World Design Organization
World Design Organization (WDO)® is a globally recognized non-governmental organization that aims to promote and advance the discipline of industrial design and its power to enhance economic, social, cultural and environmental quality of life. Founded in 1957, WDO services over 185 member organizations around the world, engaging thousands of individual designers through our innovative programming and initiatives that champion ‘design for a better world’.
Service Design in the Boardroom: Speaking the Language of Leadership
World Design Congress 2025: YDC Recap!
Webinar: Grow your design event with a WDO Endorsement
Rhea Thomas: Designing a Path to Foundership
Mobilizing Communities — Using Design to Create Action
The Making of the Young Designers Circle Design Oath
A Chat for Design Grads: Imposter Syndrome & Your First Job Hunt
A Chat for Design Grads: Building the Perfect Portfolio
A Chat for Design Grads: Living & Working Abroad
let's get ethical | Designing Ethical Bridges: From Discomfort to Co-Creation
let's get ethical | Designing the Right Thing in El Salvador
let's get ethical | Future First: Decolonizing the Ethics of Industrial Design
let's get ethical | Designing Conscience — Ethical Design Pedagogy from the Global South
let's get ethical | Intersections of Design, Democracy and Ethics
let's get ethical | How the Circular Economy Shapes the Future of Every Design Discipline
let's get ethical | Building a Responsible Design Manifesto
let's get ethical | Cumulus Design Conversations on Ethical Design Leadership
let's get ethical | Ethical Skills for Planet
let's get ethical | From Industrial Waste to Industrial Upcycling
let's get ethical | Live from Valencia
let's get ethical | Ethical Thinking and Realigning Core Values in Design
let's get ethical | From Small Projects to Big Shifts: Ethics in Design Education
let's get ethical | Aesthetics and Ethics for a Better World
let's get ethical | Designing Post-Silicon Valley: Reimagining the World We Want to Live in
let's get ethical | Ethical Design Thinking in India
let's get ethical | Designing the Invisible: Ethics, Bias and AI in Industrial Design
let's get ethical | From Chair to Ferry — Work of JC. Architecture & Design
let's get ethical | Designing for the Future: Climate-Conscious Creations from Korea and France
let's get ethical | More-Than-Human Trust: The Ethics of Designing Beyond Ourselves
let's get ethical | IDxConversations: WE ˃ ME