World Design Organization 6h ago

Design plays a critical role in transforming today’s global challenges into opportunities through empathy, innovation, and collaboration. This session, led by students and faculty at WDO Member BESIGN The Sustainable Design School, explores how resilience is becoming a central design objective across diverse contexts. From ocean protection and biodiversity in the Mediterranean, to flood-resilient infrastructure in Miami and inclusive systems supporting people with invisible chronic conditions, tune in to learn more about the projects reshaping design’s capacity to address complex, real-world issues. Speakers: Maurille Larivière, Marianne Mensah, Aïda Khemaïssia, Cléo Lecocq, Lilou Tauban Student contributors: Samantha Bufnoir, Quinn Yawger, Elizabeth Nazarova, Sean Kim, Vanille Royer Herault, Penelope Diaz, Zoe Goffart, Lilou Mouilleron, Emil Teitzner-Harris, Thea Logassi, Ilias Goffaux, Rosa Schonenberg, Pilar Guevaralturbe Hosted by World Design Organization in celebration of World Industrial Design Day 2026, let's talk resilience brings together designers, educators, innovators and thought leaders to explore how design is driving resilience across the globe. Through a series of thought-provoking conversations and reflections, this virtual event highlighted how designers are building resilience across a range of systems and scales, from climate action and AI to design education and national policy. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn @worlddesignorg https://wdo.org/ ------ 0:00 Why Resilience Matters to our Well-being, as Designers and Humans 23:33 Thanks for tuning in to let's talk resilience