At the Brno Exhibition Centre, Maker Faire Brno 2025 gathered hobbyists, makers, students, schools, makerspaces, and companies. Robotics, drones, 3D printing, electronics, and space research projects dominated. Visitors saw everything from ideas and prototypes to finished products. Alongside ran GameDev Connect for game development, featuring Czech studios and indie creators.
The Cut’n’Glue booth focused on papercraft. Visitors could try cutting out and gluing simple models. The exhibit showed that paper cut-outs still have a place today—as a fun, skill-building activity for both children and adults.
At the next booth, there was a live demonstration of hand-crafting traditional folk instruments, including flutes, with finished pieces available to buy directly from the maker. Visitors could watch each step of the process and learn more about the materials and techniques used. Among the traditional crafts, there was also a booth demonstrating the hand-crafting of beeswax candles.
Nearby was the Green Glazz project, created by students of the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague. They presented so-called “mossariums”—sealed glass ecosystems that require no watering or maintenance—showing how botany, design, and sustainability can be combined into eye-catching living decor.
Retropix, a hybrid digital–analog studio, combines historical photographic processes with modern technology. Visitors could have their digital photos transferred onto aluminum plates using the wet collodion process—one of the oldest photographic techniques. The entire process took place on site in a darkroom equipped with a custom-built digital enlarger.
At the Wunderwuzzi Robots booth, visitors could build a simple vibrating robot from a toothbrush, a small motor, and a battery, decorate it to their liking, and test it on a mini race track.
Wunderwuzzi robots use a small DC vibration motor that creates vibrations when connected to a battery. These vibrations transfer to the toothbrush bristles, which act like little legs and push the robot forward. The direction and speed depend on the shape and length of the bristles and on how the robot’s weight is distributed.
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