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Thieu Custers, Waag, by Jimena Gauna, 2020.

Thieu CustersConcept Developer

Thieu Custers is concept developer with Waag's Future Heritage Lab and Maker Education Lab.

Next to this, he has his own design studio working on exploring science, nature and media, connecting these topics to the fields of philosophy and design. His work often ends up staging practical performative experiments, delving into themes of circular sanitation, food systems and ecological space exploration.

Labs

Current projects

Uitzicht over het IJ
Urban Ecology Lab

Stem van het water

In Stem van het water, Waag designs a method to make perspectives of both humans and animals, plants and micro-organisms on the IJ visible to each other. How can visibility and interventions help to be more considerate of each other?
Hackathon de groene stad
Smart Citizens Lab

New plan for work

What does the future of work look like? In the project New plan for work, Waag Futurelab and Michiel Zonneveld explore how to design a new perspective on the future of work.
Politiedrones en ethiek - Christopher Burns via Unsplash
Future Internet Lab

Police Drones and ethics

The Dutch national police plans to use more drones. Waag organises citizen focus groups to research the ethical considerations necessary.
Expeditie: toekomst campagnebeeld
 

Expedition to planet B

Waag embarked on an expedition to planet B in order to design and create a desired future that is open, fair and inclusive.
Maakplaats Reigersbos FabSchool
Maker Education Lab

Make it Open

Transforming schools into community partnerships. Maker education and citizen science function as a transformative approach for Open Schooling.
Centrinno_Waag_Hans
Future Heritage Lab

Centrinno

Nine cities, including Amsterdam, are working together to develop inclusive and sustainable Fab City Hubs at industrial heritage sites.
Opening Planet B @ Amsterdam Science Park
Urban Ecology Lab

T-Factor

Within T-Factor, Waag will help enrich and steer the Amsterdam Science Park masterplan towards urban ecology-related innovation and enterprise.

Closed projects

FabSchool/Maritiem maaklab
Maker Education Lab

Maritime Make Lab

An education programme for the 'Maakplaatsen' (or maker spaces) in the OBA (Public Libraries of Amsterdam), based on the digital heritage collection of the Maritime Museum.
Fotoverslag: processie garage Kempering “The Last Nine Days Of Garage Kempering”
Future Heritage Lab

Mixed Reality for heritage

In the Mixed Reality project, Waag is researching the use of MR and how it can contribute to the experience of a heritage location.