At Apartment Therapy we've always felt that the web's greatest asset was in creating community and that it should mirrored offline as well. Inspired by Scott Heiferman's NY Tech Meetup, which we've been going to lately, we've started a NY Design Meetup for product and furniture designers, architects, entrepreneurs, students and hackers. Our goal is to provide a unique, efficient and entertaining forum for designers - both professional and amateur - to offer solutions to our biggest problems and …

Open to all creatives looking to learn and collaborate on design and technology. Are you a Maker or tinkerer? Are you digital Designer? Are you looking to learn and share skills? Are you into 3D printing and Robotics? Are you into sketching and Automata?

The Emerging Designer Meetup Group is for fashion designers and industry professionals that want to connect, learn and develop a strong network of peers. The group was started as a way to bring online relationships from our blog, The Emerging Designer, a resource for up-and-coming fashion talent offline.

Fashion designers, entrepreneurs, and investors. This group is focused on helping you build the skills you need to get your fashion business to the next level. We host classes on the business of fashion, buying/selling, sourcing, editorial coverage, and more. We bring together the next big designers, buyers, and investors in NYC.

Handbag Designer 101 is a Meetup group for aspiring and established handbag/accessories designers and fashion industry professionals. Our goal is to provide designers and industry professionals to connect, learn and leverage the talent and resources in New York City. Group meetups will bring to life Handbag Designer 101, the ultimate handbag resource that hosts the Independent Handbag Designer Awards each year.

Got an invention and want to learn how to license or launch it? Are you an entrepreneur or small business with intellectual property worth protecting? Want to better understand patent and patent rights? Learn business strategy from other innovators? The Inventors Association of Manhattan is for you. Every 2nd Monday of the month, we feature an expert guest speaker, lively discussion among inventors. We foster professionalism, trust and support: All Welcome! Easy online registration. Miss a mee …

A Sustainable Conversation is part think-tank, part support network and all about ethical and ecologically-sound business practices. From the worlds of fashion, interior and industrial design, architecture, and craft-making,  we are an interdisciplinary and international group of people committed to positive social change. At our meetings, we provide a space for generating and discussing new ideas, networking, connecting business to design, and turning concepts into realities. Our mission is to …

Do you have an invention and want to learn how to license or launch it? Are you an entrepreneur or small business with intellectual property worth protecting? Want to better understand patent and patent rights? Learn business strategies from other innovators.. Do you provide professional services that can help inventors and entrepreneurs? We are on a mission to build success stories from our group and to create new businesses and jobs in Nassau County! Fostering an environment of job creation an …

Make Something Design Make Sell Community of Makers that actually make things Our goal is to make a community of markers that will help each other design cool things to be made and sell into a marketplace.  We believe there is a new revolution in industrial manufacturing from individuals being empowered by making their own things and selling them directly to others. Make things you like and others will like as well. We want to unleash the creativity of the individual that would transform society …

SWUGNYC is operated completely by volunteers with the aim of promoting the sharing of skills and information related to the use of SolidWorks and to create a forum for networking within the SolidWorks community. SWUGNYC considers the specific needs of New York City area users, conducting quarterly meetings in easily accessible Manhattan locations. This group is open to anyone with an interest in expanding their knowledge of SolidWorks and related technologies utilized in design & engineering fie …

Make and share your ideas with 3D printing! Shapeways is your personal fabrication service. From jewelry to puzzles, home decor and more, create, buy and sell your products using 3D printing. To learn more about Shapeways, visit: Our homepage Our gallery of most popular products An explanation about how our service works An overview of the materials that we offer Our vibrant community of designers and creators

New York is home to some of the most talented people in the world. We’re all doing and creating amazing things. You have artists, actors, producers, models, photographers, designers, bloggers, and many more. Lets get to know each other, collaborate, socialize, and make things happen. We’ll like to invite you to #theMIXER. A free after work music/creative industry social event.

