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Play
June 2023
Features
Every dog deserves to play
5 tools that support design learning through play
Playgrounds for all ages
10 iconic toys that have stood the test of time
Opinion
How playful design inspires creativity
Beyond toys and games
Success Stories
LEGO embraces sustainability
A better way to play
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Making Work Play / Making Play Work
Meet the best in design for play
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Artificial Intelligence
April 2023
Features
Design, dialogue and the potential of collaborative AI
We asked, ChatGPT answered
Opinion
Generative AI Needs Design
Will the Metaverse be Accessible?
Success Stories
Japan rolls out self-driving delivery robots
NASA unveils AI-designed mission hardware
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Creativity in the age of AI
How can we design AI that we trust?
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Do Over
February 2023
Features
Rado DiaStar Original: Redesigning an iconic timepiece
A sustainable overhaul of Taiwan’s Magong Ferry Terminal
If you could redesign anything, what would it be?
Opinion
The Art of Failure in Design
Time for a Redesign?
Success Stories
Converting retired double-decker buses to help the homeless
An iconic IKEA product gets a circular redesign
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The Tokyo Toilet
Redesigning cities for equity and inclusion
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Changemakers
December 2022
Features
Ini Archibong: Making Space for Design Storytelling
Isabella and Natasha Tanjutco: Inspiring the Next Generation of Leaders
Eisuke Tachikawa: Embracing the Potential of Embodied Design
Shay Raviv: Bridging Societal Gaps through Design
Xavi Calvo: Designing Valencia’s Urban Future
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Planet Positive
September 2022
Features
5 Planet Positive Design Solutions
Benchmarking Green Design in the Mediterranean
Designing Beyond Sustainability
Nature as the Ultimate Designer
Opinion
Planned Obsolescence and Collaborative Work for the Planet
What’s Wrong with Sustainable Design?
Success Stories
A Low-tech Barrier for River Plastic
Solar Power for the Future
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Exploring Circular Design Approaches
Design for Planet: Another World is Possible
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Throwback Edition
July 2022
Features
Behind the Design: 5 iconic products that rocked the design world
The Legacy of the Valencian Fan
Opinion
What elevates certain designs to iconic status?
Legacy design is the mother of reinvention
Success Stories
85 Years of Design Innovation
The Enduring Design Legacy of the Coca-Cola Bottle
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A brave new world of product design
What defines iconic design?
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Design for the unimagined
May 2022
Features
5 questions with futurist Cecilia Tham
A 360-degree view of Valencia’s Future
Opinion
AI and the future of design: What will the designer of 2025 look like?
Design for the Future when the Future is Bleak
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Liam Young: Planet City — a sci-fi vision of an astonishing regenerative future | TED
Design for the unimagined
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Setting Targets
March 2022
Features
World Design Capital Valencia 2022: The Bigger Picture
10 designers share their goals for 2022
Opinion
The Power of Design Thinking for Goal Setting
The SDGs as a Guide for Better Design
Success Stories
IKEA targets zero plastic by 2028
Global Goals Jams
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The case for purpose-driven design
Why the secret to success is setting the right goals
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Waste
December 2021
Features
Building a Zero Waste City
Not Designing for Design’s Sake
Opinion
Designing the next era of (zero) waste
Creating a circular economy for toys
Success Stories
Waste Avoidance | Circularity: Guiding the Future of Design | Nike
Using waste plastics and heritage boat building to tackle plastic pollution
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Waste Age: What can design do?
Cut waste. Cut emissions. Fight climate change.
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Community
September 2021
Features
Are Chief Design Officers the key to better cities?
Interdesign 50th Anniversary
10 impactful projects that are making a difference
Opinion
A City Is A Machine For Experiencing In. Dreaming Of A Chief Design Officer In Riga
What Is Community Design And How Can It Build Brave Spaces With Heart
Success Stories
‘Park in a Truck’ is like Ikea but for building neighborhood parks
Public toilets in Shibuya like you’ve never seen
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What if the poor were part of city planning? | Smruti Jukur Johari
We let kids design our city — here’s what happened | Mara Mintzer | TEDxMileHigh
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Design Education
August 2021
Features
The Road to Design Leadership
Is space the next frontier for design education?
