Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.
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…
Design is one of the few endeavors that generates more answers than questions. For any given program or budget, there are always multiple po…
But how do we approach this “obligation to endure” as she called it. As leaders, we face many competing interests. Those of our firms versus…
The idea of convergence is derived from the readily described visuals of things on individual paths redirecting to come together, forming a …
DesignIntelligence/Michael LeFevre (DI): We’re talking with Erika Moody, FIIDA, president of Helix Architecture + Design and 2024-25 preside…
Urban areas often seem unmanageable, with enduring problems of traffic congestion, crime and poor quality of life. Something needs to change…
