The document provides information about the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator, which is a 21,000 square foot space that allows NYC designers to take ideas from prototype to production to market in an environmentally conscious community. It also discusses the history of 3D printing, various 3D printing methods and hardware, considerations for designing for 3D printing, common 3D design tools, file types used for 3D printing, and local 3D printing services available to designers.