Laura Kampf

Anna Laura Kampf (born 15 August 1983) is a German YouTuber, craftswoman, and children's television presenter from Cologne. She refers to herself as a "maker", and her content focuses on build projects. She is one of the most popular German makers, with a large American audience.

After becoming self-taught in craftwork, Kampf began making YouTube videos in 2015, and she has posted weekly since 2016. Her channel has featured various projects, including home improvement renovations such as tiny house builds, as well as humorous designs. A 2019 video featuring a bicycle side-car made from a beer keg received millions of views. She has also collaborated with other makers, including several projects with Simone Giertz. Kampf's television career began with co-hosting the competition series on KiKa in 2017, and she has hosted a segment on called since 2018.

Early life Anna Laura Kampf was born in Wiehl, Germany, on 15 August 1983. Her father was an advertiser and a lawyer, and her mother was a housewife. She considered careers as a film editor or a camera operator, In 2010, by 2017, her workshop was in the neighbourhood of Cologne. Her first video was wordless and showed her building a lamp out of walnut wood. She also began posting on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Alongside her build videos, with projects including a motorized raft,

Popular Mechanics magazine called Kampf a "rising star among DIYers on YouTube" in August 2016. By this time, it was her full-time job. Kampf has frequently collaborated with Giertz since then. a loft bed, butcher block side tables, a steel tape dispenser, a luggage carrier sized for her bicycle, a wooden box for a projector, and a multi-tool on a bracelet from a repurposed bicycle chain. Kampf told Make magazine in 2017 that her favorite creation was a carousel for children designed from a bicycle wheel, which she had named the "Happy Machine". It began airing on the network in April 2017; it was Kampf's television debut. Beginning in September 2017, Kampf built a tiny house from a modified construction trailer, which she documented in a series of videos titled "Tiny House Trailer". This became her residence. she renovated a van into a camper van, In a January 2019 video, Kampf built a side-car for her bicycle made from a beer keg, which she said was unstable and did not ultimately work. Kampf told that she had creative control over her segments, which she produced with a small team. According to in 2023, Kampf is primarily recognised for . The same year, Kampf worked on Giertz's project Truckla, a Tesla Model 3 adapted to be a truck. Since 2019, a box with clamps to keep sandpaper flat, a yakitori grill made from a repurposed I-beam, a barbecue grill made from a toolbox, and a set of Build Dice, co-designed by Giertz and Kampf, to help people come up with new project ideas.

In 2022, Kampf purchased and began renovating a 120-year-old house near her workshop, which she named Liselotte, after its former resident. This became the focus of many of her videos. In 2024 and 2025, Kampf's YouTube videos featured an illuminated sculpture of a tumbleweed, a new woodworking joint style using a domino joiner, and a hovercraft suitcase, and she appeared in a video by Giertz making a pair of safety goggles that functions as a ruler.

Style Kampf refers to herself as a "maker", a subculture based on building things out of personal interest,

In 2020, Kampf was awarded a Goldene Kamera Digital Award in the category, Best of Education & Coaching,