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Thoughts on gender, design and the economy
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‘Graphic design can change how one sees the world’
Eddie Opara to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Motherhood, gender equity and board games
In Brazil, two designers are making playful moments more inclusive
Boost your creativity and deepen your activism
The changemaker's guide to WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Your Summer Reading List by WDCD 2022
5 radical books to reframe your perspective
Cinema, and all the things climate can’t change
Josh Fox to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Plastic recycling in the Sahara desert
Precious Plastic tackles waste in the Sahrawi Refugee Camps
Fearless fashion on every and any gender
Adebayo Oke-Lawal to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
A new platform for creatives on the frontline
Stanley Vaganov on the mission and vision behind No Shelter Creatives
On war, peace and the architecture of belonging
Marwa Al-Sabouni to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
12 Principles for a Feminist Internet
Activists call for a new tech policy based on sustainability, access & care
When innovation meets ancestral materials
What is a designer’s responsibility when working with cultural heritage?
A Sweatshop’s Worst Nightmare
Blue Tin Production, a radical female-led co-operative
How design took shape in 2021
Our top stories of the year, as picked by our readers and editors
‘Let’s talk about race and the climate’
Art exhibition at COP26 explores inequality in the climate crisis
An inventory of stolen objects
New database tracks thousands of African artifacts held in Western museums
‘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’
Urgent Conversations on Earth Day
An online event about design, climate action & ancestral knowledge
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
Crisis Mapping the US Elections
Activists launch new platform to monitor violence across the USA
Viral Times: Broadcasting Untold Stories From the Slums
Chicoco Radio launches new media platform for artists & activists in Nigeria