Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
PROJECTS | 2021
Getting Our Shit Together
Maxim Meijer, Doris Hondtong, Miruna Vlad
This project aims to 3D print houses from cow manure as a means to upcycle it into a building material.
Finalist Team
Edible Containers
Anthony de la Fuente, Nathan Stuger
Using mycelium and beans, such as lentil and soy, this project developed an edible food container to replace single-use plastic materials used at entertainment festivals.
Inkfinity
Mitchell Korver, Melissa Liem, Teunis Marseille
Inkfinity proposes bacteria-based pigments that are renewable, vegan, and free of harmful chemicals.
Microhub of Life
Sanne Stienstra, Sam Lansdaal, Lars Maarleveld
Microhub of Life uses discarded cardboard waste combined with eggshells and starch to create biodegradable garden planters. As microorganisms feed on the pots, cardboard waste is effectively broken down in an eco-friendly way.
Shroomextiles
Lindsay Azzopardi, Anne te Kulve, Nick Vriend
Shroomextiles repurposes textile waste and transforms it into a strong, durable, and biodegradable material. The textiles are shredded and inoculated with reishi mushroom, which grows into a leather-like material.
Wasted
Isa-Jane Ensing, Josefien Matla, Denise Mori
This project utilizes natural dying techniques to repurpose unsellable hotel bedsheets. Dyes were derived from coffe skins, orange peels, onion skins, and Janthinobacterium lividum.
InstructorS - 2021
Loes Bogers
Loes Bogers is a Senior Lecturer in Critical Making & Research Through Design and a Researcher at the Visual Methodologies Collective – both at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Loes has an MA in Interactive Media from Goldsmiths (London) and a BA in Media & Cultural studies from the University of Amsterdam. In recent years, Loes developed herself in the field of digital fabrication and critical making. She has participated in the Fabacademy and Textile Academy programs within the Fablab network. In 2018, she developed an interdisciplinary semester course called Makers Lab: Making as Research, and in 2019, published The Critical Makers Reader: (Un)learning Technology, an edited volume created in collaboration with Letizia Chiappini and the Institute of Network Cultures. Loes is also a core member of the non-profit workshop collective Hackers & Designers in Amsterdam.
Sam Edens
Sam Edens completed the research master, Critical Studies in Art & Culture, at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2017. She holds a BA in Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam, where she completed the Product Design program. Her research interests revolve around technological mediation, design ecology, philosophy, and methodology. She currently works as a lecturer-researcher at the University of Applied Sciences in both the Department of Technology and the Department of Digital Media and Creative Industries.
Ista Boszhard
Ista Boszhard is a concept developer and co-founder of Waag's TextileLab Amsterdam. She is also a lecturer at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. In her work, Ista always questions the status quo and explores possible and desired alternatives for the textile and clothing industry. She empowers and connects people by building communities that want to push things forward together. She is experienced in guiding people through creative processes by combining different methods such as storytelling, co-creation, design, and scenario thinking. Being value-driven, Ista combines intuition and research into cultural studies.
Micky va Zejil
Micky van Zeijl is a lecturer at the Department of Communication and Multimedia Design at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). She develops and teaches courses in design ethics, critical making, speculative design, and prototyping. She worked with Frank Kloos and Maaike van Cruchten on the MOOC prototyping interaction. She co-hosted the Digital Ethics Conference with Senior Lecturer Charlie Mulholland, with whom she also facilitates ‘the virtuous maker designer’ workshops. Her background is in interaction design and new media studies. In 2019 she completed the FabAcademy program and in 2020 attended classes at the Textile Academy. She worked for the PICNIC Festival in Amsterdam and the Dutch Electronic Art Festival and has developed the digital storytelling pilot, Swartzshield, in honor of Aron Swartz. Micky is an enthusiastic maker and thinker and loves to inspire students to combine theory and philosophy with their applied (digital) design work.
Advisors
Marjolijn Ruyg is a designer, art director, digital pioneer, advisor, researcher, and tutor. She has a BA in graphic design from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and an MSc in media technology from Leiden University. Her career spans more than three decades in the forefront of innovative design. Starting as a graphic designer, Marjolijn developed herself as a creative interaction designer and new media specialist. She worked on new media and cross-media projects and designed numerous publications and exhibitions. She was granted the Kids & Tools Award, for her interactive educational kid’s platform ‘KIJKRADIO’. She has more than 20 years of teaching experience at various art schools. Currently, she works as Senior Lecturer in the field of Urban Interaction Design at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.
Yuri Westplat is a digital product designer and an expert in the design of automated decision-making products. In addition, he occasionally teaches design at AUAS. As a Makerslab project coach, Yuri supervises students’ projects and helps them with their design and research approach.
Laura Mudde works as an independent curator at the intersection of art and social problems. She organizes socially engaged exhibitions and works together with artists, designers, and other people on complex social problems. Besides this, she teaches at the Design for Change and Innovation BA program at University of the Arts, Utrecht and is a returning guest teacher (reframing coach) at the Minor Makerslab at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. To deepen her practice, she recently started a PhD research program at University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht in which she studies what art can mean for social change towards a more caring society.