Welcome to Drinks & Links We are a lively crowd of people who meet on a regular basis to make new friends and build great business contacts. It could not be easier to join Drinks and Links, the free business networking event. Just come along and you will be made welcome. Introduce yourself to a wide range of businesses, from one man bands to global players. Our informal meetings also prove to be a good place to catch up after work on the newest gossip or even get introduced to the next ‘Richard …

Glug is a regular after-work creative drinks and Notworking event for designers, creatives, clients and friends brought to you by Ian Hambleton and Nick Clement. It’s an eclectic mix of people from all creative walks of life; from advertising and graphic design through to fashion and architecture. Glug started a couple of years ago as a handful of mates talking shop in an East London pub. Two years later and it’s a nationwide (and soon to be international) event with over 3,500 signed-up members …

A regular meetup of friendly South London based web folk. We meet every month in a nice pub in London Bridge to talk web, share stories and experiences and have a laugh with a pint or two in hand. Non-pretentious, uber-friendly, humble and warm, we try to make everyone feel welcome. Whether you're a lonely freelancer, stressed-out programmer, or a confused information architect, this meetup is for you.

Where the Creative Types Go, is a social gathering of like minded creative types in London. If you are a professional, dabble here and there, or just simply want to meet new people...Where the Creative Types Go, is the place to be. There will be meet ups in London to creative events, exhibitions and shows, in design related disciplines. I.e. graphic design, technology, illustration, photography, art, fashion, new media, film and anything in-between. There will be opportunities to get to know …

Our group covers most of the products Adobe offers, focusing on products in the Creative Suite family. Whether your interest is in design, development or eLearning, we have something for you! A free monthly catch up and what’s more, we are going to throw in some training tips for free. Do you want free training? Well join the club The Creative Class Club in London in run by Academy Class the Adobe Authorised Training Centre and is available for both old friends and new friends We do hope you’ll …

The Hoxton Mix is a digital community in the heart of Shoreditch. We provide co-working desk space and virtual office address in London, Old Street, Shoreditch. The Mixer is the name for our social networking event whereby our tenants, their client and guests can share ideas. We're also going to throw in the odd guest speaker.

Are you making educational games and apps, thinking about making them or just interested in the application of new technology to education? The aim of this group is to link people involved in or interested in getting involved in making educational games and apps. Often people in this field have a particular skill (e.g. teaching, coding, subject-matter expertise, design) but need to find others with complimentary skills. This meetup group would help people get together and share knowledge and ide …

The reason for starting the London Talent and Film Making Group is to open an opportunity for all the undiscovered talent or film students to collaborate and get some film experience. It was hard for me to learn the process of film making so I do understand how difficult it’s to get into the film industry. So hope this group will create the opportunities for all the talents to create their portfolios and build their experience. This group will be different and unique from any other filmmaking …

If you’re looking for an informal meet-up to talk about user-centred research, you’ve come to the right place. At The Research Thing you’ll be able to meet others who share your interest to exchange tips, tricks and horror stories. Your evening will be jam-packed with everything from the tools and techniques for bringing users into design, to analysis, deliverables and presentation skills. You can look forward to workshops, activities and talks by those who want to share their experiences. There …

Fashion PR and marketing Visuals, club visuals, motion graphic design for broadcast and web, graphic designers, stylists,

We've setup this group to connect with fellow creatives... Anyone who works within the Creative industry should join this group i.e: Creative Directors, Designers (everything from fashion to digital to product to interiors and everything in between), Freelancers, Account Managers, Illustrators, Photographers etc. We will be meeting up monthly, all very casual settings where you can meet fellow like minded people. We will  also be having some great one off events that we will promote through h …

This a brand new meetup aimed solely at Graphic Designers working in London (set up date: October 14th 2011). Ok, have decided to take the bull by the horns and set-up my own group in the hope of creating a small but 'active' Graphic Designer community in London. There have been a couple of reasons that have prompted me to act: Firstly, as a freelance Graphic Designer i believe it's really important to remain connected to my industry peers so as to share ideas, knowledge and experiences. And sec …

Calling all Architects, Graphic Designers, Interior Designers, Photographers and anyone who is passionate about Design and lives in London

Balanced Team is a group of people interested in furthering processes and methodologies to create great things. We include product managers, developers and designers who see multi-disciplinary collaboration and iterative delivery focused on customer value as a source for innovation. Please join our Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/balancedteam

Group focusing on progressive enhancement, adaptive design, performance and other topics relavent to developing web sites for multiple devices.

