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Prompt to Product – AI in PM & Design Workflows

**[Register here to save your spot & learn more!](https://events.techinmotion.com/prompt-to-product-nyc?utm_source=meetup-tim&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=prompt-to-product-nyc)**[ ](https://events.techinmotion.com/prompt-to-product-nyc?utm_source=meetup-tim&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=prompt-to-product-nyc) Join **Tech in Motion NYC** for an evening exploring how Product Managers and Designers are actually using AI in their day-to-day workflows. Whether you're a Product Manager, Designer, Founder, or AI enthusiast, you'll gain valuable insights, discover new workflows, and connect with professionals who are building the future of product development with AI. **WHAT TO EXPECT:** * Networking with Product Managers, UX/UI Designers, and AI practitioners * A live panel featuring leaders from product management and product design * Real-world examples of how teams are using AI across the product lifecycle * Networking Bingo and community engagement activities **FEATURED SPEAKERS:** * **Chris Craig** {Moderator} - Founder @ Copp Collective & Deckly * **Mingfei Bi** \- Senior UX/UI Design * **Savanna Lim** \- Product Designer & Creative Strategist @ Suppli * **Jose Reyes** \- Head of Design @ Pave Finance **AGENDA:** 6:00 PM \| Doors Open – Mix\, mingle & enjoy cocktails and hors d'oeuvres 6:40 PM \| Panel Discussion \- AI in PM & Design Workflows 7:20 PM \| Live Q&A – Ask our panel your questions 9:00 PM \| Event Wraps – Stay tuned for upcoming Tech in Motion events\!

Welcome back! NYC Drinks + Designers (UX, UI, Product) Happy hour!

Welcome back to **Drinks & Designers** in Manhattan, back by popular demand! This is a casual happy hour made for **UX, UI, product and other digital designers** who are looking to mingle, make new friends and expand their network. There will be a mini ice breaker (nothing scary), sunset views and cocktails. See you there! **Please note you will need to RSVP to attend**.

Circular by Design

How do we meet growing demand for housing, energy, infrastructure and everyday products - while using fewer resources, reducing waste and improving quality of life? Join MIT alumni and guests for an evening during New York Climate Week exploring how circular design, technology and innovation are reshaping cities, consumer goods and the systems that connect them. Speakers will share both innovations and what is being built, financed and shipped today. The conversation will examine how technology, innovation and artificial intelligence are helping organizations design out waste, extend the life of products and materials, improve resource efficiency, strengthen supply-chain visibility, and open new opportunities for reuse, repair, recycling and regeneration. It will also examine how practical circular principles move from concept to implementation: designing more adaptable buildings and infrastructure, creating lower-impact consumer products, developing new materials, modernizing production systems, and directing capital toward solutions that scale. As New York and other cities seek to grow within planetary boundaries, these innovations will be critical to a more resilient, affordable and sustainable economy — one that protects the climate without trading away prosperity or quality of life. The evening features short presentations, audience discussion and networking over light refreshments. Register here: https://alumcommunity.mit.edu/events/283992

Jersey City Coworking: Portfolio/Passion Project Power Hour(s) ✨

September is here, the back-to-school energy is real, and maybe that means it's time to finally work on that portfolio, passion project, or vibe coding idea you've been meaning to get to since... let's not talk about it. 👀 Join UXPA-NJ for a casual coworking session at Harborside Financial Center. Bring your laptop, your half-finished case studies, that project you keep pushing to next week, or anything you'd love another designer's eye on. Let's actually get to it. Together. We'll have free Wi-Fi, comfy seating, and a room full of fellow designers and researchers who can relate. * Bring a charged laptop; outlets may be limited. * BYO snacks & drinks (light bites also available at the food court) **What we'll do**: work quietly, chat when we need a break, and cheer each other on. Where we’ll be: **The atrium at Harborside Financial Center** **210 Hudson St, Jersey City, NJ** 🏃🏽‍♂️ **2 minute walk** from Exchange Place Path station (building entrance is to the right when you exit the station) 🚌 **By bus:** NJTransit routes: 80, 1, 82 🚋 **Light rail**: Harborside station 🚲 **Citibike station:** Exchange Place or Washington & Morgan 🚗 **Parking:** [OneParking](https://oneparking.com/facilities/10-exchange-place-garage/) at 10 Exchange Place or street parking [ParkMobile Parking App | Find & Pay for Parking | On-street & Reservation](https://parkmobile.io/)