This group is for those involved in fashion who want to take their talent to the business level. We will organize shows, open boutiques, and attend networking events that are designed to help up and coming artists turn their talent into money. Photographers, makeup artist, designers, models, stylist and marketers are particularly encouraged to join, or any others interested in this community on a general scale. We will host fashion shows, and other industry related and random events(Feel free to …

REAL/RECENT PHOTOS REQUIRED FOR MEMBERSHIP! The New York Entertainment Industry Friends Meetup consists of Filmmakers, Actors, Musicians,Screenwriters,Producers,Television, Music and other Entertainment industry professionals who want to network. Special events include film screenings, networking forums, professional entertainment workshops and seminars. Meet Filmmakers, Actors, Directors, Screenwriters, Producers and Entertainment Industry professionals. Our events are designed to help …

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 …

Calling on my fellow designer moms in Port Washington and neighboring towns. Are you an experienced fashion, jewelry, costume, or interior designer? Are you currently taking time off to take care of your bundle(s) of joy? Don't lose your design talent, education, and contacts. Bring your experience to the group so we can discuss options for utilizing these valuable skills. We can pool our ideas to help each other find part time or freelance opportunities, maybe even create new momtrepreneurs??! …

As an independent fashion designer, you're a creative and an entrepreneur. Let's come together to collectively advance our work! There are a lot of opportunities in the city that become a lot more accessible when shared across a couple people. We can discuss renting spaces for pop-up shops / shows, group trunk shows... or getting a booth at Capsule, MAGIC, or PROJECT. We'll tap various areas of discussion that don't get taught enough in design school - business and monetization. Let's share our …

With the job market down, but baby births still on the rise, what's a smart, intuitive mother to do these days with her design talent, education & contacts?! Bring your experience & your querries to Designing Moms of Westchester where we discuss options for utilizing those valuable skills. We'll pool our knowledge & experience to find part-time, freelance & other collaborative options.

This meetup will serve as a central location for independent & emerging designers in the NYC area to collaborate, ask questions, share resources and learn from industry experts in a range of topics- production, retail strategy, design development, press/social media, sustainability and more. ABOUT MANUFACTURE NEW YORK: Manufacture NY is a fashion incubator/factory hybrid dedicated to providing independent designers with the resources & skills to streamline their production process & transform lo …

Huge Events are open to anyone who has interest in agency life, graphic design, visual design, basically all things design and more. Join us for a fun evening of refreshments, networking and talks by design professionals and leaders in the industry.

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 …

Aspiring design and art students - lets get together to inspire each other. We can have affordable informal meet up sessions where these budding talents can share and receive advice from each other. I am starting this group to connect creative talent from different schools and provide a platform where we can talk about trends, activities in different schools and future prospects for career advancement.

Whether you are a clothing, accessories or jewelry designer, patternmaker, manufacturer, merchandiser (to name a few) this Meetup is for you. This meetup is for people with a fashion design background and explores topics like manufacturing on the cheap, eco-friendly fashions, hi-tech fabrics, knitwear, accessories design, marketing and advertising, showing and selling your line on the runway, branding, technology and fashion, fashion trends etc. Business networking across all the strata of t …

The Independent Designers are here... Just Off 7th Ave! This is our Think Tank! Here, independent fashion designers come together to collectively advance their careers by expanding the exposure of their unique collections using strategies such as fashion shows, photoshoots and other events. This meetup brings together talented indie fashion designers to share experiences, learn how to develop their businesses, market their goods and network within the fashion industry and beyond. This group is o …

By being in the industry for almost 10 years, I understand how challenging it can be to maintain Christian values and stand up for what you believe in. I wanted to create a group where members could share their experiences in the industry on a monthly or even weekly basis to gain support and a Godly perspective from fellow Christians in a non-churchy environment. If you are a professional in the Fashion industry and want to follow Christ but could use the support, I'd love to meet you!

This meetup group is hosted by CreativeBlvd (www.creativeblvd.com) and it aims to bring together creative professionals in NYC to share ideas, tricks and tips. The idea is to make this Meetup instructional, with lots of cool stuff like giveaways, contests and industry guests. It will also be a great opportunity to meet and network with fellow creative professionals like yourself. Join us and stay tuned!

This is a group for both fans and designers of independent fashion. I was thinking we could get together at least once a month and either do something low-key (drinks, dinner, etc.) or go on a shopping/fashion excursion. Some possible destinations include The Market NYC, Chelsea Market, the flea markets in Brooklyn, etc. Pretty much any place that sells or promotes emerging designers is fair game. We are open to suggestions as to activities and dates/times. Designers, this is also a group for yo …

Home Interior Design and Decorating Club. Meet other Home Interior Designer's and Home Decorators who want to Do-It-Themselves. Great discussions, Free refreshments and lot's of ideas to share and learn.