Maker Faire Delft vs HESTAS
TU Delft Science Centre has started a new collaboration with HESTAS, focused on giving old banner materials a second life. Instead of being discarded, these materials are transformed into new, sustainable products. Also the old Maker Faire Delft signs are being reused.
HESTAS has reworked the banners into unique items where design and circularity come together. Each product carries a piece of the story of TU Delft Science Centre, showing how materials can be reused in a meaningful way.
The first products will soon be available in the TU Delft Science Centre shop. A larger collection will be presented during Maker Faire Delft.
With this collaboration, TU Delft Science Centre continues to explore practical applications of sustainability and demonstrates how reuse can be integrated into everyday practice.
Curious about the collection? Stay tuned for the launch.
Call for Makers live
After the success of previous editions, Maker Faire Delft will return to the TU Delft campus in 2026. On Friday, May 8, the campus will once again transform into a vibrant festival filled with creativity, technology, and sustainable ideas.
Maker Faire Delft brings together makers, students, artists, designers, and inventors to present their projects to a broad audience. From innovative technologies and circular designs to interactive installations, visitors can once again be inspired, take part in workshops, and engage directly with the makers.
This year’s theme is once again “Making for a Better Society,” highlighting how making contributes to a smart, creative, and future-oriented society.
The Call for Makers is now open. More information can be found at:
https://delft.makerfaire.com
Maker Faire Delft 2025 draws over 2000 visitors to TU Delft campus
On Friday, May 9, the TU Delft campus was fully dedicated to creativity, innovation and craftsmanship during Maker Faire Delft 2025. With over 1,700 visitors, more than 200 makers, and 170 participating students, the festival of making was a great success.
Under the theme ‘Making for a Better Society’, makers from across the Netherlands and beyond presented their projects – ranging from technical installations and sustainable designs to traditional crafts and experimental art. Visitors could take part in workshops, watch live demonstrations, and speak directly with the makers behind the creations.
Local Delft initiatives such as Forze Hydrogen Racing, DUT Racing, Oma’s Collective, Makerspace Delft and the Kabeldistrict were also well represented. The event was enriched by live music, food trucks and a lively atmosphere that drew in people from all corners of Delft and beyond.
The organization looks back on a successful edition and extends its thanks to all participants, visitors, volunteers and partners who helped make the day so special. Once again, Maker Faire Delft demonstrated the power of maker culture – and how creativity and technology go hand in hand in building a better society.
It’s almost here: Maker Faire Delft 2025 is tomorrow!
After months of planning, building, organizing and dreaming, the moment is finally here: tomorrow, Maker Faire Delft takes over the TU Delft campus. We’re beyond excited to welcome everyone – from curious visitors to passionate makers.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve shared behind-the-scenes glimpses, introduced makers, and revealed parts of the program… and now it’s all coming together. Stands are being built, final touches are added, and the energy is already in the air.
We can’t wait to see the creativity, conversations, and connections that will take place. Whether you’re coming to learn, make, explore or simply enjoy the vibe – we’re looking forward to seeing you there.
See you tomorrow at Maker Faire Delft!
Friday, May 9 | 15:00–22:00
TU Delft Campus – Berlagepark
Free entry
The program is packed: over 80 makers are ready to inspire!
What a line-up! The Maker Faire Delft 2025 program is bursting at the seams with more than 80 passionate makers from across the creative and technical spectrum. From high-tech robotics to traditional craftsmanship, from sustainable design to hands-on educational projects – the diversity is truly inspiring.
Whether you’re into circular innovation, science, art, creative tech, or just love to build things with your own hands, you’ll find something to spark your imagination at Maker Faire Delft.
It’s the place where students, researchers, artists, companies, and hobbyists come together to showcase what’s possible when we make, share, and experiment.
Curious about the full program? Take a look:
Dragon’s Den
Got a maker idea still in the works? Pitch it at the Maker Faire!
We’re launching the Dragon’s Den during Maker Faire Delft on May 9th! This is your chance to pitch your early-stage tech, creative, or impact project and win a cash prize to kickstart it.
Top 3 ideas will pitch LIVE on stage to a jury from @sciencecentredelft & @studdelft !
You’ve got 5 mins to shine.
Prizes:
1st €750
2nd €250
Fill in the Dragon’s Den forms:https://forms.gle/zfXS6DbqTfBy3Q9A7 (Also in bio)
Got questions? Hit us up: makerfaire@tudelft.nl
First Participants Announced for Maker Faire Delft 2025!
