The design profession, in its many guises, is resolutely optimistic. For a designer, no challenge is so large that he or she can’t develop a solution that will both overcome it and enhance the human experience. Yet, given the recent onslaught of disheartening news regarding climate change, maintaining such optimism becomes something of a daily … Continued
2019 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Design Futures Council! Over the years, the DFC has grown a very strong legacy of leadership and transformational change. DFC’s leadership in key trends includes sustainable design, technology, process innovation, management and design, and international practice. We wanted to share some of our articles from our 25-year history—from … Continued
This is the first of a two-part exploration of how today’s architecture practices must transform to survive. Part Two focuses on issues related to people and culture. Today’s architecture practices face existential change. Not only is the industry neck-deep in a massive consolidation, spurred largely by mergers and acquisitions,1 but all the traditional challenges continue … Continued
2019 is the 25th Anniversary of DesignIntelligence/Design Futures Council. To celebrate this milestone, we wanted to honor Jim Cramer, the organization’s founder, and Dave Gilmore, the organization’s president and CEO. In this piece, we’re talking with Dave about what drew him to DesignIntelligence, how he got involved, his vision for the future, and some new … Continued
Jonas Salk, creator of the polio vaccine and also my friend and collaborator, once said, “I feel that the greatest reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do more.” We have taken this to heart with Design Futures Council, and I believe this mindset has been the reason for its success over … Continued
So, we have arrived. That moment when prognosticators have said the design professions will need to automate in order to remain relevant and increase their value. Are you ready? We have entered the Age of Smart Cities, where high performance urban environments are being created due to a perfect storm of economic conditions, next generation … Continued
2019 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Design Futures Council! Over the years, the DFC has grown a very strong legacy of leadership and transformational change. DFC’s leadership in key trends includes sustainable design, technology, process innovation, management and design, and international practice. We wanted to share some of our articles from our 25-year history—from the … Continued
Architectural history includes many early examples of women practicing architecture. “Early” is a relative term: the first female professional architect in America, Louise Blanchard Bethune, achieved that distinction in 1881. Bethune and other women in the field remained a rarity for many decades hence. A hundred years later, roughly one in four architecture students was … Continued
I remember the first earthquake I felt after moving to California. I knew it was a thing that happened, but it still seemed conceptual until I saw the windows shaking in the supermarket across the street, followed by the lights over my desk and then everything else in the building. The most jarring thing was … Continued
Rives Taylor & Brenden Jackson
Jim Cramer
Thom McKay
Dave Gilmore
Paul Doherty
Susan Bilenker
Laura Miller and Katherine Ball
Brenden McEneaney