make

Owing to its roots in the hacker movement, Waag is convinced that we can make almost anything with the help of digital fabrication, open-source hardware, and the sharing of knowledge. Make focuses on manufacturability within technology, biotechnology, textiles, and ecology. We research materials, material flows, manufacturing, and production processes as well as the social and ecological meaning and future impact of these materials and processes. Through our research, we collaborate frequently with (and offer accommodation to) designers and artists working at the intersection of art, technology, and science.

Projects

Een man die een schort draagt staat bij een machine en geeft uitleg.
Open Design Lab

Maakschap Amsterdam: Sustainable & Circular

BioHack Academy
Open Wetlab

BioHack Academy

Twee mensen staan aan een houten tafel en kijken naar een laptop. Achter hen hangt een zwarte plaat aan de muur met daarop de tekst 'The anatomy of an AI system'.
Open Design Lab

HAMLET

Hekelen van vlasvezels op het Marineterrein Amsterdam
TextileLab

100% Amsterdam textile

starts4water2
Open Design Lab

S+T+ARTS4WaterII

VOICE Work
Open Wetlab

VOICE

local color
TextileLab

Local Color

Waag-Tracks4Crafts
TextileLab

Tracks4Crafts

World Weather Network
Space Lab

World Weather Network

Asunder - Silicon Valley
Space Lab

More-than-Planet

DNA
Open Wetlab

BioCommons

Fabricademy IAAC Lab Barcelona
TextileLab

shemakes

UNBORN0X9, a project by Future Baby Production collective Art4Med
Open Wetlab

Art4Med

S+T+ARTS Prize trophy with logo
Open Design Lab

S+T+ARTS Prize

Fablearn onderwijsconferentie
TextileLab

Innovating textile education for VMBO

Female Farm beauty products
Open Design Lab

Better Factory

Planten voor de toekomst
Open Wetlab

Smart Hybrid Forms

Cyberspecies Proximity by Anna Dumitriu & Alex May
Open Design Lab

Vojext

TextileLab Amsterdam workshop
TextileLab

Culture.Fashion

Artsformation - Digital Shadows
Open Design Lab

Artsformation

Health and DNA
Open Wetlab

GeneConsent

Samira Boon
TextileLab

LABS: Future Interiors

Craft in Abundance. Charlotte Bakkenes.
TextileLab

Craft in Abundance

UITZET2090
TextileLab

HOPECHEST2090

Open Next - Embassy of Health DDW
Open Design Lab

Open Next

Biohacking - CRISPR-cas workshop Waag
Open Wetlab

Hybrid Lab Network

Reflow Pilot Textile
TextileLab

Reflow

KABK - Master Industrial Design
TextileLab

Fabrics and Fabrication

Detail of Joséphine Schmitt' s graduation project
TextileLab

Matérialités Futures

Astronomy in Deep Space 8K
Open Wetlab

Human outer space activities

WearPure
TextileLab

WearPure

Gene.coop at DDW 2017
Open Wetlab

Gene coop

Science Bus Nieuwmarkt
Open Design Lab

Do-It-Together Science Bus

Critical Making - expo at Ars Electronica
Open Wetlab

Critical Making

Afterglow by Boredomresearch
Open Design Lab

Data Aesthetics

TCBL round table workshop
TextileLab

TextileLab Amsterdam

Fashion Clash Festival with Waag's Textile Lab
TextileLab

Fabricademy

Do-It-Together Science Bus
Open Wetlab

Doing it together science

Zelfgemaakt
Open Wetlab

Homemade

Hack the Brain
Open Wetlab

BrainHack

Robots in distress - boredomresearch
Open Wetlab

Future Emerging Art and Technology

Pet shop DDW 2015
Open Wetlab

Pet Shop

Transfigurations Agatha Haines
Open Wetlab

3Package Deal Bio Art & Design

Gare du Nord exhibition 2015
Open Wetlab

Gare du Nord

TCBL Photo Sewing Supplies
TextileLab

Textile and Clothing Business Labs

Openthings
Open Design Lab

Openthings platform

Trust Me, I'm an Artist
Open Wetlab

Trust Me, I'm an Artist

BOCS sensor
Open Design Lab

BOCS sensor lab

3D print canal house
Open Design Lab

Design/Fabrication Lab

Fair Meter Bootcamp Waag
Open Design Lab

Fair Meter