INSIGHTs

On positive change through news, opinions, and innovative insights.

Black and white photo of two hands touching themselves with fingers

Belle Graafland

October 31, 2025

Why We Need to Rethink How We See People: From Consumer to Citizen

Wessel Veenkamp

October 22, 2025

Co/Lab: Hungry for change

Photo of the Ketelhuisplein during the Dutch Design Week 2024, with the logos of DDW and Ink. Credits: Max Kneefel

14 October 2025

Ink at Dutch Design Week: Program 2025

Mensenkenners is a Collaboration Partner of Cinekid Festival 2025

Illustration by Beyza Durmuş

September 8, 2025

Ink Joins BEAT as Implementation Partner for Inclusive Mobility

child on a playground

Building Inclusive Cities Together: SPACES Receives NWO Grant

Illustration of two people talking, with AI being part of the discussion

Human-Centered Care in the Age of AI: Technology as a Catalyst for Better Connection

photo of the Remembering for tomorrow box and contents

Remembering for Tomorrow: Building a Meaningful Future Together

a drawing of the Dutch Design Award lamp en award

Mensenkenners Nominated for Dutch Creativity Awards in the Social Design Category

drawing of a hand holding a phone/wallet

Wessel Veenkamp

ID Wallets at Dutch Municipalities Without Value for People? Then Rather Not.

Open booklet displaying a flowchart with text in Dutch on a purple background, showing decision-making paths with various colored boxes.

Wessel Veenkamp

February 10, 2025

How We Enhance the Impact of Design in Government: Insights from Our New Design-Based Procurement Guide

Abstract illustration of a lightbulb with two stylized human figures, one in dark blue and the other in bright blue with a medical cross symbol, representing collaboration in healthcare and innovation through social design.

January 16, 2025

Collaborating for Human-Centered Care with Social Design

Abstract illustration of two human heads facing each other with their tops open, connected by curved lines, symbolizing knowledge exchange, communication, and shared thinking.

January 7, 2025

Empathy: strength or vulnerability? My experience as an intern

illustration of a shooting star

December 24, 2024

An inspiring kick-off to the holiday season: a message from Anna

Illustration of a magnifying glass with a group of people

Lotte Stockmans

December 9, 2024

This is how we get the most out of focus groups

November 26, 2024

Ink Panel Discussion: Celebrating Social Changemakers

Three photos from the Dutch Design Week 2024. 1. De Mensenkenners bike at an exhibition; 2. Emma, our senior social designer next to a screen and the Bouw Box, 3. Wensen & grenzen game on a table

November 4, 2024

October, a Month Full of Highlights

October 11, 2024

Ink at Dutch Design Week 2024

Afbeelding met sprekers die op de inkiversary komen spreken

23 september 2024

Inkiversary program

Different pictures from inkiversary 2023

12 september 2024

(ink)iversary 2024

drawing of a pencil with wings

Ezri Jade Williams

August 30, 2024

How do we activate that magical 'flow'?

two women talking next to a computer

Wessel Veenkamp

August 23, 2024

Interviews in target group research are an exchange; it's not just taking but also giving

people sitting behind a table, two of them shake hands

August 16, 2024

How procurement limits the impact of design within the government

man behind a computer, with a wallet and a (credit) card

Innovation in Digital Identity: The Power of the ID Wallet

Globe with eyes

Earth Overshoot Day 2024: There is Hope!

People in wheelchairs with Pride flags

Stichting Mensenkenners: Promoting Inclusivity at Pride Amsterdam

Noah in a strategy meeting with Puck, Jorn and Lorin

Behavioral Science in Action: My Time at Ink Social Design

Illustration of a party horn

Save the date! Join us in celebrating 6 years of Social Design

Still by artist Kenneth Aidoo from the FPC documentary

Everything of Value: An Eye Opener for the Cultural Sector

wo hands, with 'yes' written on one hand and 'no' on the other.

Do You Vote or Does the Voting Guide Decide for You?

Stichting Mensenkenners In Residence with City of Amsterdam

Photo of part of the Ink team with the bronze lamp

Ink Social Design wins first prize for Social Design with 'Bouw Box' at Dutch Creativity Awards

Sanjana and Eshita are working together

Sanjana Cherian

From Delhi to Amsterdam: A Personal Journey as Interns at Ink Social Design

Photo of the design session during the co-creation process: Berlin Square Cultural Cluster

Why it's time for more social design in real estate- and area development

Illustration of a person in a circle

Lotte Stockmans

Digitizing healthcare

Photo of the Bouw Box, with the text saying that we are the finalists for the Dutch Creativity Awards 2024

Dutch Creativity Awards 2024 Finalist

A globe with eyes glued on it

People are good – we deserve good design!

An illustration of a kind of dashboard, of a speedometer in the car, with 3 faces with the right side looking sad, the middle one neutral and the right one happy. The arrow points to the happy face.

Ezri Jade Williams

The Happiness Paradox and Behavioral Design

An illustration of a pillar in the museum depicting a light bulb with a heart in it

February 5, 2024

What you see is not what you get

A drawing of a pen and a guard

Eeke van Velzen

January 19, 2024

From a chef to a social designer

A text cloud with the question: What is social design?

January 10, 2024

What do you actually do at Ink?

A photo of an elderly couple on the Mensenkennersfiets at the Van Abbemuseum

Are you coming to train your inclusivity muscle during Dutch Design Week?

A group photo of Ink's team photoshopped on a futuristic background with the title: the Inkredibiles

28 september 2023

Five things I've learned over the past few years

A mock-up photo of the card game: Wishes and Boundaries

What if you don't discover you have autism until you're 60?

A group photo with Anna and people from TDV India

September 3, 2023

Ink India is a fact!

A group photo of Anna and a couple of students from TDV India

August 31, 2023

The design school of the future

A photo with the quote: “Stop your business!”

August 15, 2023

Hidden poverty among small entrepreneurs

A photo of our colleague Maaike, at our info pole where people can leave post-its with an answer to the question “How do we make the digital world more inclusive?”

Designing for people with autism

A photo of a timer clock

Do you also ask your creative team members to track their time? And do you track your own time?

A happy group photo of our team, standing in two rows with big smiles.

Building a diverse team

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