Today we announced the six finalists of New York’s Next Top Makers, a competition to promote innovation in New York City. The finalists – Nautilus Bowl, The Power Clip, MYBELL, Tangeez, Bonus Table and Slide Table – were chosen by a panel of judges and by a public, online vote.
New York's Next Top Makers is a challenge to prototype new designs that have commercial potential. The goal of the challenge is to support design-driven production, and promote a culture of innovation and commercialization within New York City’s industrial business, design and engineering communities.
Come celebrate MAKE magazine’s 3rd annual Maker Faire in New York, showcasing creative and resourceful people in the areas of science and technology, engineering, food, and arts and crafts.
The Industrial Business Advisory Council, a cornerstone of the Bloomberg Administration’s initiatives to support the industrial sector, is set for its first meeting on August 1. This advisory body will ferment the working relationship between industrial businesses and the City agencies and policies that support them.
The heat of a mid-June day in NYC couldn’t stop groups of business owners, developers, non-profit workers and city employees from filing into the old Pfizer building at 630 Flushing Ave in Williamsburg. They were all there to hear about Demystifying Industrial Development from an expert panel of industrial business owners and representatives from development agencies that have worked to retain and expand industry in NYC.
On Wednesday, May 23, 2012, the BMW i Ventures incubator held the first maker mixer hosted by NYCEDC's Industrial Team, bringing together thought leaders from New York City's design, fabrication, and business worlds to discuss the changing production landscape.
Are you an industrial business? Learn specialized growth and development strategies from experts through NYCEDC's New Industrial Growth Initiative, a free NYCEDC program.