UX Happy Hour irl (open to all levels)

######## You need to bring a physical Government Issued ID to be allowed to stay. It's the Law. ######## Whether you're a seasoned UX pro, just breaking into the field, or simply curious about design — this is your invite to pull up a chair and join the conversation. UX Happy Hour is a laid-back, no-agenda gathering where designers, researchers, product thinkers, and anyone design-curious can connect over drinks in a low-pressure setting. No slides. No networking theater. **Why attend:** • Meet new connection in organic way • Get feedback and fresh perspectives on your work (i.e. portfolio) or advice for your career • Stay sharp on what's happening in UX, AI, product, and tech right now • Meet potential collaborators, mentors, or future coworkers • Cheap drinks ($5 Guinness) **What to expect:** • Warm, welcoming crowd across all experience levels • Candid conversations about design, careers, tools, and everything in between • A great chill bar in the East Village to do it all in **Where to find us:** We're usually tucked in by the ATM at the back of Mona's. If you're not sure where we are, just ask the bartender — they know us! Come solo, bring a friend, or drag a coworker along. The more the merrier. Interested in sponsoring this event? Reach out to Danny (one of the organizers) for our sponsorship rate card.

Signs of Creative Minds: "Arts" and Sign: HOST NEEDED!

NEW HOST NEEDED: Sign & Sing -- Fridays W72nd 4:30 PM

Roundtable: The Only Constant is Change - Drive the Change You Want to See

There are two elephants in the room … or rather several pairs of elephants: Autodesk monopoly vs AI enabling democratization of tool creation; standards vs openness; simplicity vs complexity; single source or truth vs data translation; trust vs check; drawings vs data deliverable; organic construction process vs datafied world; using AI right vs using AI well; applying standards vs building skills; individual expertise vs institutional knowledge; think it through vs get it done. In this open roundtable conversation, we’ll have plenty of questions to be explored: Are we building better judgment, or slowly outsourcing it? What is reliable? Who is liable? How do we query smarter? What does the law say … and your insurance? But most importantly: You bring your anxieties & questions; we bring the food & beer – and maybe together we can find an answer or two. Join us on Oct 1, 6:00pm. **Learning Objectives** 1. **Identify** the key tensions AI introduces into BIM workflows — including standardization vs. personalization, efficiency vs. foundational knowledge, and individual tool-building vs. collective consistency. 2. **Evaluate** the risks and liability implications of AI-assisted design decisions, including how QA/QC and review processes must adapt when data sources and workflows are no longer centralized. 3. **Assess** how AI is reshaping reliance on established platforms like Autodesk/Revit, and what this means for interoperability, data delivery, and long-term software strategy. 4. **Develop** practical strategies for building (or encoding) domain expertise — through skills, training, and mentorship — so teams can use AI effectively without losing critical judgment and fundamentals. **Microsoft Teams meeting** **Join:** [https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/23420331144527?p=5aSHRxmZK71KchtKI7](https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/23420331144527?p=5aSHRxmZK71KchtKI7 "Meeting join") Meeting ID: 234 203 311 445 27 Passcode: tT63zM3h *** [Need help?](https://aka.ms/JoinTeamsMeeting?omkt=en-US) \| [System reference](https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZGZhNmE4NDEtNTA5Zi00MzkxLTgyYTYtNDMwMDJhZjA1ZmQ4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%220fc6889f-bf23-4c66-a071-f35150aabdfa%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225f7aa5b0-d1e9-40e0-8c9d-74b0d20c89d6%22%7d) **Dial in by phone** [+1 531-205-2209,,14583825#](tel:+15312052209,,14583825) United States, Omaha [Find a local number](https://dialin.teams.cloud.microsoft/e1607c7c-f4af-4edc-9d47-10ce22c20bfb?id=14583825) Phone conference ID: 145 838 25# For organizers: [Meeting options](https://teams.microsoft.com/meetingOptions/?organizerId=5f7aa5b0-d1e9-40e0-8c9d-74b0d20c89d6&tenantId=0fc6889f-bf23-4c66-a071-f35150aabdfa&threadId=19_meeting_ZGZhNmE4NDEtNTA5Zi00MzkxLTgyYTYtNDMwMDJhZjA1ZmQ4@thread.v2&messageId=0&language=en-US) \| [Reset dial-in PIN](https://dialin.teams.cloud.microsoft/usp/pstnconferencing)

