Think about this for a moment. When the kindergarten students of 2017 are college freshmen in 2030, what will the world be like? Will they have a bright, clean energy well and a health-focused world? Will we have done anything substantially different so that they have a better future? By changing the questions we ask, we … Continued
Editor’s Note: Leadership transition/succession is one of the most important issues facing firms today. This article is the second of a two-part series on succession planning. Part 1 was featured in the 2Q 2017 edition of DesignIntelligence Quarterly. SmithGroupJJR recently completed a successful transition of the firm’s senior leadership. Two key participants in that process … Continued
Every design firm suffers from the illusion that it is unique. While each one certainly has distinguishing characteristics, there are far more similarities than differences. All firms must respond to certain externalities (market conditions and building codes, to name just two) and all of them provide essentially the same basic professional services and deliverables using commonly … Continued
Editor’s note: Leadership transition/succession is one of the most important issues facing firms today. This article is the first of a two-part series on succession planning. SmithGroupJJR recently completed a successful transition of the firm’s senior leadership. Two key participants in that process tell the story of how they executed the smoothest transition in the … Continued
As any student of history knows, the concept of sustainability is not new. It has been practiced in agriculture and forestry as far back as 6000 BC, when it was recognized that the success of future harvests was dependent upon crop rotation. But what is sustainability relative to the man-made environment? The concept has come … Continued
We sat down with technology thinker, practice educator and architect Phil Bernstein to talk about technology and the future of design. DesignIntelligence: Leaders of firms, chief technology officers, and designers seem to be looking for the technology that will follow BIM. What do you think comes next? Phil Bernstein: First, let’s contextualize BIM. BIM … Continued
The practice of sustainability has been built upon relativity in measuring, managing, and making improvements to the status quo. In large measure, the practice of sustainability is influenced by both local and federal policy environments as well as by market and economic forces. Since we now have new occupants in the executive branch of the … Continued
Organizations interested in staying ahead of the curve are seeking transformative change. How can design innovation continue at its rapid pace without leaving end users behind? Business as usual is not an option in today’s highly competitive markets. New technology-induced business models are constantly challenging and often overtaking older, established, and often antiquated ones. This … Continued
Patrick Thibaudeau
Carl Roehling and Troy Thompson
Scott Simpson
Stephen Fiskum
Julian Anderson
Phil Bernstein
Lois Vitt Sale
Lauri Goodman Lampson