When synthesizers meet makers, electronic music gains tangible magic.
This year at the Greater Bay Area Maker Summit and Maker Faire Shenzhen, we are thrilled to welcome Sweden’s legendary brand Teenage Engineering, bringing you a unique sonic journey.
Teenage Engineering is a Swedish design and technology company dedicated to creating innovative and high-quality music production equipment and consumer electronics.
From the iconic OP-1 to the compact TP-7 recorder, and now the upcoming EP-40 & EP-2350, each piece is crafted like a work of art, redefining the boundaries of industrial design through its ultimate structure and minimalist form.
At Maker Faire Shenzhen 2025, they will present an immersive sound-making workshop, collaborating with makers and music enthusiasts to explore how industrial design and sound aesthetics can be seamlessly integrated.
Workshop Details
Ⅰ Brand Story and Product Line Introduction
Discover Teenage Engineering’s brand history and full product lineup, and see how those instantly captivating designs came to be.
Ⅱ Hands-On Control & Improvisation
Participants will have the opportunity to operate Teenage Engineering’s signature products (EP-133 K.O.II, TP-7, TX-6, OB-4), as well as the upcoming new releases EP-40 & EP-2350, exploring their sound synthesis, sampling, effects processing, and rhythm sequencing capabilities.
Ⅲ No Prior Knowledge Required—Perfect for Beginners!
No prior musical or electronic background is required. We’ll start from the basics, allowing everyone to experience how to create sound using hardware.
Date:
November 15, 2025, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Location:
Chaihuo Maker Space, Shenzhen
Registration:
Scan the QR code below to sign up. Limited spots available. First come, first served！
Event Host
COLA REN is a music producer and DJ from Guangzhou, serving as the Chinese brand representative for Teenage Engineering. She stands out in the electronic music scene through her profound expressions of human insight, self-exploration, and the fusion of global cultures. Her work traverses diverse genres including Downtempo, Ambient, Breakbeat, Dub, and Jazz.
She excels at weaving immersive soundscapes through intricate rhythmic arrangements and organic textures, guiding listeners on psychedelic journeys through emotion and culture.
Teenage Engineering tells the world through its products: Good design isn’t just about looking beautiful—it’s about being fun to play with.
On November 15th, at the MFSZ25, come join TE in exploring the magic of sound.
Visitor Register for MFSZ25
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Exhibition Tips
November 15-16, Vanke Design Commune, Nanshan, Shenzhen
Parking Limited, eco-friendly transportation are highly recommended!
Take Metro Line 5 to Liuxiandong Station, exit via Exit A, walk straight, then turn left to arrive.
Nearby bus stops: Zhongxing Talent Apartments East and Vanke Cloud City.
Go green, save energy, and join us for a sustainable journey!
Over the past 12 years, the development trajectory of Maker Faire Shenzhen can be seen as a microcosm of the development of maker culture in China.
- 2012: “Gathering Small Wisdom, Journeying through the Great Future” – This was the first Mini Maker Faire in China, with less than 1000 attendees, and was more like a gathering within a small circle. But we saw the infinite possibilities emerging from the maker community.
- 2013: The slogan was absent, and the maker community was still small. – In the OCT Creative Park, there were cross-disciplinary exchanges among different creative communities, silently laying the foundation for cultural output.
- 2014: “Innovate with China” – the event was upgraded to the Featured level for the first time, with a significant increase in scale compared to previous years, and the beginning of professional independent forums. This year, makers began to enter the public’s view.
- 2015: “Everyone is a Maker, what are you waiting for?” – This year’s Shenzhen International Maker Week became one of the largest Maker Faires in the world. This year, the concept of “maker” was elevated to a national level, and the trend of “mass innovation, mass entrepreneurship” swept across the country.
- 2016: “My World, My Creation” – As the sub-venue of the National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week, the event was held for the first time in the commercial center area, experiencing unpredictable weather from typhoons to scorching heat. Many makers succeeded in your entrepreneurial endeavors this year, but it seemed like there were even more failures. The hype around entrepreneurship shifted towards rationality.
- 2017: “Makers, Go Pro” – The event took place at the university campus for the first time, focusing on Maker Pros and providing a platform for diverse innovators and makers to showcase themselves, presenting more possibilities for the growth path of makers to the entire community.
- 2018: “Co-making in the City” – The main venue of Shenzhen International Maker Week, where individuals and groups with shared visions and values gathered to showcase stories, projects, and explorations of collaboration among different communities and people.
- 2019: ” To the Heart of Community, To the Cluster of Industry” – The event was upgraded to the Maker Faire Shenzhen, attempting to attract professional audiences and focusing on pragmatic aspects such as solving the needs of industrial upgrading and co-developin. It aims to build a platform for innovation and industry dialogue and collaboration.
- 2023: “Where Are The Makers?”– Starting from our own mission and values, we aim to explore the future direction of makers and the possibilities for commercialization. Though this question does not have a definitive answer, we do hope that through this event, we can communicate and share with every one of you, finding more ideas and directions together.
2024: “Everything is AI” – This year, we brought together over 120 exhibitors from around the world, attracting nearly 1,500 professional attendees from nearly 20 countries and over 20 provinces across China. The exhibition showcased a wide range of AI application projects and hosted 10 AI hardware-themed satellite event