3DNY - WEDNESDAY, SEPT 23, LUCKY JACK'S

**3DNY - WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23 2026** **\*\*FREE DRINKS FOR FIRST 100 ATTENDEES\*\*** **Generous Support from Chaos** **WHERE:** Lucky Jack's 129 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002 Downstairs, basement bar **WHEN:** Wednesday, September 23, 2026 7 pm - 9 pm, or later **WHO: Presentations featuring.....** **SASHA ZABEGALIN** *Forward Deployed Creative* **FLORA.AI** **BRIAN SOLOMON** *Creative Technology Leader* **Framestore** **ERIC ZHAO** *Founder, AI Film Director* **Media Silver Factory** **WHAT IS 3DNY:** 3DNY is a Networking community for the Architectural Visualization & Visual Effects industries, with speakers and time to chat, enjoy & have a drink with old & new friends in the industry. We explore related topics in CGI production, AI visualization technology, VR/AR/XR, game design, and architectural visualization. We look forward to seeing you again - or to having you join us for the very first time! We typically meet the 3rd Wednesday of every other month :) **______** **See you there!** **Need something?** Reach out to the team below for questions! Kitae Kim: [kitae@foveate.com](kitae@foveate.com) Derek Chan: [derek@redleafny.com](mailto:derek@redleafny.com) Mengyi Fan: [myf@shoparc.com](mailto:myf@shoparc.com)

🎨 LET’S GO — GUGGENHEIM POP: 1960 TO NOW!

