What Design Can Do announces winners of Refugee Challenge
Proposals for a travelling kitchen and a website that enables refugees to sell their own photographs are included in the five winning projects of the first What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge.
The shortlisted designs were selected from 631 entries that focus on offering services and practical products to improve refugee's lives.
The first winning project, titled Makers Unite, aims to brings communities together to turn leftover debris from the humanitarian crisis, like discarded lifejackets, into meaningful new products.
Eat and Meet, by Jennifer Kinnunen, Marie Legleye, Camille Marshall and Elias Sougrati, is a travelling kitchen that acts as platform for food events
Eat and Meet, the second winning project, was conceived by a multidisciplinary team of architects, interior designers and urban planners. The project explores an age-old belief that eating a stranger's food is a form of intercultural trust. The team proposed a travelling kitchen as a platform for food events where people of different cultures can share experiences.
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Another winner, Agrishelter, was described by the jury as a "hipster movement for refugees". It encourages residents and communities to be involved in creating accommodation using locally found materials.
Reframe Refugees is a website enabling refugees to sell their own photographs to media, NGOs, pressure groups and governments. The jury prai...
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