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 LabHow can developers and designers focus on the rights of children when developing digital services? With University of Leiden, Waag presents the Code for Children's Rights, commissioned by the Ministry of internal affairs.
- We careCare Lab21-11-202125NovHow can technology and data help us get a grip on health data? Join Waag's Care Lab for a design session!
- We makeOpen Wetlab20-11-2021Dive into Adriana Knouf’s work of the strange, alien and other! Rewatch the livestream on her work in Xenological Preterrelations.
We makeOpen Design Lab01-11-2021In researching the living environment, fieldnote taking has always been an important scientific method. Waag aims to expand the genre.
WaagInterface31-10-2021During the explorations of the future, Waag talked to people in all corners of the Netherlands about what they would take with them to a new planet…
We makeTextileLab30-09-202110Dec12DecIt is the year 2090. After climate disasters, the western part of the Netherlands has disappeared under sea levels. Visit the exhibition at Waag.
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WaagInterface18 Aug 2021Tips from Waag! Read, watch and listen more about the world of the smart city, citizen science, datafication and digitalisation.
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.
We learnFuture Heritage Lab1 Nov 2021During MuseumCamp 2021, professionals from the museum and heritage sectors created a manifest on contested histories and heritage.
WaagInterface30 Oct 2021Walk towards the future of data, the land, the North Sea or the smart city, with Waag!
We learnMaker Education Lab26 Oct 2021With eleven organisations, Waag presented its plans to include maker education into the structural educational programmes of Amsterdam schools.
We makeOpen Design Lab21 Oct 2021The Better Factory project stimulates innovation in industry by integrating art and AI in the process. The seven best international teams have been…
We codeFuture Internet Lab9 Oct 2021We can't win the cyber war if we do not fundamentally change our economic models, as Marleen Stikker and Sander van der Waal write in NRC.
We codeFuture Internet Lab7 Oct 2021For the second phase of the Code for Children's Rights, we are looking for tech developers and designers who want to discuss with children and young…
WaagInterface3 Oct 2021From 23 to 26 September, Waag organised Expedition: future. If we could design a completely new planet, what would we take with us?
We makeOpen Design Lab2 Oct 2021Both online and on-site, the Ars Electronica 2021 festival was in full swing. Waag's Open Design Lab was there!
We codeSmart Citizens Lab1 Oct 2021Measuring sound with citizens and entrepreneurs on Marie Heinekenplein.
WaagInterface26 Sep 2021Waag collects the future hopes and dreams of all people in the Netherlands. This time, we head down south: how do people in Venlo see the future?
WaagInterface22 Sep 2021Join Waag from 23 to 26 September during Expedition: future - a four-day event filled with workshops, walks, debates, food and music. See you there?
We learnFuture Heritage Lab21 Sep 2021Waag presented a new approach for impact assessment and evaluation of heritage projects for museums, at the RISE IMET conference.
