Week of Participation
Waag Futurelab hosts special programme on digital inclusion
How can we make the digital world more accessible? Waag Futurelab and De Omslag are organising Participation Week from 6 to 9 October, which will focus on this question.
elections 2025
Our input for the election manifestos: four suggestions for policy on digitisation
Together with PublicSpaces and Commons Network, we are sending a letter to political parties with four text suggestions for their policies on digitisation in their election manifestos.
Local colors
Rediscovering Colors in the City
What if our plants interacted with birds, bees, and simultaneously contributed to something essential, like textiles? A conversation on natural dyes and local production with Cecilia Raspanti.
artificial intelligence
By regulating AI we can prevent harm
Last week, 44 CEOs of big tech companies sent an urgent letter to the European Commission, requesting a two-year delay in the implementation of the AI Act. Is this wise? Marleen Stikker responds.
Urban Ecology Lab
Designing Regenerative Technologies: The Demonstrator
If we want to stay within the planet's limits, we need to change our relationship with the planet and technology. Waags Demonstrator shows how ecological awareness and digital creativity can intersect.
2025-09-03T00:00:00+02:002025-09-07T00:00:00+02:00
3
Sept
7
Sept
panic - yes or no?
Ars Electronica Festival
2025-09-04T19:30:00+02:002025-09-04T21:30:00+02:00
4
Sept
19:30
21:30
Visit Waags dye garden at the Marineterrein
sold out
Waag Open: Botanical prints
2025-09-14T12:00:00+02:002025-09-14T20:30:00+02:00
14
Sept
12:00
20:30
public investment for public good
Good Money
2025-09-18T12:00:00+02:002025-09-28T17:00:00+02:00
18
Sept
28
Sept
celebrating 10 years of Waag's TextileLab
Chromatic Relations
2025-09-18T17:30:00+02:002025-09-18T20:00:00+02:00
18
Sept
17:30
20:00
celebrating 10 years of Waag's TextileLab
Festive opening Chromatic Relations
2025-10-01T19:00:00+02:002025-10-01T21:30:00+02:00
1
Oct
19:00
21:30
visible mending
Workshop: stitching a spectrum of care #1
2025-10-02T09:00:00+02:002025-10-02T18:00:00+02:00
2
Oct
09:00
18:00
save the date!
Kennis Maken: National Citizen Science Expo
2025-10-06T10:00:00+02:002025-10-06T12:00:00+02:00
6
Oct
10:00
12:00
Week of Participation
Talk: Digital technology and the future of work
2025-10-08T19:00:00+02:002025-10-08T21:30:00+02:00
8
Oct
19:00
21:30
visible mending
Workshop: stitching a spectrum of care #2
2025-10-18T11:00:00+02:002025-10-26T18:00:00+01:00
18
Oct
26
Oct
Antisocial media
Dutch Design Week 2025: Connection Lost
Mission
Waag Futurelab contributes to the research, design and development of a sustainable, just society
- By collectively researching emerging technology, and questioning underlying cultural assumptions;
- By experimenting with and designing alternatives on the basis of public values;
- By developing an open, fair and inclusive future together with civil society.
