Makers²

There is no innovation without creative impetus. That is why Chemnitz 2025 brings entrepreneurs and engineers together with creatives and makers. The goals: to develop innovative and sustainable processes, better products and new perspectives on local tangible and intangible "raw materials" such as industrial heritage or big data and to offer young people formats in which they can discover their talents and potential future prospects.

Projects

Makers, Business & Arts
Four scientists in white lab coats and blue gloves work in a bright laboratory. Two examine a document closely on the left, while the other two engage with lab equipment on the right. The lab features white surfaces and ample lighting.
FUNKEN Academy
Textiles?Future!2025
The Richard Hartmann History Tour
Create: added value
A person operates a lathe in a room at night, working on a globe that emits light and sparkles. A window reveals a crescent moon and stars in the sky. The scene is illustrated in purple and cream tones.
European Arts and Crafts Days
A group of people in formal attire standing on a large, white, paper-boat-shaped sculpture on a lake. The sculpture has a stair-like structure on one side. Green trees and a distant building are in the background under a partly cloudy sky.
TANZ | MODERNE | TANZ
A digitally altered image of a city square with modern architecture, featuring a bright red overlay of a multi-tiered chocolate fountain and a strawberry illustration in the foreground.
EuroBean Chocolate Festival
Two people working on electronic circuit boards at a table cluttered with laptops, colorful tools, and sticky notes. One person in the foreground examines a small circuit board closely.
Makerfestival Erzgebirge
A clay bust of a person with a serious expression is displayed in an artist's studio. The background features other sculptures, sketches, and various art supplies.
Chemnitz Heads
A cluttered storage room filled with various rolls and bundles of fabric in different colors, stacked on shelves and piled on the floor. A metal ladder is positioned in the center, amid the packed materials, indicating a busy textile space.
Wohin mit all dem Zeux
Let's play. Seriously.
MADE IN - Platform for Contemporary Crafts & Design
A large historic building with an ornate facade, featuring arched windows, a central clock tower, and a red-tiled roof, stands against a clear blue sky. The foreground consists of an expansive, checkerboard-patterned plaza made of stone tiles.
Edvard Munch
Maker Advent
Tales of Transformation
[Translate to Englisch:]
makers united

European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.