Founder of What Can Design Do and De Designpolitie
Design, Innovation, Out of Industry
Richard van der Laken is the energetic engine behind both What Design Can Do and De Designpolitie, the graphic design agency he started in 1995 with Pepijn Zurburg.
In 2010 Van der Laken and Zurburg, together with several fellow creatives, founded What Design Can Do, a two-day international, multidisciplinary conference on the power of design as a factor for societal change. Over the last 6 years WDCD grew to become an international platform to showcase the impact of design. As director and ambassador of What Design Can Do, Van der Laken has travelled all over the globe spreading the word.