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That vision has to take in a shifting landscape: We have already started to think differently about the places we inhabit, and to expect more from them. How can a workplace function as an extension of home for employees, while also hosting conferences, sparking collaboration, and welcoming the surrounding community? How can a sports arena become a year-round gathering spot? Can a school create not just enhanced learning, but wellbeing?
Of course, reexamining the future of place naturally leads us to reexamine the future of practice. How will design firms work in the years and decades ahead? What will it mean to be part of a multi-disciplinary practice or an ecosystem of manufacturers? What new disciplines will be defined by new ways of practicing?
In this issue of Perspective, we’ve assembled a cast of expert voices to speak to the questions above, and shed some light on what’s new and next in design. We’ll bring you some boundary-stretching projects and ideas, as well as new things from the world of design that start to point the way to what might be next. I hope you enjoy digging into these topics with IIDA as much as I do; so give our stories a read and while you’re at it, remember: if you want to catch the Next Wave, you always have to be looking toward the horizon.
Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA
IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO
