Editor’s note: This article was originally published for the Techonomy conference in Detroit, 9/15/15. Our civic innovation movement is about 6 years old. It began when cities began opening up data to citizens, journalists, public-sector companies, non-profits, and government agencies, inviting broader participation in the city. Open data is an invitation: it’s something to go […]
Manufacture New York is an ambitious 160,000 square foot public/private partnership that’s reimagining the fashion business in New York.
Last week while in Brooklyn I spent a moment catching up with Matthew Burnett, CEO of Makers Row, the home of Made in America for the 21st century. Matthew explained to me that Makers Row, which is an online community for factories and suppliers across the United States, came from a need to simplify the […]
Devin Shomaker grew up with a passion for making wine — and for cities. New York’s first rooftop vineyard is the perfect combination.
Terreform ONE is inspiring, instructional, and mind-stretching
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation is a mammoth facility at the center of New York’s emerging maker economy with 3.5 million square feet to provide Maker pros and their projects not only with a physical space to build and grow their business, but also an opportunity to learn and collaborate with each other.
While it’s not often talked about, many Makers wait until the last minute to finish their projects. It’s most likely because we are all simply extremely busy and fit making into any, and every, available moment. During MakerCon we caught up with Anouk Wipprecht in the Maker Media Lab, who was furiously working to complete […]