# 🎨 LET’S GO — GUGGENHEIM POP: 1960 TO NOW! ## A SPECIAL PRIVATE GUIDED TOUR + THE BRAND-NEW TARYN SIMON EXHIBITION 🗓 **Saturday\, September 26\, 2026 \| 1:00 PM** 📍 **Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum** 1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128 👥 **LIMITED PRIVATE GROUP EVENT** 💵 **SPECIAL SOCIAL CLUB PRICE: ONLY $25 PER PERSON** **Includes Museum Admission AND our Private One-Hour Guided Tour!** *** ## ✨ A VERY SPECIAL AFTERNOON AT THE GUGGENHEIM Join us for a wonderful Saturday afternoon at one of New York City's most iconic cultural institutions as our Social Club returns to the **Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum** for a completely new experience! And this time, we're doing something special. I have arranged a **private one-hour guided tour exclusively for our Social Club**, led by one of the Guggenheim's Museum Educators, focusing on the exciting exhibition: # 🎨 GUGGENHEIM POP: 1960 TO NOW Following our private guided experience, our afternoon will continue with a **self-guided exploration of the Guggenheim's brand-new Taryn Simon exhibition**, which will have opened only eight days before our visit! So this is essentially **two completely different museum experiences in one afternoon**. This is Pop Art—but not simply a retrospective. *Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now* traces the explosive emergence of Pop in the early 1960s and follows its influence all the way into contemporary art. Advertising. Comic strips. Consumer products. Movies. Mass media. Celebrity. Everyday objects. Artists took imagery that surrounded ordinary people and completely transformed the boundaries between popular culture and fine art. And we're talking about some **very recognizable names**: 🎨 **Andy Warhol** 🎨 **Roy Lichtenstein** 🎨 **Yayoi Kusama** 🎨 **Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen** 🎨 **Richard Hamilton** 🎨 **Jim Dine** ...alongside contemporary artists who continue to reinterpret Pop's influence today. The exhibition also tells an important Guggenheim story. In 1963, curator Lawrence Alloway organized *Six Painters and the Object* at the Guggenheim—the **first museum presentation of Pop Art in New York**. More than six decades later, this exhibition looks at where Pop began and what became of its legacy. *** ## ⭐ SOME VERY SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS There are several works here that make this exhibition particularly interesting. 🍌 **Maurizio Cattelan's *Comedian*** — yes, THAT artwork: the banana attached to the wall. 🏸 **Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's *Soft Shuttlecock*** — being shown in New York for the first time in 25 years. ✨ And **Yayoi Kusama's *INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE***, a major loan to the exhibition. Having a Guggenheim Museum Educator guide us through this for an hour should make an enormous difference. Rather than simply looking at the works, we'll be able to understand **why they mattered, what the artists were responding to, and how Pop changed modern art.** # 🌀 AND THEN — SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW! ## TARYN SIMON — A BRAND-NEW GUGGENHEIM EXHIBITION After our private Pop tour concludes, we're not finished! We'll continue on our own through the Guggenheim's **brand-new major exhibition by Taryn Simon**, opening September 18—just eight days before we arrive. And this one sounds fascinating. Simon is known for using photography and storytelling to examine the hidden systems, unseen forces and narratives that shape the world around us. For this major Guggenheim exhibition, she has created an entirely **new body of work** incorporating: 📷 Never-before-seen photographs 🎥 Video 📝 Text 🗿 Sculpture 🌀 Interactive installation And here's what makes it particularly appropriate for the Guggenheim: **The exhibition fills the entire Rotunda.** Rather than following one predetermined route, visitors will be able to choose their own pathways through a huge constellation of imagery and ideas spiraling through Frank Lloyd Wright's extraordinary building. It should be a completely different experience from the Pop exhibition—and because it will have opened only days earlier, **we'll be among its earliest visitors.** *** ## 🏛️ AND, OF COURSE...THIS IS THE GUGGENHEIM The art is only part of the experience. Frank Lloyd Wright's extraordinary spiral building is itself one of the great works of 20th-century architecture and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Even walking through the Guggenheim is unlike visiting virtually any other museum. And for anyone who wants to remain after our two featured exhibitions, your admission provides an opportunity to continue exploring the Museum—including the ongoing **Thannhauser Collection**, with Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and modern French masterpieces including works by **Degas, Manet and Van Gogh**. *** # ⏰ OUR AFTERNOON **12:45 PM — Please arrive by no later than 12:45pm.** **1:00 PM — Our Private Guggenheim Museum Educator Tour Begins** 🎨 *Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now* Approximately **1 hour** **Approximately 2:00 PM — Taryn Simon** 🌀 We'll continue together into the newly opened exhibition for a self-guided exploration. Afterward, members are welcome to remain at the Guggenheim and continue exploring the Museum at their own pace. *** # 💵 AN EXCEPTIONAL SOCIAL CLUB PRICE — ONLY $25! I am especially pleased with the pricing I was able to arrange for our group. Our special Social Club price is: ## **ONLY $25 PER PERSON** And that includes: **✓ Guggenheim Museum admission** **✓ Our exclusive private one-hour guided tour** **✓ Museum Educator** **✓ Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now** **✓ Taryn Simon exhibition afterward** **✓ Access to the Museum's other available galleries** This is an outstanding value for a private guided experience at the Guggenheim. PLEASE NOTE: REFUNDS WILL ONLY BE MADE IF THE EVENT IS CANCELED. *** # 🌟 THIS SHOULD BE A GREAT ONE! **Warhol. Lichtenstein. Kusama. Pop Art.** A **private one-hour Guggenheim tour exclusively for our Social Club.** Then an entirely different experience inside a **brand-new exhibition filling Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Rotunda.** And all of it for **only $25 per member.** I think we have the makings of a really special Saturday afternoon. **Space will be limited, so please RSVP early!** I look forward to seeing everyone at the Guggenheim! 🎨🌀😊

