The Futures Source

What happens when walls, textiles, wood, and panels can become a light source?

The stores that get it right may soon be more about proof than persuasion.

When places, products, and experiences start talking back, what will they remember?

We’ve spent years designing spaces that can see people more clearly. Now we may need to design places where people can become harder for those systems to read.

Everything we design is becoming a kit of parts. We have not created the universal room where the parts get put back together.

What is creating connection and bringing people together during a time of disconnection and fragmentation?

What does it mean to be a facilities manager when the things you're handed are alive, make their own decisions, and watch the people inside?

When production gets faster, what work becomes more valuable?

The future of the built environment depends on understanding the conditions already changing our work.