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  • Mediamatic Fabriek

    Cherry Pear Marathon

    10
    Aug 2013
    - Redesigning broken chairs

    Do you still sit on your broken chair? You could have brought it to Mediamatic before the 10th to give it a second chance. A group of twelve Latin American designers gave broken chairs a new identity...
  • Aesthetics
  • Do it Yourself
  • Design
  • Form
  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Freestyle Kintsugi

    with Mariko Hori

    Humans are not able to control everything. In this workshop, the participants will experience the philosophy of kintsugi, which embraces the flawed or imperfect. They will practice to accept the way...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Freestyle Kintsugi

    21
    Mar 2026
    - with Mariko Hori

    Humans are not able to control everything. In this workshop, the participants will experience the philosophy of kintsugi, which embraces the flawed or imperfect. They will practice to accept the way...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Freestyle Kintsugi

    14
    Feb 2026
    - with Mariko Hori

    Humans are not able to control everything. In this workshop, the participants will experience the philosophy of kintsugi, which embraces the flawed or imperfect. They will practice to accept the way...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Bernotat&Co

    Radiolaria

    1
    Oct 2014
    1
    Jul 2026
    - by Bernotat&Co Design Studio

    A series of eleven lamps made of 3D-knitted textile with glow-in-the-dark effect, inspired by microscopic organisms and the phenomenon of bioluminescence. When the light is switched off, the...
  • Haptic Lab Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Detailed Talks

    18
    Feb 2026
    - with Amber van Gastel

    What is it like to be you? How do you see the world differently from someone else? In this workshop you will learn a different way of communicating. A way that does not start with finding the right...

  • Chewellery

    What happens if jewelry designers get their hands on chewing gum?

    While Ted Noten emphasizes the act of chewing and is convinced that our mouth is also capable of creating art. Corrina Goutos finds an innovative technique to use this atypical material for jewellery.
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Megan Bishop

    Wood-Fired Clay Oven

    6
    Aug 2015
    - Mediamatic Eten

    Hand-made over two days, using environmentally friendly methods and materials, the clay oven stands as a central feature of the Mediamatic ETEN restaurant.

  • Trash Lab

    In the Trash Lab we gave a new life to materials that were regarded as waste. Using our design expertise we experimented and researched how we could transform these “trash” materials into new design...
  • Aromathèque #12 Mediamatic Biotoop

    In the Presence of Ancestors

    26
    Feb 2026
    - Re-ecologizing ourselves through ancestry

    What role do our ancestors continue to play in our daily lives? Do we carry the weight of generations on our shoulders, and how might we release ourselves from the pressure of ancestral beliefs
  • Old Information Barbara Revelli

    Sustainable materials

    Every first Tuesday of the month, few Amsterdam based organizations organize a meeting about sustainability. Every time a different aspect of theme of this matter are discussed by a small but...

  • Interview Kael T Block

    On XX Boys and more

    Mediamatic's exhibition Kiki on Steroids! presents Kael T Block's project XX Boys, a collection of photographs of transboys. Rooted in his own experience as a transboy or 'FtM' (Female to Male), the...
  • Opening Night: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Hydrocommons

    20
    Feb 2026
    - with Enora Cressan, Marjolijn Boterenbrood and Silke Riis

    Join us on Friday, February 20th, to mark a new chapter for Mediamatic! This evening, we explore the idea that we are not separate entities, but porous beings in the same water. When will we begin...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Mending with Kintsugi

    with Mariko Hori

    How can you mend something broken into something even more beautiful? Kintsugi is a centuries old craftsmen's reparation technique where the cracks of a broken ceramic vessel are filled with Urushi
  • Mediamatic Fabriek

    Hairdresser

    Swap a haircut

    At the swapping-hairdresser you could get your hair cut once in a while, in exchange for whatever the hairdresser sees fit. Make a deal and get a new coupe. Are you a hairdresser? You were able to...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Eve Merriel Hurst

    Psychosoma

    7
    Mar 2025
    7
    Jan 2027
    - Eve Merriel Hurst

    This sensory fountain creates a space for vital conversations around psychosomatic health: conditions that affect both the body and mind. Western healthcare is largely based on the belief that the...

  • Mushrooms are taking over the Dutch media

    “Scientists, designers and dreamers are working on a revolution”.

    For the last couple of months Motherboard, the technological arm of Vice have been on board to interview designers, scientists and mycelium experts about their work with fungi. The result is...

  • A night in the Round Rest

    In the middle of the Favela

    Spend a night in a round bed. The Round Rest is standing in a greenhouse, at the centre of the Freezing Favela , a temporary settlement in Mediamatic. There are all kinds of art projects in the big...

  • El HEMA in Den Haag

    Nieuwe tijdelijke winkel in het centrum van de stad

    El HEMA, een concept ontwikkeld door Mediamatic Amsterdam in 2007, werd een instant-hit. De El HEMA werd daarna geadopteerd door Kosmopolis. Na Rotterdam bezocht te hebben, is de El HEMA nu te vinden...
  • Workshop: Tanja Baudoin, Michel Langendijk

    Workshop Coffin for your Beloved

    Work together with a contemporary artist

    A coffin with poetic ribbons, graffiti or textile? A robe or something more conceptual? As part of the Ik RIP exhibition on death and self-representation Mediamatic organized workshops for surviving...

  • The best idea, stupid

    Social RFID Hacker Camp 2009, Day 1

    9.30am and Hackerscamp 2009 gets underway as 20 or so hackercampers new and old congregate at the Mediamatic HQ. Some have cycled leisurely from home, others, like the three jetlagged MIT guys, are...

  • Thank you, come again.

    El HEMA koopavonden are making good progress

    Spectators arrive at El Hema exhibit a month before its grand opening and are invited to see the planning of the exhibit.

  • SensorMania

    Notes from the e-Fashion day

    Interactive fashion needs technology. If we want our clothes to move, sense and light up, then we will need the materials to do this for us. There are a lot of very interesting materials out there

  • Carpenters

    Dev Camp Day 3

    Camilo and Thjeu are essential in making the projects work. They brought their own tools and are building the (wooden) frames to house the installations.
  • The Hague, The Netherlands

    TodaysArt 2008 Festival in The Hague

    International Festival for Adventurous Creativity

    Every year, for one weekend, the TodaysArt Festival transforms the city centre of The Hague into an inspiring stronghold of creativity and audiovisual experiences. This year, over 200 artists will...

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