Awards

Waag has received several national and international awards and/or nominations over the years for its projects and initiatives. An overview.

2019

Incentive prize for the Dutch initiative 'PublicSpaces' at the Dutch Privacy Awards 2019.

Ista Boszhard and Cecilia Raspanti winners at Future Fashion Pioneers of VPRO Tegenlicht.
e-Participation tools in The Netherlands (e-Dem) nominated for the ISOC Innovation Award 2018.
Honorary mention for the Making Sense book 'Citizen sensing: a toolkit' at STARTS Prize 2018.

Digital Preservation Award for the project 'Digital City Revived'.
iCapital Award for Amsterdam by the EU, Waag took part in the winning team.
Honorary Mention for the Amsterdam Smart Citizens Lab at the STARTS Prize '16.
Open Innovation Luminary Award 2016 for Marleen Stikker at the Open Innovation 2.0 Conference.
Code for NL nominated for the ISOC Innovation Award 2016.

N8 Award for the best programme during the annual Museum Night in Amsterdam.
CitySDK and CryptoKids were nominated for the ISOC Innovation Award 2015.
'Pulse Pal' (Hester van Zuthem) won the public prize at Design4Health design challenge.

Web application for 'Tijdgeest' project wins the Water Innovation Award 2014.
Nominations CitySDK for Istanbul Design Biennial 2014 and Open Data Award.
Marleen Stikker is a finalist at the 2014 World Technology Awards.
Embodied learning game 'SuperHeroes Island 2.0' wins proof of concept at 'Let's Kinect in education' contest IPON 2014.
Embodied learning installation nominated for the Dutch IPON Award 2014.
CitySDK project nominated for the Prix Ars Electronica 2014.
CitySDK Mobility API was nominated for the ISOC Innovation Award 2014.

The concept travel app 'Reisradar' wins at the open data challenge organized by Rotterdamse Verkeersonderneming and the Open State Foundation.
The project Operation Sigismund receives a special recommendation from the Children’s Museum Award 2013.
Bas van Abel/Fairphone elected by Kennisland and magazine Vrij Nederland as 'Radical Changer' and wins the Fontanel Public Award at the Dutch Design Awards.
A 'Best Practice' rosette for the Fairphone project by Virtual Platform.

The project De Digitale Nieuwscollage wins an IPON Award in the category 'innovation in learning'.
A nomination for 'Augmented Anatomy' at the IPON Awards 2012.
The MuseumApp receives an 'Honourable mention' at Museum and the Web 2012 and a nomination for the Gouden Reiger 2012 award.

Special IPON Award for Waag's Creative Learning Lab and all educational projects.

A 'Seal of Approval' at the Erasmus EuroMedia Awards for The Island.
Nomination at Cinekid New Media Awards for Pop UP.
'Enlighten Your Research'- prize of SURFnet and NWO for 'Distributed high quality audiovisual testbed' entered by Tom Demeyer of Waag.

CENIC Award 2008 for Cinegrid @ Holland Festival, by CENIC, Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California.
Culture prize of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds for ;Yo! Opera Festival & Werkplaats. Waag made the website for the project.
Two Erasmus EuroMedia Seals of Approval by ESEC for our projects Teylers Bètalab and Games Atelier.

Erasmus EuroMedia Medal 2007 for the project Operatie Sigismund, with Drents Archief in Assen by ESEC, European Society for Education and Communication.
SpinAward for Frequentie 1550, category best gaming concept.
Coq d'Honneur for Marleen Stikker, director Waag, for the initiative of PICNIC, by Centrum voor Merk- en Communicatie (CMC).
M&ICT prize for the development of Games Atelier, by the Ministeries EZ and OCW and DMO Amsterdam.

Erasmus EuroMedia Sonderpreise for Waag's Creative Learning educational projects by ESEC, European Society for Education and Communication.

Design prize Rotterdam 1997 for Leestafel voor Oude en Nieuwe media at the restaurant In de Waag at the Nieuwmarkt square.