The Maker Market

The Maker Sto­re in Ams­ter­dam orga­ni­zes The Maker Mar­ket once a mon­th. This cozy weekend mar­ket showca­ses the finest bran­ds and coolest makers from Ams­ter­dam and the sur­ro­un­ding are­as.

MAKER ASPECT
To live up to our name, it is impor­tant that items are eit­her han­d­ma­de or desig­ned by the maker/​founder of the brand. If pro­duc­ti­on is out­so­ur­ced, we expect a good, fair-tra­de rela­ti­on­ship with the makers, and this sho­uld be hig­hlig­h­ted in the story behind the pro­duc­ts. Impor­ted or fac­tory-pro­du­ced pro­duc­ts wit­ho­ut this bac­k­gro­und are not allowed.

SUS­TA­INA­BI­LITY
We under­stand that the jour­ney towar­ds sus­ta­ina­ble entre­pre­ne­ur­ship is often a pro­cess. Whi­le com­ple­te sus­ta­ina­bi­lity is not a requ­ire­ment, it is defi­ni­tely a plus and can be deci­si­ve when the­re are nume­ro­us appli­ca­ti­ons. In our selec­ti­on pro­cess, we will con­si­der mate­ri­al cho­ices, pro­duc­ti­on pro­ce­sses, and ove­rall prac­ti­ces (such as the use of pac­ka­ging mate­ri­als, reuse, car­bon foot­print, etc.).

REPRE­SEN­TA­TI­ON
The direct inte­rac­ti­on with makers is what makes our mar­ket so spe­ci­al, so we give pri­ority to makers, desig­ners, or entre­pre­ne­urs who per­so­nal­ly repre­sent the­ir pro­duc­ts. We under­stand that it is not always possi­ble to be pre­sent at the mar­ket, and the­re may be sta­ges in the deve­lop­ment of a brand whe­re this is chal­len­ging. If this is the case, ple­ase con­tact us to dis­cuss further.