Last week, 30elm and Designmyroom teamed up to celebrate their official launches. Even with the frigid cold outside, more than a hundred of New York’s most fashionable home design professionals and enthusiasts made the trip to 535 Galleries in the Chelsea gallery district.

Fashion and interior designer to the stars, Robert Verdi, brought his entourage of hip up-and-comers.

Of course, Robert wasn’t the only big name in design, with Ernest de la Torre, Rebecca Cole, Eric Cohler, Laura Kirar, Bella Mancini and Amy Lau among the many design celebs in attendance.

Co-founder Matt Myers felt right at home with other web gurus such as Avi Flombaum of Designerpages, Gabe Zichermann of RMBR the famed Aleks Jakulin and Timothy Dahl, web producer for PointClickHome and the founder of CharlesandHudson.

Rumor has it that famed New York Times food writer Amanda Hesser just may be working on a web startup of her own, as well.

Maybe the team of online experts at andCulture, Peter, Josh, Jason and Dori, can help her get started.

30elm’s co-founder, Chris Conley, tried his best to demo some of the newest features of 30elm- launched just that day. His task was made all the more difficult after a few cocktails provided by our friends at 360 Vodka.

A good time was had by all. Be sure to see even more pictures here on flickr courtesy of our crack photographer, Brian Van Nieuwenhoven. And stay tuned for more hot events!