Maum Market Brings 90+ Asian-Owned Brands to Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC

Maum Market, a traveling market devoted to Asian-owned brands, returns to Brooklyn on Sunday, October 25. It runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. indoors at Industry City in Sunset Park, at 33 35th St, 2nd floor (Brooklyn, NY 11232). The official page places it in space 5-2-A of the complex.

The organizer also runs markets in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and Seattle. Its pitch is simple: let shoppers meet Asian-owned brands in person. This New York edition lists more than 90 of them.

Entry is free, and the event is open to families and pets. Organizers ask guests to RSVP so they can plan the day, and tickets are handled through a Luma page.

The market's Instagram has introduced several New York vendors. Overjoyed Beauty is a New York-based independent label that makes handmade, reusable press-on nails in small batches. Default NYC designs clothing meant to move from day to night, including cargos, jackets, tees, hats and totes, with graphics drawn from city details such as bodega flowers and transit. Brooklyn's Studio Ichiban hand-makes small nostalgic pieces, among them beaded dumpling keychains, mini ramen bowl charms and food-inspired earrings, with anime and comfort food as its main inspirations.

Food and drink are part of the lineup too. Posts mention madeleines, pineapple shortbread, a sweet potato latte and single-origin matcha, from bakers and drink makers including Cammie's, Rose's Pineapple Shorts, Forest Hall Bakery and Snowmelt Matcha.

For Japanese readers, matcha, anime and ramen show up as recurring motifs among the vendors. The next New York date is Saturday, December 5, also at Industry City from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. An application form for prospective vendors is posted on the market's website.