It’s here! The new Better Shelter will be displayed in the Swedish Pavilion at AidEx on 15th and 16th November in Brussels – we look forward to meeting you there. 2016 saw the highest number of refugees ever recorded, and 2017, now... View Post
The Better Shelter team is happy and humbled to be awarded the Beazley Design of the Year prize. The shelter was up against many amazing creations and ideas and we were not sure we would stand a chance! So, thank you... View Post
57,000 refugees are currently stranded within the borders of Greece. More than 260,000 have arrived by sea during 2016 alone. http://d325ty7uqiufcm.cloudfront.net/global/assets/31015/1.1.0/HD.mp4 2016: Kara Tepe site, Lesvos, Greece There’s nothing more natural for parents than the desire to give their children a... View Post
Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter Museum of Modern Art, New York October 01, 2016–January 22, 2017Insecurities brings together works by architects, designers, and artists in a range of mediums and scales that respond to the complex circumstances brought about by forced displacement.... View Post
Nesta is an innovation charity with a mission to help people and organisations bring great ideas to life. In their new publication, Innovation for International Development, Per Heggenes, CEO of IKEA Foundation and Johan Karlsson, Head of Business Development/ Interim... View Post
Do you have a great idea for a process, product or service that could improve the lives of the millions of urban refugees worldwide? Join the Refugee Challenge today! Are you living in a city where integration and diversification isn’t working properly, and as... View Post
Do you have a great idea for a product or a service that could make a real difference for men, women and children in need? Our friends at IKEA Foundation, UNHCR Innovation and What Design Can Do have launched a... View Post
[Don’t miss out on any news – sign up here] There are 3,9 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in Iraq. The Hayya alJami’a camp hosts over 300 internally displaced families from the country’s Anbar province, and is located next to... View Post
We’re at What Design Can Do (WDCD), an international design conference that highlights design challenges and work by design professionals with an aim to let the public discover what design can be capable of. Held at the FAAP theatre in... View Post
A prototype is currently being tested by refugees in Syria and Ethiopia, and another 10,000 shelters are expected to be shipped this summer. The Ikea Foundation’s head of strategic planning, Jonathan Spampinato, joins Here & Now’s Robin Young from Amsterdam... View Post