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On the moral and spiritual implications of design in the 21st century
WDCD Blog
A home for inspiring ideas and fresh conversations about the power of design. Keep scrolling to see our latest stories exploring themes like climate action, social justice and health & wellbeing.
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‘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
Meet Marylou Faure’s cheeky figurines
A new set of characters to celebrate the female form
Join Marina Willer, Jimmy Nelson & more at Adobe MAX 2021
What to see at the biggest creative conference of the year
An inventory of stolen objects
New database tracks thousands of African artifacts held in Western museums
Yinka Ilori brings joy to a basketball court
London-based artist designs a colourful public court for Canary Wharf
Paola Antonelli launches ‘Broken Nature’ podcast
A four-part series to examine our fragile ties to the environment
Taina Campos & Olga Rodríguez: making objects and queering spaces
Coolhuntermx celebrates women in Mexico's creative industries for #IWD2021
Clayre Coello & Carmen Serratos: weaving networks between women
Coolhuntermx celebrates women in Mexico's creative industries for #IWD2021
How New York City’s Armour is Being Transformed into Art
The Plywood Protection Project finds new use for boarded-up storefronts
Powerful prints for Beirut
This week's visual relief celebrates the best of the Beirut Editions art sale
Art through the screen
Online museum visits that make you see more
Can art help us navigate an infodemic?
Olafur Eliasson and Kumi Naidoo on designing trust in the media
Every empty street is a crowd against the virus
Artists use stencils and chalk to share positive, publicly useful messages about social isolation on the streets of São Paulo.
CAN NATURE BE RESTORED?
Paola Antonelli explores how creativity can lead us to an “elegant ending”
A mural for your thoughts
Can supergraphics counter the effect air pollution has on our health?
A cultural corridor reviving the city
How Ana Elena Mallet built one of the biggest cultural festivals of Mexico City
‘Be an empath and always try to understand your subject’
Q&A with WDCD Live São Paulo speaker Pete Hellicar
Zapiro, of all people, accused of racism
South African cartoonist accused of feeding into racist trope
Lernert & Sander at WDCD Live Amsterdam
Masters of thought-provoking and immaculately crafted work
Blue waves over Amsterdam
Artwork Waterlicht by Daan Roosegaarde visualizes Dutch vulnerability for water
Finally Barcelona has got its design museum
new Design Museum glorifies Catalan and, more in general, Spanish decorative and applied arts
Pedro Reyes receives US Medal for the Arts
Pedro Reyes at pUN delegate-convening event in Queens Museum