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❄️🧑🏫 February Design Talks: Manhattan Field Trip to BrainStation 🤓🗽
Tue, Feb 24, 11:30 PM**🚨 RSVP is open on Luma:** [https://luma.com/6e17269k](https://luma.com/6e17269k?utm_source=Meetup) 🚨 Subscribe to our Luma calendar for future events: [https://luma.com/bkproductdesign](https://luma.com/bkproductdesign) 🚨 **We will be moving our group off of Meetup after this event. Please join us on Luma and follow us on social media for event and group updates.** Join us for a night of talks and meeting fellow designers at BrainStation in Manhattan! This event is sponsored and hosted by BrainStation, the global leader in digital skills learning. To further support the Brooklyn Product Design community, BrainStation is thrilled to provide access to a number of scholarships for their bootcamps and courses ranging across UX Design, Software Engineering, Data Science, Product Management, Digital Marketing and more. [Sign up through this page](https://brainstation.io/partner/brooklyn-product-design) to learn more about the opportunity and a BrainStation Advisor will be in touch with you regarding next steps. **About BrainStation:** Founded in 2012, BrainStation works with industry leaders from the most innovative companies, developing cutting-edge digital education that has empowered more than 100,000 professionals and some of the largest corporations in the world. BrainStation's courses provide students with the skills employers are looking for in today’s job market. From the stunning SoHo campus, BrainStation trains thousands of professionals across New York every year, preparing them for the fastest-growing jobs in technology. **Schedule:** **6:30pm:** Check-in and mingle **7pm:** Event kickoff and intros **7:05pm:** Design, but make it real. with Julian Garcia **7:30pm:** Break **7:35pm:** The design process is dead. Here’s the new one. with Aleksei Kipin **8:00pm:** Continue networking at [Vig Bar](https://maps.app.goo.gl/G68Q9yHZcwsA5W8bA)! ▶️── 🔈 Talk 1 ──▶️ **Design, but make it real.** **by Julian Garcia** Software design roles have emerged and expanded alongside shifting economic and organizational demands. In the early days of software, programmers handled nearly all aspects of product creation. Over time, specialized design roles formed around interaction, research, and experience, and today those roles are shifting once again. In this talk, I explore how design work is evolving as the use of code and generative AI tools become standard. **Julian Garcia** is a product designer and engineer based in New York. [Website](https://www.gooddesign2go.com/) \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-garcia-click) ▶️── 🔈 Talk 2 ──▶️ **The design process is dead. Here’s the new one.** **by Aleksei Kipin** AI makes generating design options cheap and fast, breaking the old artifact-driven workflow. We’ll discuss what’s fading in the traditional process, what’s replacing it, and which skills matter most now. **Aleksei Kipin** is a Product Designer with nearly two decades of experience across graphic and product design. He has led teams at startups in Singapore and at a major tech company, and now works in New York on AI-driven recruiting products. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kipin/) **🚨 RSVP is open on Luma:** [https://luma.com/6e17269k](https://luma.com/6e17269k?utm_source=Meetup) 🚨 Subscribe to our Luma calendar for future events: [https://luma.com/bkproductdesign](https://luma.com/bkproductdesign) 🚨 **We will be moving our group off of Meetup after this event. Please join us on Luma and follow us on social media for event and group updates.** +++ By attending our events, you are entering an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur. We foster curiosity and connections through our events and are a harassment-free zone 💜 Tag and follow us **@bkproductdesign** on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/bkproductdesign) \| [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/bkproductdesign/) \| [YouTube Archives](https://www.youtube.com/@bkproductdesign) \| [productdesign.community/brooklyn](https://productdesign.community/brooklyn) \| brooklyn@productdesign\.community

Experience Design - the art, craft, & biz of telling stories with emerging tech
Tue, Feb 17, 12:00 AMSession for creators and designers exploring Experience Design at the AI/immersive-tech frontier, focusing on prototyping to build virtual and IRL experiences.

Art X Fashion @ The Museum at FIT
Wed, Feb 18, 5:00 PMAdmission to the museum is free. This exhibition will be on display from February 19 until April 19, 2026. If you cannot attend the opening, please stop in and see the show at your convenience. Call ahead for hours. This exhibition is a comprehensive exploration of the symbiotic relationship between the world of fashion and fine art. Featuring more than 140 objects, including garments, accessories, textiles, photographs, and original artworks drawn from MFIT's permanent collection, *Art X Fashion* challenges the traditional hierarchies of visual culture, presenting fashion and art each as parallel, potent expressions of social, intellectual, and creative forces. Curated by Dr. Elizabeth Way, curator of costume and accessories at MFIT, the exhibition reflects MFIT's mission to advance the understanding and appreciation of fashion's critical role in culture. The core of *Art X Fashion* lies in its profound engagement with the eternal question: "Is fashion art?" The exhibition explores the ways that fashion has always been a partner, not a follower, of fine art, highlighting typically overlooked integrations throughout history. This includes examples of how the two disciplines have worked together to create European styles, from the drama of Rococo and Neoclassical grandeur to the unsettling world of Surrealism, to the shock of Pop Art and postmodernism. **Share your excitement using #ArtXFashionMFIT** **Go to https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum/exhibitions/art-fashion/index.php for more information.**

NYJavaSIG Online Networking And Icebreaker Game
Fri, Feb 20, 12:00 AMJoin us for an interactive networking session designed specifically for Java enthusiasts. Meet new people, catch up with ones you know and grow your local Java community. We’ll kick things off with a fun, structured game/activity that makes it easy to break the ice, discover shared interests, and spark meaningful technical conversations. Come ready to participate, connect, and leave with new contacts and fresh perspectives. Hosted by Jeanne Sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nyjavasig-online-networking-and-icebreaker-game-tickets-1982643222249?aff=oddtdtcreator to connect to the zoom

RESCHEDULED** Whitney Museum Photo Shoot (Sunday, February 22, 2026, 11:00 am)
Sun, Feb 22, 4:00 PMA free photography meetup for urban/architectural portrait photographers; submit shots to a community album, with the winning image used as the album’s cover.

UX Happy Hour irl (open to all levels)
Thu, Feb 19, 11:00 PMAn in-person UX networking meetup open to all levels, helping attendees make new UX contacts.
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