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

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

Tue, Nov 10, 11:30 PM
From Design Lounge
4.7

Welcome to Design Lounge's November installation of **Drinks & Designers** in Manhattan! Join us for another fun and casual happy hour in NYC. We'll have some ice breakers, the sun will be setting over NYC and the cocktails will be iced! This is a great way to **mingle**, **make new friends** and **expand your network**. All digital designers and design recruiters are welcome. See you there! **Please note you will need to RSVP to attend.**

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Would You Ship This?

Would You Ship This?

Mon, Nov 23, 10:00 PM
From NYC User Experience & Digital Product Designers
4.5

**"Would You Ship This?** **An Interactive AI Design, Safety & Fairness Challenge** **Monday, November 23, 2026 | 5:00 PM** **Location: New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), 16 W 61st Street, 11th Floor Auditorium, Manhattan, NYC** **Admission: Free and open to everyone.** **What would you do if an AI product worked exactly as designed but created unexpected consequences for its users?** **Join us for an interactive UX workshop featuring Jorteh Senah, a design professional with experience in generative AI, UX Content Design, fairness, inclusion, and Trust & Safety.** **This isn't your typical presentation. You'll work in small groups, meet other professionals and students, and step into the role of an AI product team.** **Together, you'll explore three increasingly challenging AI product scenarios, discuss the trade-offs, and decide whether you'd SHIP, REVISE, or BLOCK each experience. Just when you think you've made your decision, new information might change everything.** **Throughout the session, Jorteh will share his perspective, discuss the challenges behind responsible AI design, and answer questions from the audience.** **What to expect** * **An engaging conversation with our guest speaker** * **Three interactive AI design challenges** * **Small-group collaboration and networking** * **Live decisions, discussions, and unexpected twists** * **Audience Q&A, followed by informal networking** **Whether you're a UX designer, researcher, content designer, product professional, developer, student, or simply interested in AI, you're welcome.** **No technical AI experience is required. Just bring your curiosity and willingness to challenge your assumptions.** **Hosted by the NYIT UX Meetup community.** **Come for the conversation. Stay for the connections."**

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Designing for a Feeling: MDA, Immersive Experiences & Emerging Technology

Designing for a Feeling: MDA, Immersive Experiences & Emerging Technology

Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 AM
From Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab
4.7

What do you want your audience to feel—and how do you design an experience that gets them there? Join Columbia DSL on Monday, November 9, for an evening with **Nick Fortugno** exploring MDA (Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics) as a framework for creating compelling immersive experiences. In MDA, aesthetics refers to the emotional experience of participating: wonder, tension, discovery, connection, belonging. We’ll explore how those feelings emerge through the rules you create, the choices you offer, and the interactions that unfold between participants. Together, we’ll consider: * **Mechanics:** What can participants do? What rules and systems shape their choices? * **Dynamics:** What happens as people interact with those systems and one another? * **Aesthetics:** What does the experience make people feel? Whether you’re working with AI, interactive storytelling, games, or live performance, MDA offers a practical way to connect creative intention with audience experience. Come explore how starting with a feeling can shape what you build. ## About Nick Fortugno **Nick Fortugno** is a game designer, interactive storyteller, and educator. He is Director of Digital Game Development and a Distinguished Lecturer at The City College of New York, part of CUNY, and co-founder of Playmatics. With more than two decades of experience, his work spans games, immersive experiences, and emerging technology. His credits include lead designer of *Diner Dash* and lead interactive narrative designer on *Frankenstein AI*, presented at Sundance’s New Frontier. He also co-founded Come Out & Play, a festival that transforms public spaces into places for play.

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SDNNYC: Systems Behind the Services

SDNNYC: Systems Behind the Services

Tue, Nov 10, 11:00 PM
From SDN New York Chapter (NYC Service Design Collective)
4.8

**Tuesday, November 10th, 6:00-8:00 PM EDT** **Presentation & Discussion** **Systems Behind the Services: How Design Systems and Service Design Make Each Other Stronger** Presented by **Mar Emilia** **Event Description** What do ferns, Romanesco, and your product’s button component have in common? They all get endless variety from a few reusable parts. Join me for a talk on design systems through a service design lens. We’ll trace how they grew from pattern languages and style guides into living systems, and look at what they do for products and services. Then we’ll ask the question that matters most for this community: what happens when service designers and design systems start working together? **About Our Speaker** **Mar Emilia** Mar is the Lead UX Designer at JPMorgan Chase in New York, where she leads a team focused on design systems and digital standards for the firm’s corporate web presence. Over 15 years, she has designed products and services for Samsung, P&G, Nestlé, Hewlett Packard, and Telefónica Innovation, working through every phase from research and ideation to prototyping and implementation guidelines. She holds a Master’s in Research for Design and Innovation from ELISAVA and has studied at SVA and The Fountain Institute. Driven by curiosity about human behavior, she designs systems that make good experiences repeatable at scale. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maremilia/ **Agenda** * 6:00-6:30PM Meet & mingle over food and drink * 6:30-7:30PM Presentation * 7:30-8:00PM Discussion & Networking * 8:00PM - ? After-Party **Address** Intuit 51 Astor Place New York, NY 10003 **After-Party**: Cuna Bar The Standard 25 Cooper Sq **Financial Transparency & Scholarships** As a non-profit, we do our best to strike a balance between making our events available to all and ensuring we keep the lights on. For this event, we are charging $10. * If this amount is prohibitive for you to attend this event, please email [Barr](https://www.meetup.com/sdnnyc/members/267573171/)y at sdn.newyorkchapter@gmail.com as we may miss messages on this platform. * If you’d like to **provide** scholarships, please message [Barry](https://www.meetup.com/sdnnyc/members/267573171/) at at sdn.newyorkchapter@gmail.com and he will follow up with you. * Please only use the email address provided as we may not see messages on this platform. See you there :) David, Francesco, Yasmin, Lynn, Nicholas, & Barry

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Interior Design, Fashion, et all Biz networking intimate event event opener

Interior Design, Fashion, et all Biz networking intimate event event opener

Thu, Nov 5, 11:00 PM
From Fashion & Style Biz startup/ founders in Casa e Moda group

**This intimate event opener will just be a test event to see how things are going to pan out and I’m still figuring out the detail, but will probably be limited to 25-30 group members in a private event room at the Cowork ing space at Soho works dumbo at 10 Jay st from 7-10 pm rather than a massive event where no one can really get to know one and other.**

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

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

Tue, Nov 10, 10:30 PM
From User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA), NJ chapter
4.6

November is here, and with the year winding down, it’s a good time to make a little progress on that portfolio, passion project, or vibe-coding idea you’ve been meaning to get to. Even a little bit is still a small win! 🏅 Join UXPA-NJ for a casual coworking session at the Cafe at Whole Foods in downtown Jersey City. 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. * Please buy a beverage or snack from the coffee bar on the first floor and hold on to your receipt. (Cafe rules!) **What we'll do**: work quietly, chat when we need a break, and cheer other on. 📣 **Where we’ll be:** The 2nd floor cafe at **Whole Foods** 135 Greene St, Jersey City, NJ 🏃🏽‍♂️ 5 minute walk from Exchange Place or Grove St Path station 🚌 Bus: NJTransit route 80 🚋 Light rail: Harborside or Exchange Place station 🚲 Citibike station: Exchange Place, Columbus Drive or Grand St 🚗 **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/)

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