Hidden Patterns: The Visual Journey of Networks

Have you ever wondered why one startup, one tweet, or one node in your product's user graph explodes while a thousand identical-looking others don't? You've already run into **[Albert-László Barabási](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert-L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Barab%C3%A1si)**'s work, whether you knew his name or not. He's the physicist who discovered **[scale-free networks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale-free_network)**: the finding that most real networks, from the web to your own social graph, run on a small number of massive hubs instead of evenly spread connections. That's the math behind **preferential attachment**, and it's why the web, social networks, and citation networks all follow the same power law. In collaboration with the **[National Arts Club](https://www.nacnyc.org/)** and its **[Art and Technology Committee](https://www.nacnyc.org/arts-and-programs/committees)**, Barabási will walk through 25 years spent turning that math into something you can look at. **[BarabásiLab's work](https://barabasi.com/)** has moved from raw data visualizations to physical, 3D-printed network sculptures, and from academic papers to museum installations. The current centerpiece is **[Constructing La Biennale](https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2025/living-lab/constructing-la-biennale)**, a 30-by-8-meter data visualization wrapped around the scaffolding of the Central Pavilion at the **2025 Venice Architecture Biennale**. It maps roughly 12,000 architects and 3,800 projects across the Biennale's 45-year history, back to its first edition in 1980, as a single connected graph. Barabási has called it **the most visible work at the Biennale**, and building it, in his words, "*was a massive data science project*." If your product, your portfolio, or your own career runs on network effects, **this is a rare chance to hear from the person who wrote the math for it**. Reserve your spot and arrive early. **Space is limited.**

Join Us for a Financial District Photo Shoot (Sat, Sept 26, 2026 @ 11:00 am)

**Stone Street and the Financial District** Stone Street is a pedestrian-only one-block cobblestone lane laid out in the 1600s Dutch era and paved with Belgian block that arrived as ship ballast, and it's the rare NYC street with no cars, low buildings on both sides, and cafe tables running the length of it. That combination--crooked narrow roadway, warm brick and fire-escape facades, string lights, and constant human activity--makes it a compressed, layered scene rather than a wide vista, and it sits a two-minute walk from Hanover Square, Delmonico's, the Charging Bull, and the deep glass canyons of Broad and Wall Streets, so you can shoot intimate texture and monumental scale in the same hour. **Route:** We'll begin at the Charging Bull in Bowling Green, make our way up to Trinity Church, head down to Wall St and Federal Hall, then go to Stone St and end at Hanover Square. **PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES** **Techniques Focus:** * **Work the shade/light split:** Expose for the highlights and let the shadows go--then either lift them in post or leave them black for graphic contrast. Phones: tap the bright facade and pull exposure down. * **Hunt reflected light:** The glass towers act as giant mirrors around midday. Look for the bright rectangle of bounced sun on a brick wall and wait for someone to walk into it. * **Use the low angle for shadows:** Shoot low angles to get long, clean shadow shapes across plazas. Shoot them as the subject, not as a byproduct. * **Backlight the Trinity churchyard and the plaza trees:** With the sun in the southeast, standing so it's ahead of you gives rim light on leaves and railings. Watch for lens flare--shield with your hand just outside of the frame. * **Long lens for Stone Street, wide for everywhere else:** One 24-28mm and one 70-135mm equivalent covers all of it. You can also use a 24-70mm. No tripod is needed. **Articles to Review Before the Photo Shoot** * [Backlighting-Contre Jour](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_CM89_wdHM4t424aVOG3b9KLfReNc49V/view?usp=drive_link) * [Architectural Details](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mh-daL_wKFRmb5l-OcChGe42_6EfhRxO/view?usp=drive_link) * [Incorporate More Shadow](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TBnAwbB_8EvAFtqySsyiU0DxPNq1uszj/view?usp=drive_link) **Meeting Location/Event Hosts** Your host will be Doug. We will meet at Bowling Green near the Charging Bull. We will be wearing our TAOP NYC hats. **Post-Event** TBD. **PHOTO CHALLENGE** Once this Meetup event ends, we will create an album on the [Photos](https://www.meetup.com/the-art-of-photography-nyc/photos/) page. Please post up to five (5) of your best photographs from the event before 7 PM (ET) on Sunday, October 4, 2026. Eligible photos: * Must be taken on Saturday, September 26. * Must be posted before the deadline * **Must have a title** * Must NOT be sexually explicit or suggestive This album will be reviewed. The winning image will become the permanent album cover of the event. The name of the winning photographer will appear in the album title. **We welcome your participation and look forward to meeting you at 11:00 am.**