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    Amsterdam Centraal

    A side view of the Central Station in Amsterdam. A 'sprinter' (Dutch train) is visible on the foreground.
  • sewage management
  • piss
  • station
  • train
  • traveling
  • Design

  • Up in the air, down to the earth

    The destiny of travellers' pee

    Imagine the situation: you are on a train, on a boat or on a plane and you feel the urge to go to the toilet. You relieve yourself and flush. Wuuush! Your pee is gone. But where, exactly, is it gone?

  • Pop-up Urinals

    Public convenience by the push of a button

    This public urinal hides in plain sight during the day, and rises for the occasion at night. With room for three, the urinal provides ample opportunity and encouragement for male citizens to do their...

  • Secretopia

    Secretions in Art, Design and Society

    Secretopia is an inquiry into human secretions through art, science and design. After exploring the potential of urine in The Pis’ Project, we decided to expand the programme to all sorts of...

  • Public pee'ers and park lovers, heads-up!

    One effective Masterclass to make a difference: Pissing in the Park

    8 engaged participants, one top designer, one case study and one unique challenge: these were the ingredients of last Friday's Masterclass with Christian Pagh. Here at Mediamatic we are working to...

  • This is lady p

    The female urinal created by Marian Loth

    Designing a female urinal is not a simple mission, establishing its use is even more complicated. During her Master's Marian Loth took up the challenge and offered a viable solution which was...

  • Disruptive nightlights

    A fluorescent stand against public urination

    Putting a rather lustrous spotlight on a seemingly unnoticed problem in Madrid, Luzinterruptus took it upon themselves to draw attention to some people's use of the public spaces as personal...

  • The Big Blue

    Sustainable and financially profitable sanitation

    Three years ago, an off-grid closed-system toilet known as the Blue Diversion won an award in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Reinventing the Toilet"-challenge. It has also won the title of...

  • Peter Trimble

    Furniture made out of sand, urine and bacteria.

    Did you ever wonder about the power of your pee? Peter Trimble did. For his thesis project he investigated the possibilities of bacteria and the urea found in urine. What he found was a way to...

  • The Buddha of the Bathroom, the Baroness and…

    The Dada Queen on liquid creativity

    Tempest Suck / Lip / Quaff / Breath / Squallashed / Skin's / Taste / Let / Me.

  • About the Pis’ Project

    2014-2016

    The Pis’ Project connects urine in the arts with innovation within design, architecture and environment. After a successful two years we decided in 2017 to expand the project from urine to all human...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Pure Gold

    18
    Sep 2015
    18
    Sep 2025
    - by Kamiel Rongen

    It's an artwork, but you can use it. Pee in our urinals while enjoying the hypnotizing videos by Kamiel Rongen. We are happy to collect your fluid contribution and create a powerful fertilizer for...

  • Urinal melodies with Guitar Pee

    Playing guitar had never been that easy

    If you have ever dreamt of playing guitar without using your hands or if your most secret desire is to create melodies with unconventional tools, you can hope your chance will come again: in 2012

  • Potty Parity: what does it mean?

    And why are there always queues in front of women's restrooms?

    The lack of equal access to toilets is considered by some a subtle form of discrimination against women. It may be culturally embedded rather than consciously pursued, yet it is still there. Here is...

  • Prope(e)r

    Portable urinals for women.

    Shout out to all the ladies out there! Have you ever experienced a time in your life when you've really had "to go" and there as not been a convenient bathroom within reach? Maybe you were on a road...
  • Project: Anna Pedersen

    GoGirl

    Don't take life sitting down

    Life's greatest adventure shouldn't be finding a bathroom. GoGirl is the feminine urination device that lets you go anywhere. Simply put, a GoGirl is a way to stand up to crowded, disgusting, distant...

  • Julia's washable protective underwear

    Don't let incontinence stop you

    Adults' incontinence is a common problem which challenges one's emotional and physical well-being, and disposable diapers aren't a comfortable solution. In order to enable incontinent people to...

  • Male urination in trains

    Findings from “Hygienic Train Toilet”

    Why are train toilets used only in case of emergency? Why are they perceived as unpleasant, unhygienic places? What does this have to do with male urination? And how can design be used to improve the...

  • It's Electric!

    Electric pee in Rio de Janeiro

    Every year the city of Rio de Janeiro has to deal with the same reoccurring problem. The many people at the Carnival pee in the streets. With this in mind, AfroReggae and JWT came up with a way to...

  • Cleantech Playground

    A technical and environmental system for De Ceuvel

    The Cleantech Playground (CTP) is a planned sustainable, cleantech utility at De Ceuvel in the North of Amsterdam. The project contains land-based offices and a commercial park, Café De Ceuvel, and a...

  • When can we start to objectify our hair?

    Human Hair Transformation by Zsofia Kollar

    Zsofia Kollar is a designer who uses hair as the primary medium. The human hair has many capabilities due to their nutrients. For this collection, Zsofia experiments with the hair as an absorbent...

  • Obsessed with urination

    Two men who turned pee into a subject of art

    Urination as both a bodily function and a social practice may prove fascinating for some people. At least, it was for the artists Charles Demuth and Boris O'Klein. The former treated the act of...

  • 26 Bathrooms and 6 Apartments

    Cinematography notes on the Toilet

    ''It was an affectionate, ironical, critical look at bathroom design - it is not only what people put in their bathrooms, but also what people do in their bathrooms, which is the secret room of the...

  • Bio-engineering Today for a Bladder Tomorrow

    Body parts grown from real human cells.

    Prosthetic surgery comes in all shapes and sizes and has been a critical part of scientific, surgical technology for over a century. Assisting, not only the stereotypical women with body issues but...

  • WoPeeH

    For women who stand up!

    WoPeeH pocket is the newest reusable urinating device for practical modern woman! WoPeeH pocket is specifically designed to easily take with you and lockable. Made of sturdy plastic it is reliable to...

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