Maker Faire 2011

Tags:: Design; Architecture; Technology; Culture

This weekend, Maker Faire—dubbed "the world's largest DIY festival"—took over the San Mateo County Event Center for its two-day do-it-yourself, show-and-tell extravaganza. There were hundreds of makers proudly parading their homemade and home-built wares to the estimated 80,000 people in attendance. Click through our slideshow for some of our favorite finds at the festival.

— Miyoko Ohtake

In 2006, Make magazine hosted the first Maker Faire in San Mateo, California (located in between San Francisco and San Jose). Since then, it has launched annual "faires" in Detroit and New York City as well as "Mini Maker Faires" in Ann Arbor, Durham, Kansas City, Aspen, Oakland, Boston, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver. (Find upcoming festival dates at here.)

Photo by: Miyoko Ohtake

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