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  • Ten designs for the global refugee crisis including shelters and female hygiene inventions

    To mark this year's Refugee Week, we've rounded up 10 designs that aim to make a positive difference in the lives of refugees. More

    Alice Finney | 21 June 2022 | Leave a comment
  • IKEA designs "safe spaces" for children and at-risk refugees fleeing Ukraine

    Furniture company IKEA has donated its products and design services to create a series of refugee support centres in Eastern Europe, set up by the United Nations to offer aid and sanctuary to the most vulnerable groups displaced by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 21 June 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Ukrainian president tasks Balbek Bureau with building temporary housing near Kyiv

    Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has met with Balbek Bureau to discuss the architecture studio constructing a temporary shelter complex near Kyiv to house locals while their homes are being rebuilt following Russia's invasion. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 26 April 2022 | Leave a comment
  • "I was woken up at 6am by a call from a friend: 'The war has started. Get up'"

    Interior designer Katerina Kovalenko was forced to flee Ukraine in the early hours of the morning as Russian forces invaded. Here, she shares her story of returning to Milan, a city she once called home, as a refugee. More

    Katerina Kovalenko | 7 April 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Atelier Craft and ICI! complete triangular migrant shelter in Paris

    French studios Atelier Craft and ICI! have designed a triangular day shelter for migrants and refugees in Paris, with a modular timber frame that allows it to be demounted and moved to different sites. More

    Jon Astbury | 27 January 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Looop Can is a sanitary pad washing device for refugees

    Product design student Cheuk Laam Wong has created Looop Can, a concept for a portable kit to clean menstruation pads that aims to reduce period poverty among refugees. More

    Alice Finney | 13 August 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Soup International designs portable community kitchens for asylum seekers and refugees

    Graduate collective Soup International has designed eight community kitchens that would allow refugees and asylum seekers to enjoy "the normalcy of domestic activities". More

    Natasha Levy | 21 August 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Refugee shelters could be built from concrete fabric in 24 hours

    Cortex Shelter by Cutwork is a concept for a shelter for refugee camps than could be built by adding water to a concrete textile in just 24 hours. More

    India Block | 17 September 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Annie MOORE algorithm matches refugees to best-suited US cities

    Researchers have developed an algorithm to match refugees arriving in the US with the city where they are most likely to find employment and a good quality of life. More

    Augusta Pownall | 22 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Instant Windows offers quick fix for houses in war zones

    Swiss designer Reto Togni has developed a cling-film-like temporary window to make damaged houses in conflict zones habitable. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 1 April 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Colourful booths enliven Hayarden school for children of refugees in Tel Aviv

    A house-shaped reading nook and colourful paintwork are among the playful features in this school for the children of refugees living in Tel Aviv, which has been overhauled by a team of local architects and designers. More

    Bridget Cogley | 11 February 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Night Loo is a safe portable toilet for women in refugee camps

    American designer Anna Meddaugh has created a personal urinal that women in refugee camps can use in shelters at night to avoid the threat of sexual violence outside. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 13 October 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Mud-spraying drones build prototype for emergency homes

    Stephanie Chaltiel used drones to coat a shelter in clay, demonstrating a fast construction method that could be used in refugee camps and disaster zones. More

    India Block | 2 October 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Susan Cohn plans performances in response to Denmark's controversial "jewellery law"

    Jewellery designer Susan Cohn is working on a project that will explore a new Danish law that allows border authorities to confiscate jewellery from asylum seekers. More

    Marcus Fairs | 6 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Merrett Houmøller Architects creates pop-up kitchen for refugees and asylum seekers

    Merrett Houmøller Architects designed this mobile kitchen and pop-up dining facility as a base for the Refugees and Befriending Project run by the British Red Cross in London. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 25 February 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Stackable Playscapes system transforms empty lots into playgrounds

    Two Jordanian architects have devised a modular, easy-to-assemble system of street furniture to bring ad-hoc playgrounds to cities, refugee camps and other environments lacking in public space. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 17 January 2018 | Leave a comment
  • "Don't design yet another shelter" for refugees, say experts

    Designers should stop proposing gimmicky solutions to the refugee crisis such as shelters, apps and emergency clothing, according to speakers at our Good Design for a Bad World talk at Dutch Design Week. More

    Marcus Fairs | 18 December 2017 | 5 comments
  • Our second talk from Dutch Design Week explored how design can help refugees

    Design's role in the ongoing refugee crisis is the focus of our next Good Design for a Bad World talk, which was the second in a five-part series we streamed from Dutch Design Week. More

    Trudie Carter | 21 October 2017 | 1 comment
  • Eight designs that aim to alleviate the ongoing refugee crisis

    The refugee crisis is one of five topics we will explore as part of Good Design for a Bad World at Dutch Design Week. Here's a look at eight responses from designers, which suggest ways that displaced people can be better integrated into communities. More

    Alice Morby | 17 October 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Lahti University students design furniture for victims of displacement

    Ten students from Finland's Lahti University of Applied Sciences have designed a collection of essential furniture items for those affected by natural disasters and the ongoing refugee crisis.  More

    Alice Morby | 18 September 2017 | 3 comments
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