Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.

Paul VanDuyne Adam McMillen Mike Lawless Equity by Design by Paul VanDuyne, Adam McMillen, & Mike Lawless IMEG Corp. August 20, 2021 Overcom…

Overland Partners’ Rick Archer shares his firm’s journey toward diversity, equity and inclusion Foundational Assumptions When we consider th…

DesignIntelligence talked with Mitchell Joachim, co-founder of Terreform ONE, about living in balance with nature, how the design industry c…

DesignIntelligence sat down with Glen Murray—the former minister of the environment and climate change in Toronto, Ontario, and the current …

When I was in architecture school, we were taught to be self-focused. “Hone your design skills. Learn to draw. Learn about building systems,…

Connections across space and time On May 21, 2019, something unusual happened. For the first time in history, astrophysicists detected the p…

DesignIntelligence perspectives on sustainable design have significantly contributed to the positive shifts we’ve seen across the North Amer…

In the fall of 2020, Kimball International commissioned DesignIntelligence to conduct research to try to understand what the future ofrnheal…

Re-examining the tenets of interpersonal responsibility. “I did not like the tone of your letter — please don’t ever write to me again.” So …

I’ve been pondering the theme of human interaction for the past several months, trying to understand the heart of it. Like so many words in …

Snøhetta Managing Partner Elaine Molinar discusses her firm’s attitudes toward structure, respect and food in scaling collaboration. DesignI…

In pursuit of justice, diversity, equity and inclusion in architecture, Yiselle Santos Rivera discusses her background, research agenda, ele…
