RockPaperRobot

Aug 23, 2017

(Image via Kickstarter) Last month we made a list of 10 Brooklyn makers you should know . After we made the list we emailed everyone on it and asked who their favorite makers are in the borough. One of the things that became clear is the overlap between designers and makers. Many of the people named as top makers also made our list of top designers , including Jessica Banks of RockPaperRobot, husband and wife duo CW&T and Jonathan Bobrow. The list that follows shows how widely the word “maker” can be interpreted. Earlier this month, we tried to get to a universal definition of what a maker is , and made some progress toward that. Below we see people making physical products, food, art, and more. Quotes, unless attributed, come from our designers. We’re keeping them anonymous because we think it’s more fun that way. Jessica Banks, founder of RockPaperRobot. “I think Jessica Banks from RockPaperRobot is pretty great,” says one of our designers. Banks is the founder of RockPaperRobot, a New Lab–based product design firm. The company’s premier product is the  Ollie Chair , an upgrade on the traditional folding chair. The Ollie Chair raised an eye-popping $287,000 on Kickstarter earlier this year. Banks also made our April list of top Brooklyn designers .