Projects

This overview shows our current projects. For older projects that have been completed, visit our project archive.

  • DO IT - Maakplaats 021
    We learn
    Maker Education Lab
    DO IT
    DO IT contributes to youth employment and to create new jobs in the social economy by nurturing in young pupils seeds for active social innovation:…
  • Fairphone 2 in 2015
    Waag
    Products
    Fairphone
    Fairphone’s mission is to bring a fair smartphone to the market – one made entirely of parts produced and utilised without harming individuals or the…
  • Librarian Maker Camp
    We learn
    Maker Education Lab
    Librarian Maker Camp
    To school librarians in the latest make techniques, Waag has developed the Librarian Maker Camp.
  • Critical Making - expo at Ars Electronica
    We make
    Open Wetlab
    Critical Making
    The project Critical Making will bring together practices in contemporary art, design and technology with artistic research.
  • Amsterdam IJ
    We learn
    Co-creation Lab
    Cities-4-People
    Cities-4-People is a three year project that aims to implement a pilot program running at five urban and peri-urban areas where citizens, city…
  • S+T+ARTS Prize winner 2017: Rockprint
    We make
    Open Wetlab
    S+T+ARTS Prize
    The S+T+ARTS Prize is an annual recognition of two innovative projects at the interface of science, technology and art.
  • Programmeren in de Waag
    We code
    Future Internet Lab
    DECODE
    DECODE develops practical alternatives through the creation, evaluation and demonstration of a distributed and open architecture for managing online…
  • Maakplaats 021
    We learn
    Maker Education Lab
    Amsterdam Maakplaats 021
    021 Maakplaats Amsterdam is a scale-up of our years of pioneering activities and efforts in the maker movement en maker education.
  • TCBL round table workshop
    We make
    TextileLab
    TextileLab Amsterdam
    The TextileLab Amsterdam is a lab for creatives interested in experimenting with craftsmanship, technology and digital fabrication for the textile…
  • Big Picnic
    We learn
    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.
  • DSI map Europe
    We code
    Commons Lab
    DSI4EU
    Digital Social Innovation in Europe (DSI4EU) supports digital social innovation networks in Europe.
  • Smart retrofitting for urban housing
    We code
    Future Internet Lab
    Smart Retrofitting for Urban Housing
    This project researches the effect of co-creation on the energy reduction during home renovations.