Architecture Groups Sydney

From Design to Ship - Build with AI One-day Hackathon @ WSTI

**NOTE: Paid Tickets must be purchased on Eventbrite** ([Ticket Link](https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/from-design-to-ship-build-with-ai-one-day-hackathon-wsti-tickets-1987804998260?)) Overview Design and build an app in a day with Google's latest AI Tools and Capabilities. Powered by WSTI × Google Spend a Saturday building your very own app using Google's newest AI tools. Google is teaming up with WSTI to bring Build with AI 2026 to Western Sydney. In one day, you'll go from idea → design → working app using: * Google Stitch — design UIs with AI * Google Antigravity — build full apps with AI No coding background needed. If you can describe what you want to build, these tools will help you build it. **RUN OF THE DAY** * 9:30 AM — Doors open, Welcome, coffee & registration * 9:50 AM — Hear from Googlers * 10:00 AM — Stitch workshop: design with AI * 11:00 AM — Antigravity workshop: build with AI * 12:15 PM — Lunch + form build teams * 1:00 PM — Mini Design Thinking session * 1:30 PM — Mentored build sprint * 3:30 PM — Showcase: teams demo their builds * 4:00 PM — Prizes, photo, wrap * 4:30 PM — Close **WHAT YOU GET** * Hands-on with Google latest AI tools e.g., Stitch and Antigravity * US$5 Google Cloud credit for every attendee * Lunch & Drinks * Mentoring from WSTI's tech team throughout the build sprint * A working prototype you built in a day * Small prizes for standout builds * Networking with the biggest AI community in Western Sydney * Paths to access AI credits and resources for serious builders **WHO SHOULD COME** * University students and recent grads * Developers and technologists * Founders and SME owners exploring AI * Designers and creatives curious about building with AI * Anyone who wants to go from "I have an idea" to "I built it" in one day **WHAT TO BRING** * A laptop (essential) * A Google account * An idea you'd like to build (or come inspired — we'll help you find one) **Notice of Photography and Filming** By entering this event, you acknowledge that photography, audio, and video recording may occur. Your attendance constitutes your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or recorded and to the release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction of such media for promotional purposes by Western Sydney Tech Innovators (WSTI). If you prefer not to be photographed or recorded, please inform a WSTI team member upon arrival. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Sydney Street Photography Adventure, Newtown

**POETIC WITNESS** $185 for 4 hour workshop [BOOK here](https://theapertureclub.com.au/sydney-street-photography-adventure-newtown-the-poetic-witness/) Step into the vibrant streets of Newtown and discover the art of storytelling through your lens. Whether capturing the spirit of a city or documenting its dynamic culture, this popular Aperture Club workshop will guide you in photographing people, architecture, street art, events, and more. Newtown’s diversity and thriving street culture make it a street photographer’s paradise. By the end of this immersive workshop, you’ll leave with a captivating visual narrative of one of Sydney’s most iconic neighbourhood, along with the skills to observe, react, and connect with your subjects to create impactful, unforgettable images. [https://theapertureclub.com.au/sydney-street-photography-adventure-newtown-the-poetic-witness/ ](https://theapertureclub.com.au/sydney-street-photography-adventure-newtown-the-poetic-witness/) **What’s Covered:** * How to improve your power of observation * How to identify your ‘points of interest’ * Composition * Quality and properties of light * Street awareness and etiquette * Candid photography techniques * How to predict and time a great moment * Approaching people and requesting a portrait * How to be inconspicuous * Choice of camera equipment **Workshop format:** **Tutors**: a professional photographer and a photographer’s assistant (subject to group size) **Class size**: minimum four; maximum 10 **Time**: 2pm to 6 pm.

