous knowledge from ‘Urgent Conversations on Earth Day’
The difference between appropriation & appreciation
Notes on power, identity and community from ‘Urgent Conversations on Earth Day’
No Waste Challenge receives a record-breaking 1409 entries
The global design competition now enters its selection phase
Urgent Conversations on Earth Day
An online event about design, climate action & ancestral knowledge
Dezeen x WDCD: Urgent conversations on social justice in design
Three live talks about media power, decolonising design & gender equality
Designers for Designers
A digital coaching series for creatives impacted by COVID-19
‘WDCD will bring Mexico new ways of thinking’
Interview with Javier López Casarín, founder of the Reinventing Mexico Foundation
WDCD launches third annual event in Mexico City
WDCD teams up with the Reinventing Mexico Foundation to present WDCD Mexico City in May 2019