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Open Design Lab

The Open Design Lab makes innovation in the make and design industry transparant and accessible for artists, designers, entrepreneurs, and citizens. The heart of this Lab consists of the maker space Fablab Amsterdam, the first Fablab to be opened in The Netherlands.

The Lab offers room for self-initiated research, and is a place to learn by making, where new relations are formed between people and objects. We facilitate experimental and artistic research in fashion, textiles, architecture, the Internet of Things, robotics, nanotechnology, energy, healthcare and nutrition. We work to make our materials, processes and results sustainable and transparant.

The Open Design Lab is made possible by a subsidy from the Creative Industries Fund NL.

Expert Open Design

Team

Floortje Vermeer, Waag

Floortje Vermeer

Natalia Vargas, Waag, door Jimena Gauna

Natalia Vargas

Rosalie Bak alternatieve foto

Rosalie Bak

Chris Julien

Chris Julien

Maro Perez Bobadilla, door Jimena Gauna

Maro Pebo

Miha Tursic

Miha Turšič

Sophie Almanza, projectmanager Code bij Waag

Sophie Almanza

Tonya Sudiono

Tonya Sudiono

Zoénie Liwen Deng

Zoénie Liwen Deng

Margherita Soldati

Margherita Soldati

Albana Shala

Albana Shala

Links

Projects

More-than-Planet

Brain T., Sjölén B., Oliver J., Asunder: Wadden Islands Netherlands, 2020
Open Design Lab
The way people imagine the planet substantially impacts the environment itself. More-than-Planet will address a crisis of planetary imaginary.

World Weather Network

World Weather Network
World Weather Network
Waag is part of the World Weather Network, a global coalition of artists and organisations formed in response to the climate crisis.

S+T+ARTS Prize

S+T+ARTS Prize trophy with logo
Open Design Lab
The STARTS Prize is an annual recognition of two innovative projects at the interface of science, technology and art.

Better Factory

Female Farm beauty products
Open Design Lab
Better Factory will provide methodology and opportunities for manufacturers to collaborate with artists at developing new and personalized products.

Vojext

Cyberspecies Proximity by Anna Dumitriu & Alex May
Open Design Lab
By collaborating with artists, technology partners and manufacturers, Vojext addresses human-robot interaction that contributes to today’s societal and also environmental challenges. 

T-Factor

Opening Planet B @ Amsterdam Science Park
Open Design Lab
Within T-Factor, Waag will help enrich and steer the Amsterdam Science Park masterplan towards urban ecology-related innovation and enterprise.

Artsformation

Bjorn Karmann & Tore Knudsen, Project Alias, S+T+ARTS Prize winner 2019.
Open Design Lab
Mobilising the arts for an inclusive digital transformation: a response to societal challenges proposed by the fast-pacing digital transformation.

Open Next

Open Next - Embassy of Health DDW
Open Design Lab
Today’s mass-produced product creation is expensive, risky and unsustainable. SMEs and maker communities across Europe are coming together to fundamentally change the way we create, produce, and distribute products.