History has it that the Dutch East Indian Trading Company pulled into the New York area to trade with local Indians around in 1609 following Henry Hudson's search for a Northwest Passage. From the very beginning it was a trading port and it was this beginning that has helped shape the mode of operations with the financial hub of America; Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange; this was my agenda for Day 2.

Today I visited Lower Manhattan and the Financial District (the old town New Amsterdam) passing through Chelsea, Soho (via the famous Bleeker Street), Greenwich Village, Little Italy and crossing the Brooklyn Bridge on the way. All of which was very impressive.

I managed to view Manhattan from the art deco styled Empire State Building. I also found myself on Wooster Street looking at the amazing outdoor stores of Patagonia and our very own Ice Breaker (yep the kiwi’s moved in December so I hear). 

Designer Blythe Rees-Jones of Locus Research visited New York recently to attend the Medical Design and Manufacturing MD&M East tradeshow and the Medical Design Excellence Awards MDEA. Encircle Compression Therapy, a new medical devices developed by Blythe Rees-Jones and the Locus and TMC team was awarded a winner of the 2011 Medical Design Excellence awards – so Blythe went to the East coast of America to see what impact this new medical technology could have in the country of the stars & stripes. This is the second of a series of posts about his experiences on the trip.

Aknowledgements: We would like to thank  The Merino Company, Andy Wynne,  Delloch, Terry Vickers & Sean O'connor for supporting this trip.