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Company Info
Industry
Others
Country
The Netherlands
Type of Organisation
Association
Achievement
Through WDCD's design challenges: 8,467 participants, 105 nationalities represented in community, 49 start-ups accelerated (winners of last 3 challenges), 29.7 million Euro new investments for start ups
Address
Tweede Kostverlorenkade, 1053 SE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel
+31 65 422 6949
Email
richard@whatdesigncando.com
Contact
Richard van der Laken
Website
www.whatdesigncando.com
What Design Can Do

 

What Design Can Do (WDCD) is an international organisation that seeks to accelerate the transition to a sustainable, fair and just society using the power of design. Based in Amsterdam, with hubs in São Paulo, Mexico City, Delhi, Nairobi and Tokyo, WDCD started in 2011 and is initiated, curated and organised by creatives.

 

Project(s) in Asia:

Richard van der Laken, co-founder, gives presentation on the positive impact design can have on the transition to a fair and sustainable world.

 

He is honest about the role of design, and points out that designers have made a mess. But he believes designers can and will also be part of the solution.

 

With inspiring best practices and an ambitious programme executed by What Design Can Do, design will play an important role in restoring relationship with planet earth. In fact, it is already happening.