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From Red Hook to DUMBO,
the Design Scene in Brooklyn
Focus: [MAKE] Product Development and the
Brooklyn Designs Expo
Brooklyn, NY April 27, 2004 -- [Make] Product
Development, a Red Hook based firm of 4 industrial designers,
Kevin Williams, McKay Duncan, Scot Spratford, and Scott
Lundberg, is eagerly anticipating their debut at Brooklyn
Designs, the annual design expo taking place at DUMBO's top
cultural spots, St Ann's Warehouse and the Brooklyn Designs
Gallery. The expo features some of Brooklyn's most exciting
designers and manufacturers of home furnishings and is expected
to draw over 4000 trade, consumer and media attendees. The expo
has created a significant buzz since its 2003 premiere, adding
cache to the already hot Brooklyn art and design scene.
[Make] sees the expo as an important opportunity to highlight
their unique place in the Brooklyn design community by
presenting a diverse group of designs, everything from fine
contemporary furniture to mass produced consumer products. [Make]'s
strength is derived from the varied backgrounds of its
designers. The team, all trained industrial designers, has
significant experience in consumer product design and
engineering, home furnishing design, fine furniture production,
exhibit design, as well as architecture, interior design, and
fine art. "Because of the strength of our collective experience
we are able to work across many specialized fields to produce
outstanding and innovative design in both custom furniture and
exhibit design as well as mainstream consumer products," says
[Make] designer Scott Lundberg.
[Make], a multidisciplinary design and development firm in
Brooklyn, provides a full range of services to manufacturers,
museums, retailers, institutions, and private individuals. From
soup to nuts, [Make] is positioned to create beautifully
designed and useful items, to partner with the best
manufacturers in providing production solutions, to design and
implement packaging and display, and to efficiently manage the
delivery process to distributors, says [Make] founder Kevin C.
Williams.
"Our products and designs are top of the line, we're eager to
show the market how Brooklyn designers and design firms are
poised to be the leaders in product design and development.
[Make] is at the forefront of this trend, we're prepared for any
project: we're totally scalable, totally experienced." -[Make]
designer Scot Spratford.
[Make]'s designers, all graduates of Pratt Institute's Master of
Industrial Design program, are dedicated to building their
business in Brooklyn. Located on Van Brunt Street in happening
Red Hook, they've made great successes, gaining new clients,
brokering manufacturing agreements, and developing Make designed
items for sale at retailers such as the Home Depot, Sam's Club,
Bed, Bath and Beyond, Kmart, and Target, as well as furniture
installations for Brooklyn clients, like the Open House Nursery
School in Cobble Hill. [Make]'s design studio boasts 5000 sq
feet of state-of-the-art computer engineering equipment, a
top-of-the-line wood and metal shop, conference and exhibition
spaces, as well as great views of the NYC harbor.
"At this moment, exciting things are happening at [Make], we are
inventing and developing new products, researching cutting edge
manufacturing processes and materials, designing elegant forms,
engineering prototypes, and bringing tomorrow's product to
market today. It is a great business to be in, and the best
borough to do business in." -[Make] designer McKay Duncan
Find [Make] at the Brooklyn Designs Gallery on the corner of
Main and Water Street, Booth #G9, April 30 May 2. Call them at
718.797.9180, or visit them on the web at
http://www.makeinc.net.
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