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PRESS RELEASES
Redesign Everything Launch Press Release (EN)
Redesign Everything Launch Press Release (NL)
PRESS ASSETS
BACKGROUND
The Redesign Everything Challenge seeks creative climate solutions across five main disciplines: products, materials, communications, spaces, and systems & services.
In April 2024, a jury of leading experts in design, social impact and climate action will select a minimum of 10 winners. Winning ideas are turned into reality with €5.000 in funding and a global development programme, which includes online training, mentoring sessions and a bootcamp. This programme will suPport the winning teams in further strengthening their projects and propelling them through 2024 and beyond. As part of the WDCD Challenge network, winners will have the opportunity to appear in global publications and opportunities to speak at WDCD events.
ABOUT WHAT DESIGN CAN DO
What Design Can Do (WDCD) is an international platform that advocates for design as a tool for social change. Since 2011, we have undertaken numerous activities to promote the role of designers in addressing the world’s most pressing societal and environmental issues. To date, WDCD has hosted 15 successful conferences in Amsterdam, São Paulo, and México City. In 2016 WDCD launched an ambitious design challenge programme that engages the creative community with urgent societal issues such as the wellbeing of refugees and climate change. So far, the programme has resulted in €10m in funds raised by initiatives post programme.
The Make it Circular Challenge is active in six cities around the world: Nairobi (with partner Kenya Climate Innovation Center), Tokyo (with partner Shibaura House), São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (with partner Mandacaru Design), Delhi (with partner Quicksand), Mexico City, and Amsterdam.
PREVIOUS CHALLENGES
The Redesign Everything Challenge is the successor of WDCD’s previous design competitions, like the Make it Circular Challenge (2022) No Waste Challenge (2021), Clean Energy Challenge (2019) and Climate Action Challenge (2017).
To see previous Challenge winners, visit https://www.whatdesigncando.com/projects/
For more information, visit www.whatdesigncando.com
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