A11y Bytes Sydney

A11y Bytes is back for its fourteenth year, celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day. [Register for A11y Bytes Sydney 2026](https://events.humanitix.com/a11y-bytes-2026-sydney) The heart of digital accessibility and inclusion is not about guidelines, codes or regulations. It’s about people, and life, and how we live, how we access information, and how our lives are affected by the technologies of today. As many as 500 people have attended online Bytes events, as well as physical events in Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney attended an A11y Bytes event, making this the largest community run accessibility event in Australia. The event has since branched out into parts of New Zealand and it continues to grow. You don’t have to be an accessibility aficionado to attend. This event is about us all talking, thinking and learning about digital accessibility and inclusion together. Take part in A11y Bytes and connect, be inspired and have some fun as we talk, learn, grow and change the world. A big thank you to **Canva** for being the Sydney venue sponsor for this year's A11y Bytes. **Time and date** A11y Bytes Sydney will be held on **Thursday 21 May 2026**, celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day. **Doors open at 6pm for a 6.30pm start.** **Register** RSVP through humanitix to register. [Register for A11y Bytes Sydney 2026](https://events.humanitix.com/a11y-bytes-2026-sydney)

AI Project Hub

Welcome to **WSTI's AI Project Hub**—the hands-on heart of the WSTI community's AI Shed model. This isn't a traditional class or a lecture. It’s a weekly, drop-in "Shed" designed for collaborative, project-based learning, where we support each other turning ideas (beginner or ambitious) into real, working prototypes and projects. Whether you're a founder with a specific problem, a developer testing a new tool, or a complete beginner curious about what you can make, this is your space to build, learn, and collaborate. **What to expect:** * **Quick Pitch:** To spark some inspiration, we’ll have a few informal, low-pressure "progress check-ins" where attendees can briefly share what they’re working on. * **Space to Build:** No formal lectures here. Just a supportive environment to polish your prototype, refine your code, or finalise your pitch. * **Guides on the Side:** Our technical mentors will be mingling in the room. They’re ready to offer a helpful nudge, architectural advice, or a tool recommendation if you hit a roadblock. * **Community Wisdom:** If our mentors don’t have the answer, they’ll connect you with someone else in the room who does. We’re all about sharing what we learn. * **Curiosity is Welcome:** You don’t need a hackathon project to pull up a chair. If you’re a regular from our Project Hub looking to share your knowledge, or just a curious neighbour. We have community laptops with access to some AI tools if you aren't able to bring your own. **Tools/Topics discussed may include:** * ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, Opensource AI Models. * Platforms like n8n and other automation tools. * Coding vibe coding like Lovable, Replit, Antigravity and Cursor. * Frameworks such as BMAD. * Image and video generators like Midjourney, Nanobanana and Video models such as Kling, Veo & Seedance. *By attending this event, you consent that you may be photographed and recorded on video. These photos and videos may be used for marketing and promotional purposes in the future. If you have any concerns please let the team know upon arrival.*

Afternoon Networking Drinks #27

👋 UX Designers of Sydney! Welcome to our first **Saturday Afternoon** event! In an effort to mix things up, i thought it would be fun to try an event on a Saturday afternoon instead. If anyone is left at around 7pm - we could go for dinner nearby too! **Event highlights:** ✅ **Japanese themed bar:** Come try some amazing Japanese beer and whisky! ✅ **Networking opportunities:** Expand your network of designers and make connections that last. ✅ **Relaxed, friendly vibe:** No formal talks or speeches - just great conversations in a relaxed environment. **Venue information:** * This month you will find us at an awesome Japanese sports bar in the leafy suburb of Crows Nest, right near the metro station! Check them out on socials: https://www.instagram.com/ichirosbar/ **How to find us:** Find the building entrance and head straight up to the second floor - we will have a Meetup Sign on our table! **Join our What'sApp group:**
 Since Meetup has removed the event chat feature, [please join this WhatsApp group](https://tinyurl.com/uxad2026) for the latest event updates! Cheers, Josh (Organiser) Liam (Co-host)

Inner West Writers Group - Write Club

Sat 16 May is an in-person event at the Library, starting at 10am. This group started in January 2020 in a beautiful private room granted by Marrickville Library. We have continued to meet in person fortnightly at the Library, with alternate weeks via Zoom. To keep up to date - sign up and receive our messages! The group is flourishing! You will need to RSVP each week for the following Saturday so we can organise the right number of Zoom rooms and Library space to ensure good quality feedback. RSVP's will receive the link. The intention is to give a supportive environment to get traction on your writing project, gain useful feedback, and exchange writing and publishing information with each other. Please note that if you are attending for the first time - you are welcome to observe and listen to how we work. Your turn to read and be critiqued will be invited in the second session. So come along, bring up to 1500 to 2000 words of your latest writing - fiction writers of all types, memoirists, biographers, graphic novelists, bloggists, poets - all writers welcome. You will have up to eight minutes to read out your work, an equal time of constructive critique and feedback from the rest of the group. If you want a tribe of fellow writers to be with you as you finish your writing project, build your author profile, want to get inspired by other writers, or want to just listen and give constructive feedback (we all need beta readers), you are very welcome. This is a free event. Many thanks to Marrickville Library! For more information, contact Maria, mariaissaris@icloud.com, or Jamie Ramjan (jamie.ramjan@gmail.com) or Sunnie Mosphilis via DM.

