We are very happy and proud to tell you that our Global Children's Designathon 2016 was a big success!
A huge THANK YOU to all the children participants, our hosts and partners!
We are working hard to update this page. Meanwhile, keep an eye on our Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for all the happy photos, updates and media reports!
A 3D PRINTED FOOD
FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE
Designed by Maya
A FLOATING CLEANER
TO TAKE OIL
OUT OF THE SEA
Designed by Hasse and Teun
A STREET CLEANING ROBOT
YOU CAN SMS TO COME
AND CLEAN YOUR STREET
Designed by Lucy and Beverly
A day dedicated to celebrating what the world could be like when children design better futures using new technologies
How can we prepare them to survive and prosper in a rapidly changing, increasingly technological and complex world?
Worldwide there are 2 billion children of school going age
How can they become the producer of new technologies?
How can they learn to create a better world for people and planet?
Our Team 2016
Initiated by Designathon Works in Amsterdam
Hosts:
Dublin
Marie
Berlin
Gisele
Nairobi
Mark
Zagreb
Teo
&
Ira
Amsterdam
Ina
&
Emer
Rio
Sabrina
&
Daniela
Singapore
Adrian
Tunis
Rym
Willemstad
Esmee
Panjim
Samy
Endorsements:
MARTIEN KUITENBROUWER:
A Former City of Amsterdam
chairman of West,
Boardmember of Cinekid
RACHEL ARMSTRONG:
A sustainability innovator who
creates new materials that possess
some of the properties of living
systems, and can be manipulated to
“grow” architecture
RAJIV BALL:
Partner with THNK; Amsterdam School of Creative Leaderhip & Lecturerer at the University of California in Berkley
Partners:
Want to help create this amazing event
to make a great impact for children's knowledge?
Want to have more information about the Global Children's Designathon?
Click the button below for the PDF file.
Global Children's Designathon 2014:
an amazing celebration of children's inventivity!
Read here all about it:
FASTCO
Kids solve the most pressing urban problems with designs you'd never think up
YOUTECH
Video and blog report by Youtech
VIDEO REPORT DUBLIN
The Global Children's Designathon 2014 in Dublin
OUR VIDEO
Jay & Solar Submarine
E-MAGAZINE
Our own E-magazine on Medium, with articles and interviews
MAKERED NL
Blog post about the event by Emer, in Dutch
If you have any questions
or want to send us some love:
contact Emer or Ina
