Happylab Vienna

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I try to visit makerspaces when I travel. Well, my partner and I went to Austria for her birthday and we stopped in to Happylab. They gave us a tour and we talked shop briefly.

Neat points:

  • Efficient use of space.
  • Nicely displayed tools.
  • A store where you could purchase consumables with your account.
  • Keycard scan boxes to use tools you’ve been checked out on.
  • Huge amounts of OSB!

Pictures here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BarXdjYaMe552uxwDwA1w8amQIqaHV7c?usp=share_link

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t the space have a store to purchase materials a few years back?

Also, an idea has been floating around about a store where members can sell their newly made objects. What do people think about this idea?

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I really like this idea. @Clifford_Bohm mentioned having “open houses” as semi-regular events where people could come, tour the space and members could set up a flea-market of sorts to sell their goods and talk about the space, donate some profits to LMN and keep the rest. I know non-profits have done and do shows like this, so it is an achievable goal.

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I’m interested in the key card idea, or some kind of sysem for popular tools (single person tools) so members can reserve a time to know the tool will be available