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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

Police Drones and ethics

Politiedrones en ethiek - Christopher Burns via Unsplash
Future Internet Lab
The Dutch national police plans to use more drones. Waag organises citizen focus groups to research the ethical considerations necessary.

Expedition to planet B

Expeditie: toekomst campagnebeeld
 
Waag is embarking on an expedition to planet B in order to design and create a desired future that is open, fair and inclusive. Join us!

Make it Open

Maakplaats Reigersbos FabSchool
Maker Education Lab
Transforming schools into community partnerships. Maker education and citizen science function as a transformative approach for Open Schooling.

Centrinno

Centrinno_Waag_Hans
Future Heritage Lab
Nine cities, including Amsterdam, are working together to develop inclusive and sustainable Fab City Hubs at industrial heritage sites.

T-Factor

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

Closed projects

Maritime Make Lab

FabSchool/Maritiem maaklab
Maker Education 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.

Mixed Reality for heritage

Fotoverslag: processie garage Kempering “The Last Nine Days Of Garage Kempering”
Future Heritage Lab
In the Mixed Reality project, Waag is researching the use of MR and how it can contribute to the experience of a heritage location.