ThingsCon
Making Symbiocene; Design for regenerative strategies in AI Join us on 26 June 2026 at Sociaal AI Lab Rotterdam for the launch of the 2026 RIOT publication, with a special guest presenting the results of a project exploring how to design with algae and make the ecological impact of AI tangible—Tiwánee van der Horst. Launching […]
It’s been a week since TH/NGS 2025, and we’re still buzzing from the energy you all brought. Thank you for being part of it.If you want to relive some of the highlights, all the keynote videos are now live on our YouTube channel, along with another wonderful aftermovie by Bart Buerman. Our photographer Feike Faase captured the atmosphere beautifully—browse through the […]
We’re just five weeks away from TH/NGS 2025, our yearly gathering exploring this year’s theme: Resize < Remix < Regen!Starting today, we’ll be sending weekly updates with the latest program announcements. This week, we’re excited to share our first keynote speaker, five workshops, and details about our student exhibitions. A Fresh Program Format We’ve refined this year’s […]
📆 29 October 2025📍 Infopunt Scheveningen Strandweg 156 (naast de ingang van de Pier)🎟️ Workshop for max 30 people, RSVP here When you interact with the municipality, you often first encounter a digital tool: a website, a menu system, an algorithm, or a parking scan car. There are important reasons behind such digital systems: they’re […]
📆 12 December 2025📍 CRCL PARK, AMS Institute, Marineterrein Amsterdam Resize, Remix, Regen TH/NGS 2025 explores makers’ evolving relationship with digital intelligence as material rather than tool. Algorithms and AI are now embraced for their unique textures and potentials, creating a state of flow where makers intuitively “vibe” with these materials. This approach transforms invisible […]
On 14 June the Exhibition “Generative Things” will have it’s third edition. This time we are part of the Hyperlink festival in Waag Futurelab. Imagine a world where everyday objects are imbued with the power of generative AI. What possibilities and challenges would emerge? ThingsCon aims to explore this frontier by inviting designers to create […]
As AI and generative technologies reshape our relationship with physical objects, ThingsCon presents a new edition of the report RIOT 2025, themed Generative Things. The RIOT publication is the fifth edition of the report, which ThingsCon started in 2017 as the State of Responsible IOT. “The State of Responsible IoT is a collection of essays […]
To mark the new RIOT 2025 publication, we will organize an unconference on 6 June 2025 in Rotterdam. We invite the authors to have a moment to officially launch the RIOT 2025, and reflect on the theme of generative things through the lens of the topics raised by the authors, and beyond, in unconference style. […]
Imagine a world where everyday objects are imbued with the power of generative AI. What possibilities and challenges would emerge? ThingsCon aims to explore this frontier by inviting designers to create provotypes of the near future “generative things”. The exhibition “Generative Things” premiered at TH/NGS 2024, on 13 December 2024 in Volkshotel Amsterdam, and will travel […]
ThingsCon Salon Parallel at TH/NGS 2024, we organize a dedicated salon to discuss the impact of possible developments towards Generative Things for the daily practice of designers of things. In this special Salon, we invite experts from connected things to AI scholars and design professionals to reflect on the impact on design methods and practice. […]