Redesign the World

Redesign the World is the ultimate design competition, which called for new ideas to rethink planet Earth.

Powered by architectural visualisation tool Twinmotion, the contest was free to enter for people over the age of 18 of any profession and from any country in the world.

The contest received over 100 entries from more than 30 different countries. Dezeen is unveiling the finalists and winners from 1 to 19 November 2021 during our Dezeen 15 festival.

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Fernando Donis' Frame City proposal to "combine city and countryside" wins Redesign the World contest

Fernando Donis' proposal to create new habitable topographies in which humanity and nature coexist has won first place in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More

Benedict Hobson | 19 November 2021
Mcheileh Studio's flying farms that "combine aerospace technology with aeroponic farming" named Redesign the World runner-up

Mcheileh Studio's proposal to build aeroponic farms in huge airships to distribute food around the globe has been awarded second place in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More

Anna Marks | 18 November 2021

Matthew Pratt's vision to elevate humanity "high above the ground" wins joint third place in the Redesign the World contest

Matthew Pratt's proposal to raise all human activities onto elevated cities built on slender stilts has been awarded joint third place in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More

Amina Amber | 17 November 2021
Bless Yee's vision for carbon-capturing "living infrastructures" wins joint third place in the Redesign the World contest

Bless Yee's proposal for floating habitats that capture carbon from the air has been awarded joint third place by the judges of Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More

Anna Marks | 16 November 2021
Oliver Salway calls for people to "redesign their lives" instead of redesigning the planet

A short film by Oliver Salway that imagines a future where humanity has chosen to embrace a simpler existence to avert climate catastrophe has been highly commended by the judges of Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More

Benedict Hobson | 15 November 2021

Shivam Takulia and Anya Ghosh propose giant fog-harvesting buildings to create "a healthier and more nourished world"

Shivam Takulia and Anya Ghosh's proposal to create "water-positive" buildings that harvest water from the air is the next finalist project in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More

Amina Amber | 12 November 2021
Dennis Christian Schmidt proposes underground cities to protect humanity from "the hardships our future holds"

The next finalist project in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion is Dennis Christian Schmidt's proposal to create a network of underground cities built around climate-regulating lakes. More

Amina Amber | 11 November 2021
Amaury Garay, Paola Alvarez and Mauricio Trujillo imagine holistic world where humans live in "techno communities"

The next finalists in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion are Amaury Garay, Paola Alvarez and Mauricio Trujillo, who envision a world where humans live in harmony with nature in small, technologically advanced villages. More

Anna Marks | 10 November 2021
Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Anne Wagner and Morgan Heenan imagine a world in which people live in "self-contained micro-habitats"

The next finalists in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion are Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Anne Wagner and Morgan Heenan, who have proposed a world in which humans live in self-contained spherical pods. More

Anna Marks | 9 November 2021
BPAS Architects envisions rain-collecting skyscrapers to "reverse desertification"

BPAS Architects imagines building huge water-harvesting skyscrapers for humanity to survive in the desert, one of the 15 finalist projects for Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More

Anna Marks | 8 November 2021

Mando Xie proposes green floating cities to enable "human civilization to continue" on the ocean

Mando Xie imagines humanity moving into ship-like floating cities covered with trees to escape rising sea levels in this proposal, which is a finalist in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More

Benedict Hobson | 5 November 2021
Gaetano Fornarelli proposes "moving the countryside to the city" by creating car-free garden cities

The next finalist in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion is Gaetano Fornarelli, who has proposed creating car-free cities covered in trees to improve people's health and reduce humanity's impact on the environment. More

Anna Marks | 4 November 2021
Angelo Renna and Oleksandr Nenenko envision a world dominated by "superorganism" trees

Angelo Renna and Oleksandr Nenenko have proposed covering planet Earth with huge genetically engineered trees, one of 15 finalist projects for Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More

Anna Marks | 3 November 2021

Justinian Khoo envisions networks of floating cities "to provide freedom for nature on land"

The second finalist in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion is Justinian Khoo, who has proposed moving humanity into sustainable floating cities so that nature can reclaim the land. More

Benedict Hobson | 2 November 2021
Pawel Rymsza proposes domed cities with algae lakes "to make big reductions in atmospheric carbon"

Pawel Rymsza's proposal to house humanity in a network of ring-shaped structures built around huge algae-rich lakes is the first of 15 visionary projects selected as finalists for Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More

Benedict Hobson | 1 November 2021
Redesign the World winners to be announced during Dezeen 15

The 15 best entries for Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion will be revealed during our Dezeen 15 festival, which starts next week. More

Benedict Hobson | 29 October 2021
Last chance to enter Dezeen's Redesign the World competition with Epic Games

Our Redesign the World competition with Epic Games closes for entries at midnight tomorrow! Here is a recap of the talks and workshops we have run to provide some last-minute inspiration and tips for how to enter. More

Benedict Hobson | 14 September 2021 | Leave a comment

Alex McDowell's Planet Junk asks students to "destroy the world"

Production designer Alex McDowell has launched Planet Junk, a project that invites university students to imagine a future world that is built on the detritus of our current planet. More

Alice Finney | 13 September 2021 | Leave a comment
Only one week left to enter Dezeen's Redesign the World competition with Epic Games

There is just one week left to enter our Redesign the World competition with Epic Games, which closes at midnight on Wednesday 15 September. Enter now! More

Amina Amber | 8 September 2021
Two weeks left to enter Dezeen's Redesign the World competition with Epic Games

There are just two weeks left to enter our Redesign the World competition, which calls for new ideas to rethink planet Earth. Enter now before the contest closes for entries on 15 September. More

Amina Amber | 1 September 2021