Embassies
Embassy of Digital Futures
In an era where technological breakthroughs are happening faster than ever before, we are facing major changes. Digital inventions can solve many of our problems, but they also bring new challenges. How do we deal with this new digital version of reality that is taking over our biological, natural world?
- Gemeente Amsterdam Link to Gemeente Amsterdam
Embassy of Inclusive Society
The Embassy of Inclusive Society invites you to think of inclusivity as a process. It is not a one-off action or a tick on a checklist. Rather than a fixed result, we propose considering inclusivity as a series of experiences in which we unlearn old habits and learn new things. Think, for example, of the words we use or the way we treat each other. Every step we take, we ask ourselves questions about social norms and relationships. And more importantly, every decision or action leads to the next step, a new learning moment.
- Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport Link to Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
- Ministry of Education, Culture and Science Link to Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
- Dutch Design Foundation Link to Dutch Design Foundation
Embassy of Safety
How do we ensure that everyone can walk the streets safely at night? Or how do we help both victims and perpetrators recover after a crime? The Embassy of Safety collaborates on these kinds of issues with organisations in the safety domain, designers, and citizens.
- Ministery of Justice en Safety Link to Ministery of Justice en Safety
- Reclassering Nederland Link to Reclassering Nederland
Embassy of Health
The Embassy of Health is exploring, in a three-year programme, how we can regard health as our greatest asset. Through the power of design and new collaborations, we seek answers to the question: How can imagination help us to properly incorporate the immeasurable aspects of health into how we shape our society?
- Vilans Link to Vilans
- Alles is gezondheid Link to Alles is gezondheid
- Maxima mc Link to Maxima mc
- Provincie of Noord-Brabant Link to Provincie of Noord-Brabant
- Fontys Link to Fontys
- Dutch Design Foundation Link to Dutch Design Foundation
Embassy of Mobility
Creating liveable cities together, that is what the Embassy of Mobility stands for. With creative makers, such as designers and mobility professionals, but especially with city residents, travellers and companies. We can brainstorm, experiment and change together. What does our city look like without cars in front of the door? And what do we get in place of them? More greenery? More homes? Places to get together and relax? We will explore these questions together and experiment with possible solutions.
- Gemeente Eindhoven Link to Gemeente Eindhoven
- Technische Universiteit Delft Link to Technische Universiteit Delft
- Goudappel Link to Goudappel
- Capgemini Link to Capgemini
- Dutch Design Foundation Link to Dutch Design Foundation
Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building
In a world where urbanisation often comes at the expense of nature, a new vision is emerging that seeks harmony between the built environment and the natural world. This vision forms the foundation of our new programme, Building as a Landscape, where nature, construction, and infrastructure converge to create regenerative urban landscapes. The central question we explore is: How can we connect buildings and infrastructure with nature to develop a regenerative urban landscape?
- Rabobank Link to Rabobank
- Provincie Noord-Brabant Link to Provincie Noord-Brabant
- VP Capital Link to VP Capital
- Dura Vermeer Link to Dura Vermeer
- TBI Klimaattrein Link to TBI Klimaattrein
- Van Gelder Link to Van Gelder
- Hurks Link to Hurks
- Rijkswaterstaat Link to Rijkswaterstaat
- LF Groep Link to LF Groep
- Dutch Design Foundation Link to Dutch Design Foundation
Embassy of Water
We need a new way of thinking. An inner water transition. And it starts with a new understanding of water itself. We must get to know water again and form a new relationship with it. This applies to new water-based designs in the built environment, in our homes, and in cities, allowing us to reconnect with water.
- Gemeente Eindhoven Link to Gemeente Eindhoven
- Provincie Noord-Brabant Link to Provincie Noord-Brabant
- Waterschap De Dommel Link to Waterschap De Dommel
- Rijkswaterstaat Link to Rijkswaterstaat
- Dutch Design Foundation Link to Dutch Design Foundation
Embassy of Food
Our food system, and the current way of consuming it, is in dire need of change. However, the question of how to go about this has been bogged down for some time now. Designers can play a role in changing the way we look at this and in shaping the world behind our food and the relationship we have with it better and differently. The Embassy of Food wants to bring together imagination and reality by being a place where, in addition to designers, people from the entire food chain come together to experiment with each other; from farmer to scientist and from policy officer to supermarket manager. So, with design power and in meaningful collaborations in this in-between space, we will look for the answer to the question: how can we take a fresh look at the sticking points and thereby reshape the current food system?
- Province of Noord Brabant Link to Province of Noord Brabant
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Rabobank
Rabobank is a cooperative bank with a mission. Together with their stakeholders, they have been committed to a future-proof society and major societal challenges for 125 years. Rabobank serves private and corporate clients in the Netherlands and focuses on the food and agri sector worldwide. Always with the guiding principle: together we achieve more than alone.
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Next Nature Network
Next Nature Network is a network of makers, thinkers, educators and supporters. With members in 44 countries, it is the international network for anyone interested in the debate on our future – in which biology and technology are fusing.
Link to Next Nature Network - Food Hub Link to Food Hub
- Dutch Design Foundation Link to Dutch Design Foundation
Maakruimte voor Mooi NL
The Netherlands is facing major spatial challenges, such as housing, water, agriculture, mobility, but also inclusiveness and health. Challenges that call for major changes. What will the Netherlands look like in the future? And more importantly: how do we make that attractive future image a reality?
- Ministerie van Binnenlandse zaken en Koninkrijkrelaties Link to Ministerie van Binnenlandse zaken en Koninkrijkrelaties
- Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap Link to Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap
- Dutch Design Foundation Link to Dutch Design Foundation