Classic 35mm Monochrome Film Street Photography Bondi Junction

Some people like vinyl records, they appreciate the richness of sound and tone. Today is about reconnecting with old street photography techniques by using 35mm film. Experiment with black and white film which has contrast and a bit of grain. Try it out. We will look for opportunities in the plaza outside Bondi Junction Westfields, here we may see a variety of people going about their business. Dig out your old film camera if you have one or buy a disposable film camera. The cost of a disposable camera will probably less than your lunch. Process your film with Camera House, Digi direct or Super 8 at Newtown. These stores will have disposable cameras or if they don’t sell them, they will refer you to a store that does. A roll of 36 exposures costs around $ 20 to develop your negatives and scan. A limit of 2 rolls of 36 exposures will apply for the day. These retail stores will process your negatives and scan them. Once they are scanned they a sent to your email. If you have Lightroom or Photoshop, you can then edit the images and post on Sydney Street Photographers Meetup site. Film choice is a personal issue however I would recommend Kodak Tri x 400 or Ilford HP 5 for street photography. If you prefer street portraits, I find Ilford Delta 100 very pleasing. It has finer grain and smooth’s out any imperfections in the subject’s skin. For street photography, I would suggest 50mm or a 35mm lens. Street Portraiture 50mm or 85mm. If you choose street photography as the challenge of the day. It would be a good idea to find your spot and wait for the subject to enter your frame. You may find this method more rewarding than chasing a subject for a photo. The idea is to capture a moment, a scene, something that may tell a story. It is not easy and it will be more challenging than using a digital camera. That’s the point of this exercise, to try something new and experiment with a new medium of photography. Join in and give it a try. Afterwards we may like to go to Level 5, Westfields Food Court for a selection of food and drinks. Cheers Ian.

