What Design Can Do launches design challenge to create solutions for refugees (February, 2016)

Dutch organisation What Design Can Do has launched an international competition to help find solutions for refugees facing a wide variety of challenges. The What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge was announced today at the IKEA Democratic Design Days in Zürich, Switzerland, with Dezeen joining as media partner. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the IKEA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Swedish furniture giant that was behind the design of its flat-pack refugee shelters, are both supporting the competition.