Sponsored series: What Design Can Do 2013

As one of What Design Can Do's official media partners, Design Indaba travelled to Amsterdam in May 2013 to cover their third annual conference.

For the third consecutive year Design Indaba attended the What Design Can Do (WDCD) Conference, as official media partners to the event that celebrates the power of design and its problem-solving abilities. This year the conference took place on 16 and 17 May 2013 in the Stadsschouwburg in the Dutch city.

Attending the conference and visiting designers in their studios in the Netherlands, Design Indaba produced a video series that gives a snapshot of cutting-edge design. Our series includes: Dutch eating designer Marije Vogelzang; Alfredo Brillemboard, founder of Urban-Think Tank, an interdisciplinary design practice dedicated to high-level research and design related to contemporary architecture and urbanism; social activist John Bielenberg who believes in "thinking wrong"; interaction designers Hellicar & Lewis, who use art, design and technology to create experiences that take people into the moment; David Kester, CEO of the Design Council in the UK,fashion designer Carla Fernandez is the founder of Taller Flora, a fashion label and mobile design laboratory that travels throughout Mexico; Mexican artist Pedro Reyes, whose work crosses the boundaries of design, film, architecture and pedagogy; and Mike Kruzeniski, design lead at Twitter in San Francisco.

This video series is brought to you by the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

For more from What Design Can Do, read more about the conference in our news section or watch our video series produced at WDCD 2011 and 2012.

John Bielenberg: What’s the dent you want to make in the universe?

Video Interviews > Information Design / Interaction Design

In an interview at the 2013 What Design Can Do conference, John Bielenberg spoke about inspiring creative people to make an impact on the world. >

26 Jun 13 / Brand Collaboration
Next Nature: We have transformed nature into a new setting

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

At the What Design Can Do conference Next Nature asked what design can do for the technology debate, citing the example of their “Nano Supermarket”. >

26 Jun 13 / Brand Collaboration
Carla Fernandez: Working with heritage to make a fashion statement

Video Interviews > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Carla Fernandez talks about the richness of Mexican fashion design, its heritage and identity, and explains how everything is made of squares and rectangles. >

22 Jun 13 / Brand Collaboration
Mike Kruzeniski: I want to change the entire culture of a company

Video Interviews > Interaction Design

Head of design for Twitter, Mike Kruzeniski creates environments where designers can think big. >

21 Jun 13 / Brand Collaboration
Hellicar & Lewis: Our favourite thing is to make experiences

Video Interviews > Interaction Design

In an interview at the 2013 What Design Can Do conference in Amsterdam, Hellicar & Lewis spoke about the ways in which technology and people can interact. >

19 Jun 13 / Brand Collaboration
Alfredo Brillembourg: Design can empower people

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

In an interview at this year’s What Design Can Do conference, Alfredo Brillembourg spoke about the ways design can be used to rethink values and empower people. >

13 Jun 13 / Brand Collaboration
Pedro Reyes: I want to create cultural change

Video Interviews > Art & Photography / Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design

In an interview at What Design Can Do 2013, Pedro Reyes spoke about generating group activities and bringing people together. >

12 Jun 13 / Brand Collaboration
Marije Vogelzang: I want to design the act of eating

Video Interviews > Food Design

In an interview at What Design Can Do conference 2013, Marije Vogelzang spoke about her interest in the way food affects the body, mind and emotions. >

6 Jun 13 / Brand Collaboration
Carolyn Steel: Food is too big to see, it is everywhere

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Food Design

Carolyn Steel believes that food is a powerful tool for questioning the kind of society we’re building and that tiny decisions can make a very big difference. >

5 Jun 13 / Brand Collaboration
Nicolas Roope: A respect and passion for clear storytelling

Video Interviews > Interaction Design

A Global Rich List for ordinary people and the world’s first designer energy-saving light bulb are just some of the work Nicolas Roope does. >

31 May 13 / Brand Collaboration
David Kester: We need to be in a state of constant design

Video Interviews > Information Design / Product Design

In an interview at the 2013 What Design Can Do conference in Amsterdam, David Kester spoke about ways in which design allows for exploration and development. >

29 May 13 / Brand Collaboration
What Design Can Do 2013

Inside View > Design Thinking / Food Design / Information Design / Interaction Design

The first day of the third annual What Design Can Do (WDCD) conference in Amsterdam kicked off to an energetic start. >

17 May 13
Design Indaba at What Design Can Do

Digital News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Design Indaba is proud to be media partners to the What Design Can Do Conference in Amsterdam. >

9 May 13