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 investigates whether microdonaties are a suitable as an 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.
- WaagInterface29-01-202129JanEach year, we take a look at the state of the internet. This year we focused on Inclusive AI, with a keynote by Sennay Ghebreab. (Dutch)
We codeFuture Internet Lab29-01-2021Leaving WhatsApp and the pursuit of fairer technology: Max Kortlander questions if we need to ask more from services like Signal.
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 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!
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.
We makeOpen Wetlab14 Dec 2020A reflection on the works of Andrea Ling and dr. Brenda Parker, who investigate using natural, biodegradable materials for building and architecture.
We makeOpen Design Lab2 Dec 2020It's time to apply for Fab Academy 2021. In 20 weeks, learn how to make (almost) everything! Join the worldwide Fab Lab Network now.-
We learnCo-creation Lab1 Dec 2020An interview with Meia Wippoo of Waag's Co-creation Lab on the importance of co-creating in the Thinking Cities magazine, inspired by our recent…
We codeFuture Internet Lab9 Nov 2020How democratic are policy labs, and do they really have influence? We are publishing the master thesis of Elissa Guedes Cardoso on this subject.
