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Projects
A mix of commercial and self initiated projects.
Maybe you remember the movie about a small boy who start a movement to do good by something he calls pay it forward. In the movie, the young Trevor McKinney, troubled by his mother’s alcoholism and fears of his abusive but absent father, is caught up by an intriguing assignment from his new social studies 
Theory is good, but not when you can put it into practice years later and find out that your knowledge is not knowledgy but knowlagged. An more agile approach to learning helps in better understanding what is being learned. Agile is a term introduced in 2001 and is now mostly used in software development. Like
The ambitions for Stad & Esch are high. The mission is to prepare pupils optimally for the challenges the 21st century offers them, knowing that this century is already well on its way, and successful people require more than just a diploma. This will be a future in which technological, social and demographic developments will
All crucial innovation projects are stealth: they are there, but you don’t see them. However, they will affect you when they’re done. Most of these trajectories are carefully protected behind agreements, the so called ‘Non Disclosure Agreements’ where all parties involved solemnly swear not to share anything involved with the project. And that way, a
Already described earlier as Value Added to Society, but rewritten because of TEDxDelft.
We all want to help, but ‘how’ is mostly an issue. That’s why we like to introduce:
VAS, Value Added to Schools
VAT (Value Added Tax) we all know: it helps the great community you are part of with everything we need in order
John Moravec joint me at TEDxDelft as a guest since he was in the Netherlands. And that was nice, had some great talks about a lot and we shared a lot of insights. Inbetween the inspiring talks we did a small interview,
The ambitions for Stad & Esch are high. The mission is to prepare pupils optimally for the challenges the 21st century offers them, knowing that this century is already well on its way, and successful people require more than just a diploma. This will be a future in which technological, social and demographic developments will
Choosing for a school is hard enough as it is when you’re 12. Making that easier we can not, that’s something personal. But for Stad&Esch we decided to be at least be really clear what we stand for and inform you well. That also means that we invited former students and students to have them
Collaborating with Thomas Jacobs on a smart new web service that enables you to get the most out of your questions. We’ve named it Pop a Question. And invited the brilliant Stang to help us bring this visually to life. You still have to
Currently working on a really nice information package to present Stad&Esch to future students and their parents, primary schools and primary school teachers. Goal is to give a real and representative view on the school, based on the new mental identity; this will be a
The ambitions for Stad & Esch are high. The mission is to prepare pupils optimally for the challenges the 21st century offers them, knowing that this century is already well on its way, and successful people require more than just a diploma. This will be a future in which technological, social and demographic developments will
BMW i was one of the sponsors of PICNIC Festival 2011, but also facilitated a by Benoit Jacob Head of Design BMW i, who provided PICNIC participants with exciting insight into the mindset of a forward-thinking car designer, revealing logic which drove the process of designing
Symen Veenstra, better known as enkeling was at the PICNIC Festival 2011. While listening to the talks he drew some attendees in the ‘PICNIC passport’, beautifully printed by Zwaan printmedia by the way. On day 3 he drew speaker Mr. Heath Bunting and some weird cityscapes. Cool stuff, this is what the passport
Hannibal Smith of The A-team would have said: “I love it when a plan comes together.” Wow, what an amazing edition of PICNIC Festival. Some things old, a lot of new, some things borrowed and a lot of green. No, it was not an easy ride
The beautiful leaders and bumpers are the result from a cross-continental collaboration i a true PICNIC spirit between Circus Family in Amsterdam and Marcelo Baldin a.k.a. Combustion from Brazil. The result is simply beautiful.
Hoe moeten we ons de steden van de toekomst voorstellen? Naar aanleiding van PICNIC Festival 2011 (14 tot en met 16 september in Amsterdam), een festival dat zich richt op innovatie, creatieve industrie en technologie en dit jaar als
The ambitions for Stad & Esch are high. The mission is to prepare pupils optimally for the challenges the 21st century offers them, knowing that this century is already well on its way, and successful people require more than just a diploma. This will be a future in which technological, social and demographic developments will
With the introduction of PICNIC Stories, PICNIC goes beyond the event. Like the festival, PICNIC Stories is all about sharing: inspiration, new ideas, different opinions, and knowledge. Built around content gathered by PICNIC, pieces composed by the PICNIC audience and supported by professional content partners we
Because you will be overwhelmed with inspiration and ideas at PICNIC Festival 2011 and will meet a lot of like-hearted people, you will need this document to jot down all names,
ideas and inspiration to make sure you remember it all when the festival is over. It will be your passport to enter new worlds you
As said earlier, also in its sixth year, PICNIC reiterated its commitment to creativity and technology – in terms of content, involvement of the PICNIC community and its international reach. This event for professionals is internationally known for its innovative festival approach, combining cutting edge content with new, interactive program formats and a surprising and
The build up of the city is about to start according to the work the city planners have been busy with past months. No, we were not kidding when we said we were going to build a city. Judge yourself, check the map!
Design Martine Eyzenga
Art-direction Marcel
Whoo! We’re done. The program is jam-packed. Nothing else fits in. So prepare for 150 speakers, a truckload of workshops, great people and nice food
In this update fresh work by Hans Blaas, Koeweiden Postma, Marije Kuiper, 178 aardige ontwerpers, Karim Cherif of United 135, Liam Aelmans of United 135, Jan Willem Wennekes of Zeptonn and Andreas Johansen. More contributions in a next update.
Building PICNIC is a mix of design, technology, business and governance, mixed with bold ambitions, hard work and a great team. Translating this years’s theme into a physical manifestation of it, is a nice challenge we took on. It leads to a lot of discussions in