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 codeSmart Citizens LabHow to protect personal data in the smart city? This question is central to the research report on smart cities by the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens. Judith Veenkamp, lead of Waag's Smart Citizens Lab, reflects on the importance of public values in the smart city (in Dutch).
- We codeFuture Internet Lab08-08-2021In the MicroDonor project, Waag researched a system that enables users to pay for online content and services with microdonations instead of data.
- We makeOpen Design Lab03-08-2021The Waag Technology Awards for promising KABK students has been awarded to the projects Basketology and Beyond Taxonomic Narratives.
- We makeTextileLab02-08-202102Sep20:0021:00Paving the way for female entrepreneurs in the fashion industry: join TextileLab Amsterdam's panel discussion.
- WaagInterface01-08-202109Sep20:0022:00Three writers discuss the role of fiction in imagining the future. What social and cultural impact does technology have in our near future?
- WaagInterface31-07-202124Apr30SepWalk towards the future with Waag! You'll be provided with conversation topics, routes along data centres and more.
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- We codeFuture Internet Lab8 Aug 2021In the MicroDonor project, Waag researched a system that enables users to pay for online content and services with microdonations instead of data.
- We makeTextileLab8 Jul 2021Addressing the environmental impact of the textile industry through a grassroots initiative focusing on discarded consumer textile.
- WaagInterface8 Jul 2021Tips from Waag! Read, watch and listen more about the world of the North Sea, non-human entities and ecology.
- WaagInterface26 Jul 2021Marleen Stikker did Waag's land walk with singer Nynke Laverman and interviewer Lex Bohlmeijer! A conversation about the Land van Ons cooperation,…
- WaagInterface19 Jul 2021Waag spoke with one of the founders of Land van Ons about sustainable agriculture, the origin of Land van Ons and the importance of ownership.
- WaagInterface17 Jul 2021We spoke to Michiel Bussink on ways to shorten the food supply chain, civil responsability in agriculture, and - of course - food.
- We makeTextileLab14 Jul 2021Waag speaks to the graduates of Fabricademy 2020 about their work and inspiration. This time: Rebecca van Caem, creator of textiles from food waste.
- We careCare Lab12 Jul 2021If your mom could bear your child, would you do it? The speculative artwork ‘Grandmom Mom’ raises ethical questions.
- We makeOpen Design Lab30 Jun 2021In four evenings, a diverse group of participants came together to design a sensing device.
- We learnFuture Heritage Lab30 Jun 2021Informal interventions to get to know the people in your team and create a feeling of community during online meetings.
- WaagInterface29 Jun 2021Waag collects the future hopes and dreams of all people in the Netherlands. This time, we head out west: how do people in The Hague see the future?
- WaagInterface29 Jun 2021More self-reliance and active citizenship: for the Exploration of the future, we collect the future expectations of people in Hattem.
- We learnFuture Heritage Lab28 Jun 2021The values of makerspaces as a contemporary extension of Virginia Woolf’s influential essay, ‘A Room of One’s Own.’
- We learnMaker Education Lab28 Jun 2021As a pilot school in Make it Open project, De Regenboog in Amsterdam carried out one of the learning programs of Waag, in which students were…
- We makeOpen Design Lab20 Jun 2021From January until May, eight students have been working with FabLab tutor Henk Buursen at Waag’s Fab Academy Amsterdam.