What Design Can Do (WDCD) mobilises creative communities around the world to contribute to a sustainable and socially just society.
With its programs, WDCD empowers creative innovators to design and develop new solutions that can have a real impact.
WDCD organises events, design challenges, workshops, webinars and development programmes. And its online communication platform is a place where topics like climate change, social justice, equality, decolonization are discussed.
Recently the WDCD No Waste Challenge received 1409 inspiring ideas from designers and creatives around the world.
Rosa Kieft
Rosa Kieft is a cultural programmer, researcher and project manager at What Design Can Do. She studied art history and visual cultures at the University of Amsterdam and Goldsmiths in London and has a special interest in the field of arts and science.
Pepijn Zurburg
Pepijn Zurburg is a designer and art director. During his studies at the Utrecht School of the Arts and Sandberg Institute, Pepijn met Richard van der Laken. Together, they founded renowned visual design agency De Designpolitie, graphic design collective Gorilla, and What Design Can Do. Pepijn is responsible for leadership and strategy, branding, and visual communication for everything What Design Can Do.