DUMBO Designers is the group for enthusiastic designers of all kinds in DUMBO, NY. Follow on twitter @DUMBOdevs Support us on gittip.com: https://www.gittip.com/DUMBOdesigners/ Meetups: Currently hosting a monthly lunch and talks about design in DUMBO, NYC. PLEASE NO JOB POSTINGS Also, don't contact other members about jobs unless they've contacted you first, or that's a chop.

This workshop series will cover the fundamentals of design through short expert talks and interactive design exercises; it will focus on how to design products that meet users’ needs in as easy and delightful a way as possible. The free workshops, which are only for students, will meet every other Tuesday at 6:30pm. Design is about creating something to achieve a goal. Maybe you want to design an iPhone app to help people eat more healthily. Or maybe you want to create a piece of public policy …

This is a private meetup group in NYC for anyone connected to Pivotal Labs and interested in design. If you have worked in some capacity on a Pivotal project actively or recently, please feel free to join. We are open to all pivots, clients, freelancers, business leaders, product peepz and anyone who is interested in design. We will keep the meetups informal and fun, and will surely satisfy that design conversation you've been DYING to have all month. Our goals are: networking, informal feedback …

Curious to know about Google Glass? The Glass API has just been released and first batch of devices are being shipped. Here's your chance to ask questions to several Google Glass Pioneers in the NYC area about Glass and what's on the horizon for wearable glass technology. Designers and developers, whether you're just curious about Glass or are waiting for your pair to land on your doorstep in the near future, come join us. Note: This event is hosted by Google Glass enthusiasts in the area and …

An opportunity for people who work on or around Customer Experience (be it Marketing, Customer Service, User Experience etc.) to meet, learn, interact, and network.  We're based in NYC, but we welcome all interested visitors who are passing through our great city.  Look forward to meeting you :-)

Design Founders: A community for designers turned entrepreneurs. Whether you're a designer launching a tech startup, a clothing-line, a letterpress shop, or a non-profit, you're likely navigating the same challenges, and sharing the same goals, as other designers-turned-founders. Our goal is to connect designers who are creating new companies so we can exchange our shared experiences, challenges, best practices and resources. This group could also become a forum for sharing work in progress, c …

The NYC Mobile Experience is an outgrowth of "pocketmints", a Mint Digital experiment focused on the "making" of mobile applications of the "maker's" perspective. After a quick glance at the the NYC meetup landscape, we felt that mobile topics tend to either get lost in larger, more general tech groups or they meet very specific needs like those of a platform (iPhone, Android, WinMo) or even a type of app (location-based). We are shooting for a space for mobile were we can bring together desi …

NYC UX Acrobatics primary focus is the varied facets of UX design, research and usability. Our aim is to create monthly 'UX themed' workshop style meetings where members work with each other learning, discovering and networking on all things UX. Potential topics: paper prototyping, experience maps, user research and testing, persona dev, a/b testing, front-end best practices, RWD (Responsive Web Design), PET Design (Persuasion, Emotion, and Trust Design), competitive analysis, sketching UX, cont …

The Optimizing Mobile Apps Meetup is for anyone with a passion for mobile metrics, mobile user experience, conversion optimization, increasing video consumption as well as performing A/B testing on a mobile app - This is a group who shares best practices about optimizing mobile apps - specific topics include mobile UX case studies, tools, latest lessons learned and of course networking! There will be plenty to share and learn about for those from agencies to stand-alone app owners to ecommerce t …

Welcome to NYC-CHI, the NYC chapter of SIG-CHI (Special Interest Group - Computer Human Interaction www.sigchi.org/). We hold UX-focused events and have an active mailing list to service the NYC region. We have over 1900 active members in all aspects of HCI, including information architects, interaction designers, user experience designers, service designers, product and museum experience designers, usability practitioners, digital librarians, user interface designers and UI developers. We're t …

UX School's mission is to help UX designers build their skills and portfolio, through hands-on workshops, one-on-one critiques, and lectures from leaders in the field.

We will talk shop and share thoughts on IA, IxD, UI, UX and Mobile.

