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Marwa Al-Sabouni to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
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Making, dreaming and healing in circles
Four must-see designs from The Circle Exhibition
A playground for everyday experiments
New exhibition by Space10 explores how playful interventions can enrich your wellbeing
‘What drives me is the space between logic and beauty’
Data Humanist Giorgia Lupi to speak at WDCDMX GNP 2021
Plastic In the Air
New interactive website visualises the microplastics in the air we breathe
Food waste, reimagined
Foodvalley NL highlights six circular initiatives changing the way we eat and farm
‘All my work has been cancelled. What now?’
Looking back at Designers for Designers, a coaching series for surviving the pandemic
Seventeen new toilets for Tokyo
In the wake of COVID-19, a push for more inclusive public facilities
Marina Willer makes doodles out of migraines
This week's visual relief is bright, bold and functions as creative therapy
Style and sustainability for the new normal
Environmentally friendly masks with high impact on local economic activities
Estudio Guto Requena turns heartbeats into digital art
Heartbits is a new app to share love with those you miss
Innovative handwashing stations pop up across Africa
Creative ideas include solar-powered sinks and hands-free taps
SafeHandFish repurposes soy sauce bottles as hand sanitising gel containers
In response to the UN’s call for creative ideas to limit coronavirus, Japan now serves sanitizer in fish-shaped soy bottles
Open-source masks, gowns and coveralls for all
Fashion designers join forces to produce much-needed protective garments
New flat-pack recovery units for doctors and patients
Cameron Sinclair joins humanitarian startup JUPE HEALTH
SymptoTrack maps untested COVID-19 cases
Volunteers from three Dutch internet design and development agencies develop an open-source platform to track the spread of infections
How 3D printing comes to the rescue
German network of companies, institutions and research institutes pushes 3D-printed applications for professional use
CURA: OPEN SOURCE DESIGN FOR EMERGENCY COVID-19 HOSPITALS
WDCD Alumnus Carlo Ratti collaborates on fast response initiative
Make your own mask!
How designers improvise in times of shortage
A mural for your thoughts
Can supergraphics counter the effect air pollution has on our health?
Design and mental health: Breaking barriers
Exploring how the power of design can help those in need
Getting intimate with technology
Reprodutopia workshop at WDCD Live investigates the future of making babies, relationships and intimacy
Waterless loo improves lives in Madagascar
Loowatt toilet with biodegradable film system|Loowatt's digester in use in Madagascar’s capital AntananarivoLoowatt provides Madagascans with both sanitation and energy and could be an alternative in the West too
Tech device helps dementia patient to be more active
Proximity Button warns carer when patient gets out of reach