Van Gogh Coffee Club: Sydney Creatives & Content Creators | 크리에이터

🌻🌌 **Van Gogh Coffee Club** Ever wished you could step inside a Van Gogh painting… with a coffee in one hand and new creative friends on the other? Van Gogh Coffee Club is a small, intentional meetup for young creatives (18–34) at The Grounds of Alexandria’s brand‑new Van Gogh garden — sunflowers, swirling skies and limited‑edition themed drinks that look insane on camera. * Very 감성 (aesthetic vibe) * Very 映える (photo-worthy) * Very 出片 (great for photos) * Very “how is this in Sydney?” ✨ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎨 **This is for you if:** * You’re a creative, musician, photographer, designer, filmmaker or content creator — hobby or pro * You have friends, but feel like no one really gets your creative brain * You want real collabs and maybe your next viral idea, not cringe networking * You love little creative side quests — Reels, TikToks, photo dumps, Naver blog moments, Xiaohongshu-style shots, café content or just beautiful places that make your brain go “wait… this is content” 📸 * You’re into 인스타 감성 (Instagram aesthetic), 릴스각 (Reel-worthy moment), ブログ映え (blog-worthy), 小红书感 (Xiaohongshu vibe) or just anything that feels a little cinematic * 혼자 와도 괜찮아요 (coming alone is okay) * 一人参加OK (solo attendance OK) * 一个人来也可以 (coming alone is fine) * มาคนเดียวได้ (you can come alone) 🫶 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ **What we’ll do** * Meet at The Grounds, grab a Van Gogh‑inspired drink and do relaxed intros — no scary pitch circle * Wander the Van Gogh laneway together — glowing sunflowers, starry‑night colours, perfect for Reels, TikTok and photos * Take content without feeling awkward because everyone else is there for the same reason. 릴스각 제대로 (proper Reel-worthy moment) 📸 * Hang out, share ideas and see who you naturally vibe with for future collabs * Maybe you meet a photographer for your next shoot * Maybe you meet a musician for your next video * Maybe you meet a designer, artist, filmmaker, blogger, editor, dancer 💃 * Reel maker or someone who just gets your exact creative chaos * Or maybe you just have coffee in a Van Gogh garden with cool people * Also valid 🌻 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍰 **Drinks & desserts** To visit the exhibit, The Grounds asks that each person orders from the café/bar. We recommend the limited‑edition specials, made by world‑class chefs at Australia’s most famous café: ⭐ Starry Bite cake 👀 Starry Eyed cocktail 🌻 Sunflower Power cake 🥤 Sunflower Soda These are very much “camera eats first” desserts: * 인스타 감성 (Instagram aesthetic) * 映える (photo-worthy) * 很出片 (great for photos) * ถ่ายรูปสวยมาก (beautiful for photos) 📸 Once this activation ends, these exact cakes and drinks are gone forever — it’s a true one‑time menu. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🤝 **Small on purpose** The café has limited seating and the exhibit is temporary, so we’re keeping this meetup small and intentional — people who actually create and want to connect, not just anyone passing by. * Not a corporate networking thing * Not a loud party thing * Not a “stand around and pretend to be professional” thing More like: * coffee * art * music people * camera people * design people * content people * soft chaos * and “wait how have we not met before?” energy A little 꿀잼 (super fun). A little エモい (emotional/cute vibe). A little 有氛围感 (has atmosphere). ✨ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎟 **Tickets, RSVPs & how to join** The venue/exhibit are free, but this hosted Circles meetup requires a paid ticket so we can keep it curated and cover the effort to run it. Tap the Meetup RSVP button first, then 👉 [secure your spot](https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML9B6K0NKVNBZ/checkout/EAHP4HDSLGS6A45DCMTUJ6XC) 🎉 Once you've secured your spot, [DM us on Instagram @Circles_AU](https://www.instagram.com/circles_au/) straight away to be added to the private group chat — 📍 **that’s where you’ll get the exact meetup location**, day-of updates and early access to who else is coming. Don’t wait on this one, spots fill fast and the group chat fills up even faster ✨

EUXSyd 2025 - May Meetup

**EUXSyd** are excited to have our next meetup on the 21st of May**!! Speaker and topic to follow and hope you can join us!!** As always, we will be at **blueeggs' office on level6/75-77 Pitt St**. Networking, drinks and pizzas will start from 6:00 and talk will start at 6:30pm. Look forward to seeing you there!! This event is proudly sponsored by Experience Design "UX" Agency blueegg ([www.blueegg.com.au](http://www.blueegg.com.au/))

Monthly Hack Day - Cost of Living in an oil crisis

The already bad Cost of Living crisis has recently got worst with the closing of the Straight of Hormuz and the oil crisis the world has been plunged into because of it. Can we think up some solutions that can save us money, help reduce our dependance on oil or generally improve life for ordinary people? During our monthly hack day, we'll learn about civic challenges, brainstorm ideas about solutions, and sit down to code together. Together, we can make an impact on civic challenges and build a better city. Networking with fellow software engineers, designers and student/s welcome! If anyone would like to present a quick talk or propose a project idea, do talk to us! Also please do join the discussion on Discord https://discord.gg/wPmp25Xnm5

SSP TUE ..CHATSWOOD Easy

Today is a wander through the hustle & bustle that is modern day Chatswood. Meet for coffee at the 446 Bar, RSL Club, 446 Victoria Ave, 10:00-10:15. Depart 10:30-10:45. See photos. Edit: The club opens at 10:00. For history buffs, we'll take in the Garden of Remembrance. Roses from France etc, dedicated to those who didn't come home, from the Boer War onwards. For train buffs, an old signal box has been preserved. How times have changed. Optional lunch: Well, there are so many venues to choose from. Whatever takes your fancy. Default is back at the RSL Club, unless we find somewhere else that will do split bills. Privacy: There are at least 2 food courts to explore. Put the cameras away, these are private property. But worth a wander through. Challenge: Victoria Avenue is classis street photography territory. Go for it. Enjoy! Max P 0417 212 220

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