Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.
Over the course of 2024, we have looked at Connections, Conviction and Convergence in our cascading examination of critical thinking among t…
As we consider the “now” and soon arriving “then”, we are confronted with our own lack of initiative regarding the consequential questions w…
DesignIntelligence (Michael LeFevre, DI:) We’re talking with Lynn Simon, FAIA, LEED Fellow, a principal and the West Sustainability Services…
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the average hospital consumes more than 100 times as much energy as a standar…
Editor’s Note:DesignIntelligence’s theme for Q4 2024 is “Consequential Questions.” To address our theme, we call on a presenter from our rec…
Modernism, viewed as a style in addition to a movement, has a fascinating and tumultuous history. Early modernism’s design ethos had an imag…
Most of us would consider ourselves visionary leaders with ambitious goals to grow our firms, positively impact the communities we serve and…
DesignIntelligence / Michael LeFevre (DI): We’re talking with Adrian Parr Zaretsky, dean of the College of Design at the University of Orego…
The light of western democracy may not yet have dimmed, but it is certainly flickering, and the closing quarter of 2024 will have a profound…
Throughout history, humans have gravitated toward community for safety, companionship and efficiency. As communities grew, the need for orga…
If there’s anything capitalism and the climate have in common, it is a sense of urgency. We’re all told they are both, in equal but opposing…
As I reflect, I’ve only made a handful of significant, conscious, major decisions over the course of my life. Amazingly, each worked out for…
