Can we transform the ways we teach, value and practice design? In Decolonising Design, What Design Can Do's co-founder and creative director, Richard van der Laken, hosts a roundtable with creatives Anoushka Khandwala (UK) and the Nest Collective’s Sunny Dolat (Kenya), to unpack how colonialism has shaped the way we teach, value and practice design.
Read MoreThe Nest Collective is a multidisciplinary collective living and working in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Our very own Sunny Dolat will be live on What Can Design Do’s Facebook page as part of a series of urgent conversations around social justice in design today (Friday 19th June—also known as Juneteenth) from 4–5pm EAT (3–4pm CET). He'll be featured alongside Anoushka Khandwala, unpacking how colonialism has shaped the way we teach, value and practice design. The presentation is part of a teaming up between What Design Can Do and Dezeen to present a programme on social justice in design.
Read MoreLast year we partnered with What Design Can Do to spread the word about their annual design challenge, which was focusing on Clean Energy and taking entries from 5 global cities: Mexico City, Delhi, São Paolo, Amsterdam and Nairobi! By the end of the open call, approximately 80 projects had been entered for the Nairobi City briefing.
Read MoreOur very own Sunny Dolat spoke about our work and practice, as well as the stilted boundaries that circle African expression at the annual What Design Can Do 2018 conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Read MoreWe're in an exciting partnership with What Design Can Do, to spread the word about their amazing annual design challenge! This year their challenge is focused on clean energy. The Clean Energy Challenge is taking entries from 5 global cities: Mexico City, Delhi, São Paolo, Amsterdam and Nairobi!
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