by Gergana Slavova | Sep 12, 2016 | Maker 2016, Maker Fest 2016 |
We’re excited to welcome AE Machines as a first-time maker this year. AE Machines, LLC is a Champaign-Urbana, IL based company designing tools to make automation design and implementation accessible to a broader group of people and businesses. They are located...
by Amy Williams | Sep 11, 2016 | Maker 2016, Maker Fest 2016 |
CUDO Plays is an Illinois-local board game design competition hosted by the Champaign-Urbana Design Organization. They bring together gamers, makers, and designers to bring their game ideas to reality! For three years, they have guided teams over the course of seven...
by Amy Williams | Sep 11, 2016 | Maker 2016, Maker Fest 2016 |
The Illinois MakerLab is the world’s first Business School 3D Printing Lab. We are very proud to have them back again at the Heartland Maker Fest. Join us to learn how to turn objects into ideas, with 3D printing. Find out how you can become a certified maker in 3D...
by Amy Williams | Sep 8, 2016 | Maker 2016, Maker Fest 2016 |
Eco-friendly fashion from Dot Dot Dot T-Shirts! They reuse and up-cycling thrift or donated cotton clothing (Mostly Knit) and yard goods and remake them into Braided and/or Tie dyed Shirts, Braided or Dyed Leggings, infinity (loop) scarves WayFarer scarves,...
by Emily Knox | Sep 7, 2016 | Maker 2016, Maker Fest 2016 |
Photo by Jay Schubert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jayschubert/) We’re thrilled Xudong Guan will once again share his beautiful origami creations at the Heartland Maker Fest. Origami is not just “Crane”. Inspired by the modern origami works seen...
by Emily Knox | Aug 30, 2016 | Maker 2016, Maker Fest 2016 |
The Teen Open Lab, one of Urbana’s hidden treasurers, will be joining the Heartland Maker Fest again this year! The Teen Open Lab is a teen directed space that promotes creativity, peer instruction and community building, in collaboration with the CU...