The first group of makers has registered for Maker Faire Delft on May 9, 2025. Celebrating innovation and creativity, the festival attracts enthusiastic inventors, artists, and engineers. This year’s theme is “Making for a Better Society.”
The organizers are pleased with the early interest and look forward to more registrations. The event offers interactive workshops and the opportunity to discover new techniques and ideas.
Sign up and join the inspiring community of makers at Maker Faire Delft 2025!
Maker Faire Delft 2025
On Friday, May 9, 2025, Delft will once again transform into a vibrant paradise for creatives during the Maker Faire Delft! This year is all about innovation, collaboration, and inspiration under the theme: Making for a Better Society.
A festival full of energy, creativity, and innovation!
With an explosive program full of demonstrations, interactive workshops, live performances, and collaborations with companies and emerging talents, this is the edition you don’t want to miss! From high-tech innovations to artisanal artworks – makers of all levels and disciplines come together to share their passion.
Call for Makers – Join in and showcase your talent!
The Call for Makers is open! Whether you’re an engineer, designer, hobbyist, or artist, this is your chance to share your creations with a large audience. We welcome both large companies and small, passionate makers to create a unique experience together. Registration closes in mid-April, after which we will unveil the full program.
With Maker Faire Delft, we offer a great platform to all Delft makers and hope to inspire young and old to start making themselves!
Meet the Maker: Lock’O’Loop
“Who am I”! I’m Gwen, 33, a French-Canadian freshly arrived from Montreal.
I had worked more than 12 years as a video-game graphist and was already very invested in lowering my environmental impact on a personal level when the feeling that I wasn’t being part of the solution became too much and I needed to do more.
Back in March 2019, during a bike trip with my brother through Belgium, Germany and Netherlands, I met a very special someone here in Delft and after a while, came a moment where I knew I had to seize the opportunity to try something different – but what?
On the different occasions I came to Delft, I could not find any zero waste stores; in Montreal, they spring up like mushrooms but here, I suddenly had to deal with supermarkets and packaging again when I had almost erased them from my life.
It was actually triggering to me, and this is why, after a while, I decided that I would be moving to Delft with all my savings to start a zero waste shop!
Why not a real shop?
After some research, I knew that I had to find a way to combine convenience and low costs. While I love a classic brick-and-mortar shop, it has huge starting and running costs: with a hundred products, you’re already in for 10k€ just in gravity bins! That makes it very hard to offer competitive prices.
Also, there have been some attempts at zero waste stores in the past in the Netherlands, but nowadays, the list of them resembles an obituary, even years before COVID hit. A survey that I did in March 2021 confirmed that very few people knew of any zero waste shop around here.
So that got me thinking: maybe the business model was not the right one…?
Zero waste meets click’n’collect!
And in August 2020, I had an epiphany.
On a biking trip (yet another one!) in the north of France with my boyfriend, we encountered a big vending machine that would sell fresh products farms directly to the consumer, 24/7.
We bought a few things from it, but were a bit frustrated that we had to throw away the glass jars our soups came in, instead of returning them to the farm or the locker.
That’s when it clicked.
I knew back in Montreal of a zero waste shop that only worked through online order and home delivery. They would deliver the goods in jars, by bike, that you could then return when empty. While it was very successful, I rarely used their services, mostly because I really dislike to be stuck at home to wait for a delivery.
But what if I used this farm vending machine instead? Making your basket ready for pick-up anytime of the day or night?
This is how Lockoloop was born: a pun between locker and loop, zero waste meets click’n’collect.
Fortunately, the survey results show that more that 76% of our respondents are on board with the idea! Of course, I’m not closing the door at all on the idea of a B&M shop someday. I know a lot of you, like myself, are attached to this idea of a place where you can be around people who think alike, and have some transparency about the products you buy.
NEW: Vintage Kilo Sale
We are very happy to bring the vintage kilo sale concept to the Maker Faire Delft. With the theme Making for a better society, it’s also always good to see if you can use something existing.
That is why the team from Throwback Classics is coming to Maker Faire Delft both days. They will bring more than 2,500 kg of vintage clothes in all sizes and styles. Always new gems, so also later in the day. For only €25 per kg, you get lots of vintage branded clothes and classics.
So you can score a new vintage outfit in a sustainable way.