Waag operates at the intersection of science, technology and the arts, focusing on technology as an instrument of social change, guided by the values of fairness, openness and inclusivity. Read more.
We codeFuture Internet LabWaag recommends four initiatives that focus on digitalisation issues of concern during the elections (article in Dutch).
- We careMakeHealth Lab26-02-2021Interview | Dr. Adriana Knouf is one of Waag’s artist in residences. Who is she, where did she come from and what is she planning to do at Waag?
- We codeFuture Internet Lab17-02-2021Waag is investigating whether microdonations are suitable as profit model for a privacy-safe internet.
We makeOpen Design Lab29-01-2021Better Factory enables artists, manufacturers and tech suppliers to spur new innovations and receive up to 200.000 euros of equity-free funding.
We makeOpen Design Lab14-01-2021The S+T+ARTS Prize 2021 is open for calls! The winners will receive each €20.000 and will be featured at Ars Electronica, BOZAR and Waag.
We codeFuture Internet Lab13-01-202111Mar12MarOn March 11 & 12 2021 we are organising a conference to save the internet.
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Recent publications by Waag:
We learnCo-creation Lab18 Feb 2021Cities-4-People publication "Big Messages: Lessons for co-creative mobility initiatives in neighbourhoods" now online.
We codeFuture Internet Lab16 Feb 2021Download the Public Stack about charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. Consisting of a report, quick scan, and long read.
We makeTextileLab16 Feb 2021Addressing the environmental impact of the textile industry through a grassroots initiative focusing on discarded consumer textile.
We learnMaker Education Lab26 Feb 2021About facial recognition software of face filters. Article in Dutch.
We learnMaker Education Lab26 Feb 2021The result of “Coaching On The Job” for Maakplaatsen and coaches. (Article in Dutch)
We codeFuture Internet Lab25 Feb 2021Implementation of new policies and technologies requires a co-creative process that makes citizens and mobility managers accessible to one another.
We learnMaker Education Lab22 Feb 2021Within the EU project SellSTEM, PhD positions are opening up, of which one will be doing research in Waag's Maakplaatsen for a few months.
We makeTextileLab1 Feb 2021An online workshop series to learn how to mend, repair and colour your clothes to give them a new life!
We codeFuture Internet Lab29 Jan 2021Leaving WhatsApp and the pursuit of fairer technology: Max Kortlander questions if we need to ask more from services like Signal.
WaagInterface18 Jan 2021The power to keep conversations between human beings modest can not be outsourced to technology and a couple of billionaires. Read the article…
WaagInterface13 Jan 2021Starting in 2021, Waag will be the Future Lab for design and technology in the Netherlands.
WaagInterface29 Dec 2020The (strange) year that was 2020 in highlights for Waag: the academies, the maker movement in action, the public stack, and many more.
We makeOpen Design Lab22 Dec 2020A recap of the Transforming Citizen Sensing conference: how do we make sure citizens get access to air quality data on a global level?
We makeOpen Design Lab16 Dec 2020An interview with our new artist-in-residence Bea Vancaillie, researching how to make open source hardware out of Fiction Factory's wood waste.
We learnFuture Heritage Lab15 Dec 2020Listen to our latest podcast Seed Memory, exploring the overlap between heritage, ecology and community.
