Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.
Article · 5 min readTime CrunchTime is a funny thing. We can’t see it, taste it, smell it or weigh it. It’s not even a “thing.” We know from Einstein that while time doesn…
July 2023SSScott Simpson
Article · 5 min readContext: It’s Not About YouArchitects and designers are attuned to context when they create. Their work incorporates layers like a site’s topography, immediate environ…
June 2023BFBob Fisher
Article · 28 min read“Not So Big” A Really Big DealDesignIntelligence (DI): We’re talking with Sarah Susanka, author of the popular book “The Not So Big House” (published in 1998) and eight o…
June 2023SSSarah Susanka
ArticleStaying in the Center (Contextually Aware Leadership)Leadership’s role is essentially a centrally postured position. Effective leaders manage their priorities and calendars to maintain this cen…
June 2023DGDave Gilmore
Article · 9 min readHeads Up. Eyes Out. Minds Open.Forty-one years is one heck of a run. As one of the Midwest’s most successful firms over a four-decade span, things were pretty good at OPN.…
June 2023JBJustin Bishop
Article · 11 min readElevating Community Mental HealthWhen designing for humanity at its most vulnerable, those with the greatest interest in addressing mental health are often closest to its ca…
May 2023MLMichael LeFevre
Article · 9 min readTransforming Systems: Seeing in New Ways“Let’s use our creativity to imagine new futures that can inspire hope. Equitable, sustainable, ethical, and culturally imaginative futures …
May 2023FBFrancesca Birks
Article · 9 min readLeaving Well Enough AloneContext is everything for architecture, and two kinds of “contextual” agendas shape its progress. The first is the corporeal context – i.e.,…
May 2023PHPaul Hyett
Article · 4 min readPutting Context in ContextHere’s a familiar image: the Great Pyramid of Giza, anchored in a sea of sand, baking under the fierce Egyptian sun, with a camel or two par…
May 2023SSScott Simpson
Article · 28 min readIn the Future, Everyone’s an Architect – And Why That’s a Good Thing Part 2Editor’s Note: This article is Part 2 of 2 in a series on AI, architecture and the future of practice. For full context, please visit Part 1…
May 2023ECEric Cesal
Article · 21 min readIn the Future, Everyone’s an Architect – And Why That’s a Good ThingEditor’s Note: In an exploration of this Quarter’s theme, Contextual Awareness, DesignIntelligence offers an intriguing two part series, inc…
April 2023ECEric Cesal
Article · 20 min readMaking Metrics MatterDesignIntelligence (DI): We’re talking with Robert Yuen, CEO of Monograph and colleague Marjanne Pearson, Chief Strategy Officer at Talentst…
April 2023RYRobert Yuen