Accelerating talent for our immersive future
Opinion
Expanding our disciplinary horizons by Justin Low
The Future of Design Education is… No Design Education
Tracing the impact of COVID-19 on design education
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Designing Design Education
Changing Design Education for the 21st Century
Where do companies go when they’re looking for innovative ideas? Back to school.
Why you deserve design education
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Diversity in Design
June 2021
Features
Queer Design Club: A Story of Community and Connection
Design for our Feared Future Self
Indigenizing Industrial Design
Opinion
Diversity and Design: How we can shape a more inclusive industry?
Industrial Design: Why Is It Still a Man’s World?
Success Stories
Where are the Black Designers?
Unilever designs world’s first deodorant for people with disabilities
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“I’ve been the first and only African American to work with my clients,” says Stephen Burks | VDF
Unconference by Design + Diversity with Tim Hykes
Gendered Design and its Historical Wars
Black Designers on Race and Design: “Do you feel there is diversity in design?”
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Design For Activism
February 2021
Features
Uniting the world through sports
Defining Design Activism
Not Here to Inspire You: Taking Action with
Opinion
Design as Activism: to resist or to generate?
Design Activism
Success Stories
Your free ticket to Mind-Full mini film festival
Pink seesaws across US-Mexico border named Design of the Year 2020
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Design Is Future Film
Design’s Impact on Society | Adobe Creative Cloud
Design Intersections | Design + Impact + Activation: Activism + Impact
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Design For Sustainability
December 2020
Features
Design for a sustainable world
Responsible, but not hopeless: Design education centered around sustainability
“Of All Time”: The lifecycle of OAT Shoes – Europe’s first biodegradable shoe
Sustainability calls everything into question
Opinion
Six Misunderstood Terms in Sustainable Design
The Cloud Isn’t Inherently More Sustainable: Manage The Environmental Impact Of Being Virtual
Success Stories
Ikea to buy back used furniture in recycling push
“Operational progress is what moves the needle” towards zero-carbon design says Nike’s head of sustainability
Airport Seating System BLINK: WINNER Sustainable Design Award category of Dezeen
Kerf Case: Sustainable Design
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The Sustainable City of the Future: Copenhagen, Denmark
Little Green Bags: True Business Sustainability
Apple’s promise to be carbon neutral by 2030
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Design For Social Impact
October 2020
Features
Who Wants to be a B Corp?
Teaching a different kind of responsible design
Design: An Instrument of Inclusion or Exclusion?
Opinion
The last mile is a human mile
The Power of Designing for Social Impact
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Lessons In Design And Scale For Social Impact Organizations
Resources
Making life better by design
How to Design for social impact
Design thinking for social innovation
Design and Social Impact
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Design And The Circular Economy
July 2020
Features
Bringing the Circular Economy to Design Fairs
Adding New Value to Used Chopsticks
Opinion
Two Environmental Buzzwords, Same Meaning?
Success Stories
RePack is returnable delivery packaging designed to be reused 40 times
TerraCycle® is a social enterprise on a mission to eliminate the idea of waste
The city of Amsterdam is aiming towards 50% circularity by 2025 and 100% circular by 2050
HY William Chan shares how refugees can be empowered to transform their environments through the circular economy
Resources
Unschool offers multiple workshops and courses on the subject
The Circular Design Guide is a collaboration between the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and IDEO
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Design with smart materials
March 2020
Features
Tomorrow Machine: zero waste food packaging
Globe Hope: a second life for industrial materials
Success Stories
This fabric infused with live bacteria is designed to reduce body odours and improve immunity
BioScales – a biodegradable bioplastic that sucks carbon from the air
Who needs best-by labels when your package can tell you when food is going bad
Lettuce Eat is an award-winning series of biodegradable plates made from lettuce waste
Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute are developing a range of eco-friendly biodegradable plastics that require less energy to make
This fully bio-based BioFoam made of vegetable materials is the first CO2 neutral foam in the world
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