Laura Kampf
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{{Short description|German YouTuber and craftswoman (born 1983)}}
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| birth_place = Wiehl, Germany
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| spouse = Corinne Brinkerhoff
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| genre = DIY
| subscribers = 824,000
| views = 100.8 million
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| associated_acts = Simone Giertz
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Laura Kampf (born Anna Laura Kampf{{cite AV media| people = Laura Kampf| date =14 May 2023| title =LIVE with Simone Giertz| type = YouTube video| url =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtuoTnaKob0&t=2483s| access-date =14 May 2023| time =37:05-37:13 | quote =Laura: My middle name is Laura. Simone: Oh right and your first name is...? Laura: Anna.}} 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.
Early life
Kampf was born in Wiehl, Germany{{Cite web |last=Raabe & Kampf |date=7 May 2019 |title=#1 Pilot – Raabe & Kampf – Podcast |url=https://podtail.com/podcast/raabe-kampf/-1-pilot/ |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=Podtail |language=en}} on 15 August 1983.{{Cite web |last=McLeod |first=Christian |date=11 August 2017 |title=Interview With Craftswoman Laura Kampf |url=https://www.leatherman.com/fr_CA/blog/work/interview-with-craftswoman-laura-kampf |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=Leatherman}}{{cite web |author=Kampf |first=Laura |date=17 July 2022 |title=My house had a secret nobody knew 😱...(House Renovation with a BIG twist) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u5g_nOTMoo?t=458 |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=YouTube |quote=[timestamp 7:38] 20. August 1982 […] that's 360 days before I was born}} Her father was an advertiser and her mother was a housewife.{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Annika |date=13 January 2020 |title=Laura Kampf: Macht's einfach! |url=https://www.emma.de/artikel/laura-kampf-machts-einfach-338307 |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=Emma |language=de}} After high school, Kampf studied design in college, after initially training as a media designer.{{Cite web |last=Windrath |first=Martina |date=3 March 2020 |title="Einfach mein Ding machen!": Laura Kampf ist Designerin, Erfinderin und Youtuberin |url=https://www.rundschau-online.de/region/koeln/-einfach-mein-ding-machen---laura-kampf-ist-designerin--erfinderin-und-youtuberin-36357314 |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=Kölnische Rundschau |language=de-DE}}
Career
Based in Cologne, Kampf began making YouTube videos on her eponymous channel in 2015.{{Cite web |last=Beeskow |first=Tanja |title=Preisträgerin "Best of Education & Coaching": Laura Kampf |url=https://www.goldenekamera.de/digitalaward/article230252456/Preistraegerin-Best-of-Education-Coaching-Laura-Kampf.html |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=Goldene Kamera |date=8 September 2020 |language=de}} On her channel, Kampf has built many projects, including butcher block side tables,{{Cite web |last=Dahl |first=Timothy |date=20 June 2016 |title=Learn How To Make These Stunning Side Tables |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/interior-projects/how-to/a21428/how-to-make-diy-side-tables/ |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=Popular Mechanics |language=en-us}} a side-car for her bicycle made from a beer keg,{{Cite web |last=Cockfield |first=Bryan |date=26 January 2019 |title=This Beer Keg Is A Side Car |url=https://hackaday.com/2019/01/25/this-beer-keg-is-a-side-car/ |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=Hackaday |language=en-US}} a bike trailer made from second-hand wheelbarrows,{{Cite web |last=List |first=Jenny |date=10 October 2021 |title=A Bike Trailer For Any Expedition |url=https://hackaday.com/2021/10/10/a-bike-trailer-for-any-expedition/ |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=Hackaday |language=en-US}} a yakitori grill made from a repurposed I-beam,{{Cite web |last=Branwyn |first=Gareth |date=7 February 2022 |title=Laura Kampf turns an I-beam into a yakitori grill |url=https://boingboing.net/2022/02/07/laura-kampf-turns-an-i-beam-into-a-yakitori-grill.html |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=Boing Boing |language=en-US}} and a grill made from a toolbox.{{Cite web |last=Gregori |first=Sven |date=8 June 2022 |title=Unorthodox Toolbox Switcheroo: Barbecue! |url=https://hackaday.com/2022/06/08/unorthodox-toolbox-switcheroo-barbecue/ |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=Hackaday |language=en-US}}
Kampf has frequently collaborated with YouTuber Simone Giertz. She helped Giertz build Truckla, a Tesla Model 3 adapted to be a truck, in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Hampel |first=Carrie |date=20 June 2019 |title=The 'Queen of Shitty Robots' births 'Truckla' |url=https://www.electrive.com/2019/06/20/the-queen-of-shitty-robots-births-truckla/ |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=Electrive |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Huddleston Jr |first=Tom |title=See how this YouTube star cut her Tesla Model 3 into a pickup truck |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/19/youtube-simone-giertz-turned-a-tesla-model-3-into-a-pickup-truck-take-a-look.html |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=CNBC |date=19 June 2019 |language=en}} Both women worked with Adam Savage in 2021 to build Mad-Max-style battle cars.{{Cite web |last=Kelsall |first=Henry |date=16 April 2021 |title=MythBusters' Adam Savage Staged A Battle Royale Between Mad Max-Inspired Cars |url=https://www.hotcars.com/mythbusters-adam-savage-staged-a-battle-royale-between-mad-max-inspired-cars/ |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=HotCars |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Branwyn |first=Gareth |date=19 September 2022 |title=Simone Giertz and Laura Kampf created a set of project dice |url=https://boingboing.net/2022/09/19/simone-giertz-and-laura-kampf-created-a-set-of-project-dice.html |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=Boing Boing |language=en-US}}
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).{{Cite web |last= |first= |title="Die Sendung mit der Maus": Klimawandel ist Thema am Sonntag, 24. Juli |url=https://www.rnd.de/medien/die-sendung-mit-der-maus-klimawandel-ist-thema-am-sonntag-24-juli-NDYWJMUTRBGFJHOJXXRBQD7QE4.html |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=www.rnd.de |date= 10 July 2022|language=de}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=13 April 2020 |title=Laura Kampf: "Mir ist wichtig, Kinder zu inspirieren" |url=https://www.wz.de/nrw/burscheid-und-region/mir-ist-wichtig-kinder-zu-inspirieren_aid-50033507 |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=Westdeutsche Zeitung |language=de}} She also worked on the show Schrott or Not. In 2020, Kampf was awarded a Goldene Kamera Digital Award in the category, Best of Education & Coaching.