The Amsterdam Public Library Foundation (OBA) teamed up with Designathon Works and de Waag for their 2020 Amsterdam Designathon Challenge, bringing together over 300 elementary school students (aged 9-12) to answer the following question: How can we connect all the citizens of Amsterdam? The students set out to conceptualize innovative technological solutions, proposing a series of prototypes.
Watch the final live to discover the winning concepts on December 16 here.
With so many different people, cultures and languages in Amsterdam, it's important that we all get along. Unfortunately, this isn't always the case. So the question arose: how do we connect all these Amsterdam citizens with each other? Who better to ask this question than children? They can really surprise us. Children always think freely, nothing is impossible for them and, as a result, they come up with refreshing ideas and conceptions - Martin Berendse, Director of OBA.
Amsterdam Public Library Foundation (OBA) is a public-interest cultural organization whose mission is to encourage the free flow of information in Amsterdam.
Designathon Works is an Amsterdam-based education center with its own educational method. The Designathon method involves structured workshops for children aged 4 to 12, who invent, build and present their own solutions to a social or environmental problem around the goals of sustainable development.
Waag is an intermediary organization made up of research groups working with local initiatives and institutional partners throughout Europe.
