The Future of Flexible Product Making & Manufacturing
A convening dedicated to ethical textile fabrication, small-batch manufacturing, and circular economies.
Nov 13, 2025, 9:30am-4:00pm PT
OmCulture | 2210 N Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98103
About the Event
The Future of Flexible Product Making & Manufacturing one-day convening is dedicated to ethical textile fabrication, small-batch manufacturing, and circular economies.
Mechanism in partnership with Good Business Network of Washington are bringing together stakeholders from across the national textile design and manufacturing ecosystem and the Pacific Northwest for a dynamic gathering in Seattle, Washington.
This event will serve as a space to collectively discuss the challenges, barriers, and opportunities to starting, scaling, and stabilizing soft goods based businesses across the country.
Agenda
This event is open to all!
Please register through Eventbrite
About the Hosts
Mechanism
Mechanism cultivates production ecosystems that safeguard the environment, steward shared resources, secure economic stability, and empower workers with safety, dignity, and agency. We partner with communities to transform manufacturing away from extractive models that drive inequality and depletion. In doing so, we lay the foundation for resilient places where people and production sustain each other.
Andrew Dahlgren - Place Program Director
andrew@mechanism.community
Good Business Network of Washington
Good Business Network of Washington is a coalition of local businesses, non-profits, municipal organizations, and residents working to build vibrant and sustainable local economies.
Erin Adams - Executive Director
erin@seattlegood.org