The rise and fall of an open hardware synth company
Long talk
Time
July 25, 2026 10:00-10:50 AM
Location
Track one is on the 2nd floor of Jupiter NEXT
When Thea and Maggie started Winterbloom their goal was never to make a living off of synthesizers. Instead, they wanted to create beautiful, open source instruments and spark inspiration in others. Five years and many acclaimed releases later, they purposefully ended the project and closed up shop.
This is the story of turning homemade prototypes into beloved musical machines through radical openness and the legacy left behind.
About the Speaker
Thea Flowers (@stargirl) is a creative technologist and open source advocate. It’s her mission in life to empower creativity through hardware, software, writing, and music. She’s an OSHWA board member, PSF fellow, and engineer at Opulo.
