NYC events in design

This post is from the "Live With Design" founder Brielle Maxwell - she has a weekly email list called Designers Bulletin.
Happy networking!
~Katharine
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Hello Design Lovers,
Looks like everything is on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Tisk tisk.. what to do. However there are awesome activities for your weekend too!

Have a great week,

Brielle

www.livewithdesign.org
www.designersbulletin.com

Tuesday, November 2- Get out the VOTE!

6p SVA DCRIT with Bill Moggridge "The Role of Collecting, Curating and Education in the Context of a National Design Museum" Discussion on how to address the context of design on a national scale. Where: Design Criticism MFA Department, 136 West 21st Street, 2nd floor New York, NY Free event: Details

6p AFHNY Working Meeting Are you interested in learning more about Architecture For Humanity projects and volunteer opportunities? Working Meetings are for discussing current work and meeting prospective volunteers. Where: Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place New York, NY Free event: Details

Wednesday, November 3

7p KICKSTARTER CONVERSATIONS A lively discussion on creative ideas featuring on of Kickstarter's Co-founders Yancey Strickler and several project creators. Where: Housingworks Bookstore Cafe 126 Crosby Street New York, NY Free event: Details

6:30p THE FANTASTIC TAVERN NYC - From Twit to Twitter The Fantastic Tavern is visiting New York for an evening meeting of minds to share insights, expertise, experience and beer. TFT is an interactive discussion, not a passive presentation. That's what I'm talking about... Where: Houndstooth Pub 520 8th Avenue at 37th Street New York, NY Free Event: Details

6:30p SVA FALL LECTURE SERIES: Chris Woebken,"Animal Superpowers" Talk about designing sensory experiences far beyond anything humans will know. They call these Animal Superpowers. Where: Branding and Innovation Lab 132 West 21 Street, 11th Floor New York, NY Event Website Free Event: RSVP

Saturday November 6

9 am FALL FOLIAGE, FARMS AND FRACKING TOUR Agri-artists, urban farmers, green marketeers, FEASTers, photographers, Waterpodders, food activists, and YOU in a veggie-oil powered bus. Join Not An Alternative on a drive upstate to visit local farms that are fighting hydrofracking in their backyards. Leaves Saturday and returns Sunday afternoon.. Cost: $50/person includes transportation, meals, hiking, farm and drill site tours, potluck dinner party, accommodations, and free morning yoga class. Sounds to good to be true... Event Website

3pm LECTURE and WALK with ARTIST STEVE LAMBERT

“Free” as in Freedom and “Free” as in Free Beer

Tying together hippies, punk rock, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Free Software movement, the program will begin with a short lecture, followed by a short walking tour to see how these ideas apply in the real world.

Location:

New Museum
235 Bowery
New York, NY

Cost:

"Free" with admission

Event website