Algonquin College student Muhammad Khan has been selected to participate in the World Design Organization’s (WDO) Young Designers Circle. A learner in the Interdisciplinary Studies in Human-Centred Design program, Khan is one of only two Canadians joining 20 young designers from 15 different countries selected for the 2022-2023 program.
The WDO is a non-governmental organization with United Nations (UN) Special Consultative Status, supporting design initiatives for industry, business, products, systems and services. Launched in 2020, the Young Designers Circle brings together cross-disciplinary international designers under the age of 30. Under the direction of three design coaches, the young designers help to further WDO’s mission of using emerging best practices to make recommendations which address design challenges.
“The World Design Organization has brought together young people from around the world. There are people from all different backgrounds, like industrial designers, or in the urban planning space or architecture. It’s a good mix of different design disciplines,” said Khan. “Over the next two years the other designers and I will be working on different projects, both ones that we’ve pitched and ones assigned to us.”