NADD/Discover
Thematic insights and data stories
Stories and insights
A selection of "views" on the people and organizations in focus of the Network Archives Design and Digital Culture. All these "stories" are made visible by querying and visualizing data on Wikidata.
These examples are only a start. Would you like to see other stories and perspectives? Let us know by leaving a message on this project's discussion page.
Design and digital culture - Aruba
This page brings together people and organizations active in design and digital culture in Aruba.
This list is created in partnership with the project Wikipedia on Aruba. This initiative, started in 2025, aims at expanding and strengthening Aruba’s presence on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms by ensuring that reliable, well-sourced, and freely accessible information about the island is available to a global audience.
Design and digital culture - Curaçao
This page brings together people and organizations active in design and digital culture with a relationship with Curaçao.
Design and digital culture - Suriname
This page brings together people and organizations active in design and digital culture with a relationship with Suriname.
Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award
The Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award was conferred 20 times, between 2001 and 2021, by the Dutch engineering company Witteveen+Bos. It was awarded to a Dutch artist who united art and technology in a unique way.
Families
An overview of family relationships in Dutch design and digital culture.
Arco
Arco is a Dutch furniture manufacturer based in Winterswijk, best known for handcrafted wooden tables and related furniture.
Founded in 1904, it remains an independent family-owned business across four generations. Arco works with notable Dutch designers, such as Bertjan Pot and Sabine Marcelis.
Public Domain - this year
People in Dutch design and digital culture whose work has become public domain this year (i.e. 70 years after their death).
Public Domain - next year
People in Dutch design and digital culture whose work will become public domain next year.
Recent deaths
People in Dutch design and digital culture who have passed away recently (i.e. in the past five years).
Publications
[edit]Dutch design and digital culture in publications
The NADD project encourages the enrichment of information about people in Dutch design and digital culture on Wikidata, by linking key publications to the people and organizations described in them.
The publications and resources listed on this page are just a start. Would you like to recommend other publications and resources? Are you interested in working on one in specific? Feel free to leave a message on this project's discussion page.
Glas in lood in Nederland 1817-1968 (1989)
All makers described in the 1989 book Glas in lood in Nederland 1817-1968.
Designers in Nederland. Een eeuw productvormgeving (2003)
All makers described in the 2003 book Designers in Nederland. Een eeuw productvormgeving.
Lexicon Nederlandse glaskunst van de twintigste eeuw (2004)
All makers described in the 2004 book Lexicon Nederlandse glaskunst van de twintigste eeuw.
Vrouwen in de vormgeving 1880–1940 (2007)
In the NADD project, we created Wikidata items for all (nearly 500) people described in the lexicon section (page 452-549) of the 2007 book Vrouwen in de vormgeving 1880-1940 (Q64534521) (Women in design 1880–1940) by Marjan Groot (Q2208177). Explore them here.
Visualize Dutch design and digital culture via Wikidata
Examples of visualizations and tools
A selection of visual ways to explore the people in Dutch design and digital culture in data.
The examples here both show insights in the data (content) and also provide examples of various free and open source tools offered and maintained by the volunteer Wikidata community.
NADD website's visualization
The NADD website (launched in June 2025) offers a visual timeline, map view, list view, graph view, and individual info cards about the designers, collectives, artists and design agencies active in Dutch design and digital culture.
This visualization uses Biblio-Graph. NADD commissioned Archival Consciousness to develop this visualization.
Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) map: NADD partners
A map of all partners in the Network Archives Design and Digital Culture, whose work or headquarters location is known on Wikidata.
Wikidata's built-in SPARQL query service (more info) offers some basic visualization options. This is its map view.
Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) timeline: NADD creators with portrait images
A timeline of all creators with a relationship to the Netherlands, relevant for the Network Archives Design and Digital Culture, who have a freely licensed portrait on Wikidata. The timeline shows them by date of birth.
Wikidata's built-in SPARQL query service (more info) offers some basic visualization options. This is its timeline view.
Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) image gallery: NADD creators with portrait images
Faces of Dutch design and digital culture. An image gallery of all creators with a relationship to the Netherlands, relevant for the Network Archives Design and Digital Culture, who have a freely licensed portrait on Wikidata. They are sorted by birth date; youngest people are on top.
Wikidata's built-in SPARQL query service (more info) offers some basic visualization options. This is its image gallery view.
Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) graph: employers
A graph view of all people in the Network Archives Design and Digital Culture born between 1945 and 1960, and their employers that are known on Wikidata.
Wikidata's built-in SPARQL query service (more info) offers some basic visualization options. This is its graph view.
Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) bubble chart: occupations
A bubble chart showing prevalence of occupations in the dataset of creators on Wikidata relevant for Dutch design and digital culture.
Wikidata's built-in SPARQL query service (more info) offers some basic visualization options. This is its bubble chart view.
Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) line chart: gender distribution per decade
A line chart showing the gender distribution, per decade, of all creators in focus of the Network Archives Design and Digital Culture (with a strong relationship to the Netherlands), starting from 1800.
Query by Hanno Lans.
Wikidata's built-in SPARQL query service (more info) offers some basic visualization options. This is its line chart view.
Wikidocumentaries: for visual browsing
Browse Wikidata visually, starting with the people described in the publication Vrouwen in de vormgeving 1880-1940
Wikidocumentaries is a visually rich Wikidata, Wikibase and cultural heritage browser developed by Open Knowledge Finland.
Reasonator: Wikidata in pretty
Browse Wikidata in a more human-readable and a more visual way with the Reasonator "skin" or tool. You can start with this view on the Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award.
Reasonator is a Wikidata viewer developed by long-term Wikimedia volunteer Magnus Manske.
Histropedia: visual timelines
A timeline of winners of the BNO Piet Zwart Award, color coded by gender, in the Histropedia tool.
Histropedia is an interactive timeline generator, with a focus on Wikidata and Wikipedia, built by Navino Evans and Sean McBirnie.
