Another striking tent is that of the Rijksmuseum. Marijke Smallegange says that on October 30th they will launch a new website on which no less than 125,000 images of artworks will be released in high resolution. These are older artworks of which the creator no longer has any ownership rights. With the new site, the Rijksmuseum wants to raise awareness of its collection and give people the opportunity to use the collection. Do you want to reuse that beautiful crane from that Japanese kimono? Or those Amsterdam houses from that classic pen drawing? It's all allowed and the Rijksmuseum is happy to help you. In their tent they even show how to recreate a classic vase with a modern 3D printer. The copy-paste generation is not a threat to the Rijksmuseum, but they see it as an opportunity to spread their beautiful collection much more widely.
Improving the world with the FairPhone and a cheap prosthesis
Waag Society is also outside with a tent, in which they ask attention for the FairPhone. This is a phone that is made entirely from recycled parts, so that it does not cause mineral conflicts, as is currently the case in Congo.
In the Waag Society tent, next to the FairPhone, a cheap prosthesis can be seen, which is being developed in oman telegram data Indonesia with partners, so that a local industry is stimulated and many more people will receive a prosthesis.
We create reality ourselves
All in all, PICNIC is, like all previous years, once again a beautiful mix of technology, optimism, design, art and society. As Daan Roosegaarde says in his closing presentation: reality is not a given, we create it ourselves. If you still doubt that, you will be convinced of it after a visit to PICNIC. We create the future ourselves and we can do many beautiful things with it!