Laura Kampf

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Laura Kampf
Personal information
Born
Anna Laura Kampf

(1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 41)
Wiehl, Germany
Spouse Corinne Brinkerhoff
Website www.laurakampf.com
YouTube information
Channel
GenreDIY
Subscribers830,000 [1]
Views104.9 million [1]
Associated acts Simone Giertz
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
Last updated: May 2025

Laura Kampf (born Anna Laura Kampf [2] 15 August 1983) is a German YouTuber, designer, and craftswoman. She refers to herself as a "maker". Her content primarily focuses on DIY build projects.

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Early life

Kampf was born in Wiehl, Germany [3] on 15 August 1983. [4] [5] Her father was an advertiser and her mother was a housewife. [6] After high school, Kampf studied design in college, after initially training as a media designer. [7]

Career

Based in Cologne, Kampf began making YouTube videos on her eponymous channel in 2015. [8] On her channel, Kampf has built many projects, including butcher block side tables, [9] a side-car for her bicycle made from a beer keg, [10] a bike trailer made from second-hand wheelbarrows, [11] a yakitori grill made from a repurposed I-beam, [12] and a grill made from a toolbox. [13]

Kampf has frequently collaborated with YouTuber Simone Giertz. She helped Giertz build Truckla, a Tesla Model 3 adapted to be a truck, in 2019. [14] [15] Both women worked with Adam Savage in 2021 to build Mad-Max-style battle cars. [16] In 2022, Giertz's company, Yetch, released their set of Build Dice, co-designed by Giertz and Kampf, to help people come up with new project ideas. [17]

Kampf had worked on the German show Die Sendung mit der Maus (The Show with the Mouse) as a "Maus"-expert and "Do-it-your-self-Frau" (Do-it-yourself woman). [18] [19] She also worked on the show Schrott or Not. [8] In 2020, Kampf was awarded a Goldene Kamera Digital Award in the category, Best of Education & Coaching. [8]

Personal life

Kampf is married to Corinne Brinkerhoff. [20]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Laura Kampf". YouTube.
  2. ↑ Laura Kampf (14 May 2023). LIVE with Simone Giertz (YouTube video). Event occurs at 37:05-37:13. Retrieved 14 May 2023. Laura: My middle name is Laura. Simone: Oh right and your first name is...? Laura: Anna.
  3. ↑ Raabe & Kampf (7 May 2019). "#1 Pilot – Raabe & Kampf – Podcast". Podtail. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  4. ↑ McLeod, Christian (11 August 2017). "Interview With Craftswoman Laura Kampf". Leatherman. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Kampf, Laura (17 July 2022). "My house had a secret nobody knew 😱...(House Renovation with a BIG twist)". YouTube . Retrieved 19 September 2022. [timestamp 7:38] 20. August 1982 […] that's 360 days before I was born
  6. ↑ Ross, Annika (13 January 2020). "Laura Kampf: Macht's einfach!". Emma (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Windrath, Martina (3 March 2020). ""Einfach mein Ding machen!": Laura Kampf ist Designerin, Erfinderin und Youtuberin". Kölnische Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 Beeskow, Tanja (8 September 2020). "Preisträgerin "Best of Education & Coaching": Laura Kampf". Goldene Kamera (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Dahl, Timothy (20 June 2016). "Learn How To Make These Stunning Side Tables". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  10. ↑ Cockfield, Bryan (26 January 2019). "This Beer Keg Is A Side Car". Hackaday. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  11. ↑ List, Jenny (10 October 2021). "A Bike Trailer For Any Expedition". Hackaday. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  12. ↑ Branwyn, Gareth (7 February 2022). "Laura Kampf turns an I-beam into a yakitori grill". Boing Boing. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  13. ↑ Gregori, Sven (8 June 2022). "Unorthodox Toolbox Switcheroo: Barbecue!". Hackaday. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  14. ↑ Hampel, Carrie (20 June 2019). "The 'Queen of Shitty Robots' births 'Truckla'". Electrive. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  15. ↑ Huddleston Jr, Tom (19 June 2019). "See how this YouTube star cut her Tesla Model 3 into a pickup truck". CNBC. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  16. ↑ Kelsall, Henry (16 April 2021). "MythBusters' Adam Savage Staged A Battle Royale Between Mad Max-Inspired Cars". HotCars. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  17. ↑ Branwyn, Gareth (19 September 2022). "Simone Giertz and Laura Kampf created a set of project dice". Boing Boing. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  18. ↑ ""Die Sendung mit der Maus": Klimawandel ist Thema am Sonntag, 24. Juli". www.rnd.de (in German). 10 July 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  19. ↑ "Laura Kampf: "Mir ist wichtig, Kinder zu inspirieren"". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). 13 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  20. ↑ Kampf, Laura. "Instagram Post: "Kampf is married to Corinne Brinkerhoff"". Instagram. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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