Building a context for makership

Changing the Ministry of Justice and Security (JenV) from the inside with creative power is what Nadiye Çakir wants to achieve with the Makers Collective. She is a strategic and social designer working in Justice and Security at the Knowledge, Innovation and Strategy department. To the government officials with whom Çakir works, she is the odd one out. Together with ten other makers spread over the various divisions of JenV and associated implementing organisations, she forms the Makers Collective. Çakir says, “One of our tasks is to create space for makership.”

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Read the latest WDE Spotlight!

With WDE Spotlight, we give the floor to several designers from the Embassies. This time, we speak to Gabriel Fontana, part of the Ch.. Ch.. Changes conference during Dutch Design Week 2022, the Embassy of Health in 2020 and one of the Embassies in 2023 (more on this later). What is his background? What inspires him? What does he hope to achieve with his work? You can read about it in this Q&A!

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Check out the WDE aftermovie!

It's here; the official aftermovie of World Design Embassies (WDE) 2022 takes you through everything there was to see at Dutch Design Week in a nutshell. And that was a lot!

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Jetske van Oosten and Tabo Goudswaard in De Correspondent

Lex Bohlmeijer talks to Van Oosten and Goudswaard about a new approach to complex issues. Why do we need the thinking and working methods of designers? Van Oosten and Goudswaard share inspiring and concrete examples of how social design stimulates social change.

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Experience the mindset for a chronically healthy society

How do we change our attitudes towards health? In the exhibition Chronic Health, we show examples, process and outcome of an agile, responsible and learning mindset. We draw lessons from nature and from the palette of people in society

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    Spaces for learning and unlearning
  • Embassy of Safety

    Trust in makers
  • Embassy of Health

    Chronic Health: the mindset for change
  • Embassy of Urban Mobility

    Cities for people
  • Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

    A biobased house as a starting point for a different value system
  • Embassy of Water

    Building houses that restore water
  • Embassy of Food

    The farm of the future

Embassy of Inclusive Society

Spaces for learning and unlearning

Embassy of Safety

Trust in makers

Embassy of Health

Chronic Health: the mindset for change
Embassy of Mobility

Embassy of Urban Mobility

Cities for people

Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

A biobased house as a starting point for a different value system

Embassy of Water

Building houses that restore water

Embassy of Food

The farm of the future

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De Tekentafel: Why is seeking friction so important, and how does design contribute to this?

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WDE Spotlight: Gabriel Fontana

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From research to practice

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Building a context for makership

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WDE Spotlight: Bureau Ruimtekoers

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Criminal assets: how do you return confiscated assets to society?

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