An international platform about the social impact of design.
What Design Can Do (WDCD) was initiated in 2011 as a platform to showcase design as a catalyst of change and as a way of addressing the societal issues of our time. The story is told through our annual conference in Amsterdam, additional conferences in other parts of the world, the worldwide What Design Can Do Challenge, as well as our own publications and the WDCD blog.
Across all of our initiatives, our aim is to present best practices and visions, to provoke discussion and to facilitate fruitful exchange between disciplines. Why? To demonstrate the power of design; to show that it can do more than make things pretty. To call on designers to stand up, take responsibility and consider the beneficial contribution that they can make to society.
In 2018 WDCD focusses its attention on climate action and social justice by challenging the creative community to contribute solutions in its own capacity. ‘Designers are optimists, so we will approach these issues with lots of positivity,’ WDCD founder Richard van der Laken says. ‘Instead of worrying about problems, we are going to attack them with all the creative energy and inventiveness we can bring together.’
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lululemon Retail and Distribution, Retail | lululemon Retail and Distribution, Retail | Other 14 Jan 2024 | | |
Patagonia Retail | Patagonia Retail | Other 14 Jan 2024 | | |
Mahindra Group Executive Offices | Mahindra Group Executive Offices | Other 20 Sep 2017 | | |
Airbnb Real Estate, Software Development | Airbnb Real Estate, Software Development | Other 20 Oct 2021 | | |
Chloé Luxury, Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry | Chloé Luxury, Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry | Other 4 Nov 2021 | | |
Impact Hub London Food, Startup accelerator & VC, Civic and Social Organizations | Impact Hub London Food, Startup accelerator & VC, Civic and Social Organizations | Other 30 Nov 2023 | | |
United Nations Academic Impact International development, International Affairs | United Nations Academic Impact International development, International Affairs | Other 4 Nov 2021 | | |
Impact Hub Startup accelerator & VC, Civic and Social Organizations | Impact Hub Startup accelerator & VC, Civic and Social Organizations | Other 1 Sep 2021 | | |
StartupAmsterdam Startup accelerator & VC, Government Administration | StartupAmsterdam Startup accelerator & VC, Government Administration | Other 23 Feb 2021 | | |
Google IT services, Software Development | Google IT services, Software Development | Other 9 Sep 2021 | |