Maker Faire

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Mascot Makey the Maker Faire
Maker Faire Berlin 2018

The Maker Faire is a series of events that Maker Media GmbH conducts under license based on the US model in the DA-CH region or for which it grants the rights of use. For this she has acquired the license rights from the American magazine Make . Maker Media GmbH also publishes the Make: Magazine . The Maker Faire is an important meeting place for the German maker scene.

history

The Maker Faires see themselves as family-friendly festivals at which DIY projects of all kinds are the focus. The program is complemented by workshops and lectures as well as artistic performances. They offer makers an important platform to present their projects to a broader public and to receive direct feedback.

The part of the name "Faire" plays with the historical spelling "fayre" for the English word " Jahrmarkt " instead of "fair" (English: fair). This is done on the one hand to underline the fair-like character of the event and on the other hand to protect the name “Maker Faire” as a word mark . The word mark has been registered with O'Reilly Media, Inc. since January 16, 2007 .

The first German Maker Faire was held in Hanover in 2013 and held there again in 2014. Since 2015 it has also taken place in Berlin . The series of events is enjoying growing popularity, with around 150 exhibitors and over 10,000 visitors coming to Hanover in 2015. Since 2016 there has been a student day in Hanover and Berlin , on which only school classes (free) receive admission. In addition, regional Mini Maker Faires are held, e.g. B. in Dortmund and Chemnitz .

In April 2016, a Maker Faire was held in Vienna ( Austria ) for the first time . The first Maker Faire in Switzerland took place in Zurich in September 2016 .

Similar events

Events that do not acquire a license to use the name "Maker Faire" from Maker Media GmbH may not use the name.

In Munich is since 2013 make Munich organized as a regional fair for Southern Germany from the Make Germany GmbH. In the Rhine-Main area , too , hobbyists have been organizing trade fairs for technology enthusiasts since 2014: the self-organized trade fair has so far taken place in Frankfurt am Main , Offenbach and Darmstadt .

List of Maker Faire events in the DA-CH region

Surname Venue Visitors Initial alignment
FORSCHA Mini Maker Faire MOC, Munich <3,000 2019
Maker Faire Aurich EEZ, Aurich - 2019
Maker Faire Berlin FEZ Berlin, Berlin 15,200 2015
Maker Faire Hanover HCC, Hanover 21,000 2013
Maker Faire in the north HAW, Hamburg-Harburg - 2019
Maker fair things Chemnitz City Hall, Chemnitz > 3,000 2017
Maker Faire OWL Old freight yard, Herford - 2019
Maker Faire Ruhr dasa working world exhibition, Dortmund 6,000 2016
Maker Faire Vienna METAStadt, Vienna 12,000 2016
Mini Maker Faire Halle / Saale Neustädter Passage 13, Halle (Saale) <3,000 2018
Mini Maker Faire Minden-Lübbecke Craft training center, Minden <3,000 2019
Mini Maker Faire Rhein-Whaal Kamp-Lintfort campus, Kamp-Linfort <3,000 2019
Mini Maker Faire Salzburg City: Library, Salzburg 1,100 2017
Mini Maker Faire Sindelfingen Gottlieb Daimler School, Sindelfingen <3,000 2017
Mini Maker Faire Zurich Dynamo youth culture center, Zurich 1,300 2016
phaeno Mini Maker Faire phaeno, Wolfsburg <3,000 2019
Thalia Mini Maker Faire Göttingen Thalia branch, Göttingen <2,000 2019

Web links

Commons : Maker Faire  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maker Faire Berlin , accessed on August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ Oxford Dictionary
  3. ^ Die Selbermacher in Hanover , Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, August 3, 2013
  4. ↑ Peter König (pek): Maker Faire Berlin: The countdown is on. In: Heise online . September 24, 2015, accessed October 2, 2015 .
  5. ^ Maker Faire Hannover , accessed on August 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ Mini Maker Faire Dortmund, accessed on August 11, 2015.
  7. ↑ https://www.maker-faire-sachsen.de/
  8. ↑ make Munich , website, accessed on August 12, 2015.
  9. ↑ Make Rhein-Main , website, accessed on June 12, 2016.
  10. ↑ a b c d e f g h Philip Steffan: Overview: All Maker Faires. In: Maker Faire. November 23, 2017, accessed April 26, 2019 (German).
  11. ↑ Maker Faire Berlin attracts 15,200 inquisitive visitors. Retrieved April 26, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Participation festival with new record numbers. Retrieved April 26, 2019 .
  13. ↑ heise online: For the first time in Saxony: the Maker Faire in Chemnitz. Retrieved April 26, 2019 .
  14. ^ Maker Faire Ruhr. Retrieved April 26, 2019 .
  15. ^ Maker Faire Vienna. Retrieved April 26, 2019 .
  16. ↑ heise online: 3D printers and more: This is how it was at the Mini Maker Faire Sindelfingen. Retrieved April 26, 2019 .
  17. ↑ press. Retrieved on April 26, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
  18. ↑ heise online: phaeno Mini Maker Faire: Science from school. Retrieved April 26, 2019 .