Our work
Future Internet Lab
No standardisation without participation
Waag Futurelab researched and documented people’s concerns around personal data sharing when buying or renting a house.
Reclaiming historical narratives through making
Blending history and innovation: A Modern Take on the Stomacher
Séraphine Bittard reimagines the 17th-century stomacher, blending history, personal narratives, and technology to explore the connection between identity, past, and future.
Urban Ecology Lab
Discover Urban Ecology
Discover Urban Ecology guides you through the interventions that we're made during the Landscape Festival: Met andere ogen. Browse through the temporary urban initiatives and read how joint activities can increase biodiversity and ecological awareness of residents.
Urban Ecology Lab
Temporary Placemaking: a guide for urban practitioners
This publication illustrates how local and temporary use of space can lead to inclusive and equitable urban regeneration. The guide offers methods for city makers on various themes.
Smart Citizens Lab
Public values in the procurement process
Waag visualised at what moments in the procurement process, a client can integrate public values into the contract by involving residents.
TextileLab
Guide for the Textile Curriculum VMBO
Teacher and looking for lessons on textiles? This guide contains hands-on lessons from the Textile VMBO learning line.
Open Design Lab
Toolkit for making change in the cultural field
On methods and strategies for changing and altering the conditions of cultural work.
Maker Education Lab
Mini computer kit for kids: Fabschoolino
Fabschoolino was a do-it-yourself mini-computer specially developed for the young makers within Waag's Fabschool programme.
Creative Learning Lab
Toolkit: Smart Kids Lab
Are you a teacher or looking for a fun children's activity? In the Smart Kids Lab, children playfully learn to map their surroundings.
Future Internet Lab
Game: Digital Identity 'Ganzenbord'
What do services you use on the internet actually know about you? Waag developed a board game that lets you figure this out while playing.
Smart Citizens Lab
Sensor: Gammasense
GammaSense is a prototype internet-of-things sensor that makes it easy to measure radiation. It was developed by Waag.
Future Internet Lab
Toolkit: Public Stack
The Public Stack was developed by Waag as an analogy for tools that constitute a fair internet. It grew into a proven method and workshop methodology.
Creative Learning Lab
Toolkit: The Boss of the Internet
Who is the boss on the internet? Find out in the The Boss of the Internet curriculum, suitable for children aged 10-14 and their parents. (Dutch)
Open Design Lab
S+T+ARTS: Artistic collaboration in industry
To establish more sustainable product design, Waag Futurelab connects artists to small and middle scale making and manufacturing companies. Watch our new video to see how it works.
Space Lab
Planetary Public Stack Research Residencies
Presenting the four outcomes of our Planetary Public Stack workshop series at Oude Sterrewacht in Leiden.
Smart Citizens Lab
Toolkit: Public-Civic Collaboration
Waag Futurelab and STBY developed the Toolkit: Public-Civic Collaboration. A book full of inspiration, support and design methods that social initiative and government can use to improve cooperation with each other.
Smart Citizens Lab
Strengthening social initiative in the energy transition
Waag Futurelab and the National Climate Platform examined how to strengthen the position of social initiative in the energy transition.
Open Design Lab
S+T+ARTS Prize: Art-science, for the future
'Every conversation with an artist flips a scientists' head.' Watch Waag's new video on the importance of our art-science practice, and 'Symbiosis' by Polymorf.
Commons Lab
Recommendations for the Use of AI in Public Processes
Through our Urbanite project, Waag developed recommendations for the Use of AI and Other Disruptive Technologies in Public Processes
Future Internet Lab
The Responsible Businessmodel Canvas
Waag Futurelab developed this Responsible Business Model Canvas, which you can use to develop value-driven business models.
Future Internet Lab
Community: Code for NL
Code for NL began as a Waag project and grew into a vibrant community working together on the digitisation of government.
Waag Futurelab: Reframe the Rules of the Game
For a year, Waag Futurelab researched the workings of systems from the idea: what happens when we change the rules of the game? Read the final publication now.
Space Lab
Essay: Building Planetary Imagery
We need to look at planet Earth in new ways to make the transition to a climate-neutral world. Art can help.
Maker Education Lab
Toolkit: Teacher Maker Camp Cookbook
Each year, Waag organises a four-day Teacher Maker Camp, training teachers in maker education. With this 'cookbook', as a teacher you can get started yourself.