Metro New York is a creative hotbed, but it's often difficult for ad hoc teams to sync-up for that perfect project... The NYC Talent Union is a Meetup group dedicated to helping designers, creatives, architects, writers, producers (and the like) stay connected, share war stories, and keep updated on seminal ideas, noteworthy projects, cool work, innovative techniques, fresh materials, upcoming exhibitions...and anything else inspirational.

A NYC Meetup where we discuss and explore principles, practices, and lessons learned at the intersection of Agile, Lean, and UX.

AnthroTech is for people in the New York City area interested in using anthropological and ethnographic techniques in technological fields -- especially user experience design, online community management and customer development. We bring academic anthropologists and non-academic professionals together to cross-pollinate our respective fields.

This group is made up of professional Web designers looking to network with others in the industry; Talk design for the Web; Share experience with use of different tools & languages; Critique Web sites; Talk industry, business, employment; Share motivations and inspirations; Reach your own Web Design Nirvana. Be sure to join our NYC Web Design groups on: LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=95686) Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16401063649) Twitter (http://twitter.com …

Total 3D Experience 3D Printing New York is for anyone interested in the revolutionary 3D technology. Whether you are: a novice and would love to see a 3D printer in action, owner of a 3D Printer and keen to show off your creations and share your experience, a designer or an artist using 3D printing in your work - or keen to, enthusiast user of Sketchup, Blender, SolidWorks or any other 3D drawing software, a developer interested in new 3D modelling techniques, curious about making your own jew …

Meet other local people in NYC interested in Domain-Driven Design, learn more about it, exchange experiences, discuss current design problems, etc.

Welcome to Responsive Web Design NYC! If you are interested in a common web strategy for mobile, tablet and desktop then Responsive Web Design NYC is right for you! This group was the first NYC Responsive Web Design Meet-up launched in Sept 2011 with the spirit of serving the design, developer, product management and business community of NYC around all topics pertaining to Responsive Web Design.  Anyone from the community can organize, participate and run an event!  We are very fortunate to hav …

Making Android apps more beautiful. This is a group for professional, novice and aspiring Android app designers.

Brooklyn. User Experience. Happy hour. We meet irregularly--three or four times a year. And it's fun. Really, is there much more to say?

This group is for any beginner who wants to learn Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign. No prior experience is necessary, just come with your laptop and a trial version of the program on your machine. You will not only learn the programs but you will also learn the principals behind good Graphic and Digital Design, learn to "talk the talk", understand what works and what doesn't, and start designing pieces on your own. After you start working on your own, we'll have some workshop meetups gea …

UncommonGoods is a Brooklyn-based online retailer that works with artists across the United States to create beautiful, unique items. We want to inspire local creatives with the advice and experience of our artists and vendors.

There's an incredible transformation taking place in Medicine right now, and this group is focused on the design, development and implementation of innovation -- technologic, systems and operational -- directly at healthcare professionals.  And we want to create a community that is in the lead! The current roles and responsibilities, interdependencies and ways of working  between physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals are being challenged and there will need to be car …

The Design Task Force for Global Change is an interdisciplinary team that addresses the citizen usability of software and mobile applications with organizations such as The Guardian Project, Open Internet Tools Project, Witness.org, Georgia Law Society Project, and many more. Comprised of designers and open source developers, The Task Force meets semi-regularly to discuss the UX/UI/design strengths and weaknesses of current software projects in development; discuss software usability from a desi …

Hello information designers. This group will discuss the evolution of information design, particularly as it relates to graphic design, user experience and communications. We'll do this by showcasing some amazing work from NYC based information designers. We'd love to get your input for ideas as well!

Hi Friends,  this Meetup is about going on Art tours, activities and experiences led by locals in local galleries. The goal is to learn and enjoy Art through the guidance of people who love Art. We will strive to have at least 1 to 2 Meetups a month. If you love Art, Galleries, Museums, exploring new artists and galleries, and meeting new people, this is the group for you. Not only will you find fantastic Art experiences, you'll make awesome new friends. =) The meetup group was started b …

NYC Tech Recruiters is creating a community of Tech Recruiters coming together to meet like-minded Recruiters and exchange ideas and best practices in the evolving Tech scene in NYC. Within this community we are promoting mentoring along with professional development within a general forum for Tech Recruiters to share their experiences. And we plan to have fun doing it. Software engineers are also welcomed to join this group to gain knowledge and give feedback on what they seek from a technical …