The MAKE Magazine Industry Maker Awards
We are thrilled to announce the 2nd Annual MAKE Magazine Industry Maker Awards (aka the “Makeys”)!
Over the next 16 weeks, leading up to swanky award ceremonies at World Maker Faire, New York 2012 (Sept 28 & 29), we'll be profiling, here on MAKE, 16 companies that have shown outstanding support for independent maker/hacker culture over the past year. Four companies/products will be nominated in four categories, and a public poll will determine one winner in each category.
As part of the program, a "Maker Hero" award will also be presented to an individual in the DIY/DIWO community who has made an outstanding contribution to the cause of maker-related education and/or open access to technology. The first award was presented last year to Mitch Altman, for his tireless work in building collaborative “hackerspaces” around the world and in teaching people the joys of hobby electronics and collaborative technologies.
The Makeys are being announced today at Maker Faire Bay Area. As this movement grows, mainstream companies are starting to take makers more seriously as a market segment. MAKE hopes that profiling and celebrating companies that are “getting it,” and giving four of them awards of appreciation, will help fuel their adoption of more open, accessible, user-friendly, and modifiable products.
Stay tuned for the announcement of the first 2012 Makey nominee, Monday, May 28, here on makezine.com. And you can nominate companies and track the award's progress leading up to World Maker Faire here on The Makeys landing page.
Nominate a company for a potential profile on MAKE and a chance to be a finalist in the MAKE Magazine Industry Maker Awards. Companies should be "mainstream" commercial concerns and exhibit some exemplary consideration of makers and the do-it-yourself ethos. The four nominating categories are:- Most Hackable Gadget
- Most Repair Friendly Device
- Best Education/Outreach
- Best Product Documentation
2011 Makey Awards
We have completed our first annual MAKE Magazine Industry Maker Awards, AKA “The Makeys.” Over the course of the 12 weeks leading up to the award ceremony on September 16 at Maker Faire New York 2011, MAKE nominated (and published online profiles of) 12 companies that have shown outstanding support for independent maker/hacker culture. Three companies/products were nominated in four categories, and a public poll determined one winner in each category.
In 2011, the physical trophies were produced in collaboration with Thingiverse.com (the 3D object sharing site), and manufactured by MakerBot Industries (3D printer manufactures).
As part of the program launch, the "Mitch Altman Maker Hero" award was also announced, to be presented to individuals in the “do it yourself” (DIY) and “do it with others” (DIWO) community who have made outstanding contributions to the cause of maker-related education and/or open access to technology. The first award was presented to Mitch Altman himself for his tireless work in building collaborative “hackerspaces” around the world and in teaching people the joys of hobby electronics and collaborative technologies.
The Makeys was announced on the Maker Faire Bay Area episode of Make: Live, webcasting from the pre-show kick-off party on Friday, May 20th. Maker Faire, celebrating its tenth event this year, is the world's largest DIY festival. As the DIY/DIWO movement grows, mainstream companies are starting to take makers more seriously as a market segment. MAKE hopes that profiling and celebrating companies that are “getting it,” and giving four of them awards of appreciation, will help fuel their adoption of more open, accessible, user-friendly, and modifiable technology products.