This group is for all the creative people in London. If you have a great idea or skill and want to meet people that can help you start or grow your business then this is the group for you. We want to help foster a group of people who have a passion for the creative arts. Be it culinary arts or fashion, graphic design or performing arts. We all have skills, knowledge or contacts that can help each other, so lets get together once a month over a drink and talk, share and advice. We will be running …

Let's get out and see photographic exhibitions and get inspired. Let's be social at the same time. Maybe you're like me and need a nudge from time to time to get out and see inspiring things. We live in a vibrant city where there's exciting cultural stuff happening all the time. I need inspiration and maybe you do too... I'm a graphic designer and photographer. I'm involved in retouching, video and motion graphics, basically dabble in all things visual and would like you to join me get get out a …

This group is designed to help build a community for Motion Graphic Designers, Animators, Modellers and Video Editors to discuss Design technique, principles and methods as well as career advice for people just starting out. This group supports the motion graphics and animation community in London and regularly holds talks and presentations at different studio's around London.

What is Converge? Converge+UK is a series of events to foster communication, collaboration and creation at the intersection of Design, Business & Technology. The concept was co-founded by a diverse group of London professionals working in lot’s of different disciplines with a common interest in entrepreneurship including Klaus Bravenboer, Peter Thomson, Tim McCready, David Mclaire, Sallie Bale, and Dan George. We had all separately been going to lots of events related to our respective industrie …

Where lovers, appreciators, designers, printers, makers, textilers meet to discuss the wonders of the t-shirt.

The Nexus Project is an initiative to bring together the creative talent of different disciplines to share techniques, solve problems and build networks of collaboration. The events will happen every month inviting young designers, architects, engineers, programmers, game designers and visual artists. We will also have one guest connected online to keep the project open to international collaboration. You can also apply to present at the Nexus, making the Nexus an opportunity to showcase your wo …

We hold regular meetups and micro-conferences, inviting a host of prominent professionals in the world of web to share their experiences and offer guidance to those new to the arena. With a philosophy of simplicity and conciseness, nearly all talks are shorter than 20 minutes and refreshingly “data-light”. What do we talk about? Subjects vary depending on the speaker, but each talk is focused towards learners and encourages interactivity. We attempt to cover all areas of importance to those new …

This is a group for networking with other creatives in South East London. What do I mean by creatives? Well.. Graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, painters, artists, typographers, art directors, dancers, actors, motion graphics designers and many more. Whether you work for a studio, freelancing by yourself or still studying it would be great to build some creative community across South East London. Once we have a few like minded members we will i'm sure take over a venue for a few ho …

The Creative Arts Network is a community of designers, photographers, illustrators, developers, painters, artists, animators, dancers and a whole host of other fields of visual communication, both professionals and students who, want to explore the 'bit in the middle' between the church and creativity. It's a group of creative people celebrating creativity. Our heart is to serve, showcase, train and raise employability prospects for creatives by hosting meet up's, networking nights, exhibitions, …

Type Tasting workshops are sessions in which participants get away from their computers and get their hands dirty – experimenting with type and exploring its expressive qualities. The workshops take participants back to their creative roots through play and exploration. They give experienced designers an imagination refresher and novices an accessible introduction to typography. Challenges are set such as creating letterforms out of sound or expressing type as image. Type safaris are guided walk …

This is a group for anyone who is interested in designing and building static and content-managed websites. Anyone is welcome who is either from an amateur or professional background. We will be covering topics such as the History of the Web, HTML, CSS, Javascript Frameworks, Web Graphics, Web Analytics, Responsive Design, Accessibility, Usability, User Experience and Interface Design.

To join this forum please just answer two questions below and send us your profile picture. This social group is for TV, online and mobile media professionals located in the UK and Ireland. Vizrt UK is a team committed to helping fellow TV and digital platform professionals like you to enhance your brand with real-time graphics, to get the most out of your digital media assets and to publish integrated digital online and mobile content in the most attractive and cost-efficient way. If you would …

Innovators, designers, creatives, clients, crafters, makers, writers, doers... and those of you who span it all, please join us. In our meetups we'll be: Exploring what creative, design and innovation projects need to succeed Looking at the impacts of new and emerging technologies and practices Exploring our experiences in and expectations of the design industry Getting dirty/hot/sweaty testing emerging mapping tools and techniques By doing this, I hope that we can all learn more about design, …