Shay Raviv about training for inclusiveness.

Based on the gym metaphor introduced last year by the Embassy of Inclusive Society, Dutch Design Week 2023 (DDW23) will feature a spatial experiment in the form of a gym to train and strengthen your inclusivity muscle.

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Barbara Vos on finding the soul of food

According to Barbara Vos, it is clear that the entire food chain needs to change considerably. “Our first mission is to reshape the conversation about how we can change the food chain,” says the creative leader of the Embassy of Food. “A healthy food chain needs an integrated view. You can achieve that with design in the broadest sense of the word.”

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Read the latest WDE Spotlight!

With WDE Spotlight, we give the floor to several designers from the Embassies. This time, we speak to Gabriel Fontana, part of the Ch.. Ch.. Changes conference during Dutch Design Week 2022, the Embassy of Health in 2020 and one of the Embassies in 2023 (more on this later). What is his background? What inspires him? What does he hope to achieve with his work? You can read about it in this Q&A!

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Jetske van Oosten and Tabo Goudswaard in De Correspondent

Lex Bohlmeijer talks to Van Oosten and Goudswaard about a new approach to complex issues. Why do we need the thinking and working methods of designers? Van Oosten and Goudswaard share inspiring and concrete examples of how social design stimulates social change.

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Experience the mindset for a chronically healthy society

How do we change our attitudes towards health? In the exhibition Chronic Health, we show examples, process and outcome of an agile, responsible and learning mindset. We draw lessons from nature and from the palette of people in society

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World Design Embassies deploys the power of design in the development of new perspectives and concrete directions to societal challenges. In open coalitions, we work with partners and designers on the future.

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    Spaces for learning and unlearning
  • Embassy of Safety

    Making (amends)
  • Embassy of Health

    Health as wealth
  • Embassy of Mobility

    Cities for people
  • Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

    Possible Landscapes
  • Embassy of Water

    On the basis of water
  • Embassy of Food

    The farm of the future

Embassy of Inclusive Society

Spaces for learning and unlearning

Embassy of Safety

Making (amends)

Embassy of Health

Health as wealth

Embassy of Mobility

Cities for people

Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

Possible Landscapes

Embassy of Water

On the basis of water

Embassy of Food

The farm of the future

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Embassy of Food now in Evoluon

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WDE Spotlight: Karin Fischnaller

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Dutch Design Foundation taking on ‘The Public Design Practice’

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Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building at DDW23

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Lydia Fraaije new Voice of Water for the Embassy of Water

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WDE Spotlight: Charlotte van der Woude

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