Cooper Union

Design Affinity Group

The Cooper Union Design Affinity Group brings together alumni working in the field of design. The group aims to meet up on an annual or semester basis at a design affiliated event or space. Members are encouraged to send in ideas for future meet-ups.

For more information on the Design Affinity Group, please contact Alumni Affairs at alumni@cooper.edu.

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.