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Dick van Dijk

Dick van DijkCreative Director & Head of Learn Programme

Dick van Dijk was creative director and head of Learn programme (Future Heritage Lab, Maker Education Lab and Co-creation Lab) at Waag. Part of his role was the development of interactive concepts for the museum and heritage sector, using design research and user involvement.

Before Dick worked as a concept developer and lead of the Future Heritage Lab at Waag, focusing on many cultural heritage projects. He was a lecturer in the fields of storytelling, interaction design, co-creation and playful learning. Also, Dick co-authored several publications on social interconnectedness and the book 'Connect, Design for an Emphatic Society' on age-driven design.

Dick studied Business Economics and Art History. Next to his work at Waag, he was part of the Fontys Media Lectorate/Fontys FutureMediaLab, and he is a visual artist.

Current projects

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Maker Education Lab

Technological Citizenship

An investigation into the role of creative making processes in developing citizenship skills among young people in a digital society.
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Maker Education Lab

Good Game

A theatre performance created by gamers about gaming. In it, young gamers composed their own music via software, which is ideally a metaphor for learning code (programming language).
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Maker Education Lab

Quantum Inspire

The potential of quantum technology is enormous, but how do we get the conversation in society started about the impact?
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Expedition to planet B

Waag embarked on an expedition to planet B in order to design and create a desired future that is open, fair and inclusive.
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Future Heritage Lab

Centrinno

Nine cities, including Amsterdam, are working together to develop inclusive and sustainable Fab City Hubs at industrial heritage sites.
MuseumCamp Amsterdam
Future Heritage Lab

MuseumCamp

During MuseumCamp exhibition makers, educators and curators explore the potential of digital experiments in exhibitions.

Closed projects

FabSchool/Maritiem maaklab
Maker Education Lab

Maritime Make Lab

An education programme for the 'Maakplaatsen' (or maker spaces) in the OBA (Public Libraries of Amsterdam), based on the digital heritage collection of the Maritime Museum.
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Future Heritage Lab

Mixed Reality for heritage

In the Mixed Reality project, Waag is researching the use of MR and how it can contribute to the experience of a heritage location.
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Future Internet Lab

Hackathon de groene stad

In het project hackathon groene steden komen initiatieven bijeen die zich focussen op het vergroenen van steden. Waag organiseert vier groen-expedities en een hackathon.
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Future Heritage Lab

Dynamic Documentation

Waag works together with Imagine IC to create a new tool for a dynamic approach to cultural heritage.
Future Lab (Open) Onderwijs
Creative Learning Lab

Future Lab (Open) education

In this project, we are developing a vision for the future of (open) digital learning materials on behalf of SURF.
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Future Heritage Lab

Mingei

In Mingei 9 European partners collaborated to digitise and unlock the (in)tangible aspect of crafts.
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Creative Learning Lab

SUSHI

SUSHI is an interactive app for educational support of the theater programme Revolutions of Het Nationale Theater.
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Future Heritage Lab

Mixed Reality @ Oude Kerk

This project was a collaboration between Waag and Oude Kerk with the aim to research the applications of mixed reality technology.
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Future Heritage Lab

Heritage & emotion networks

The project ErEmEd researches motion networks on heritage in educational settings.
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Co-creation Lab

Co-creation navigator

Co-creation is a powerful way to deal with 'wicked problems' and innovate your professional practice.
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Digital Curation Lab

Mobile app for medieval imagery

Together with the CKD Waag developed a mobile app to make stories about mediaeval choir stalls more accessible.
Hortus Chat app
Future Heritage Lab

Hortus Chat app

Hortus Chat is a smartphone application for visitors to engage in a dialogue with plants.
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Future Heritage Lab

The Digital City revives

We aren’t doing enough to preserve our digital lives for the future, so we lose crucial information.
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Co-creation Lab

BigPicnic

Within the BigPicnic project, 18 European partners worked together to bring 'food security' to the attention of their city's citizens.
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Future Heritage Lab

Archive lab: Bootcamps

In collaboration with the National Archive/Progamme Archive 2020 and Utrecht University, Waag organized two multidisciplinary bootcamps to explore the future of the archives sector.