Perspective: Sustainable Futures

IIDA Industry Roundtable Report 26

The New Face of Design: Creating for Humanity in a Tech-Enabled Future | Centering Humanity in Tech-Enabled Design | The Sustainability Challenge crowd-sourcing with the Industry Roundtable think tank | Big Qs/IR Answers: The Relationship Edition for designers/manufacturers | Context of Design: A tech-filled future centering design intelligence

Perspective: Next Wave

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Perspective Next Wave examines what's next—from immersive experiential design to the technologies that revolutionize our approach to design. Directing our gaze forward we explore the world of possibility that lies within the question, "What comes next?"

Perspective: Sustainable Futures

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The best sustainable practice, it seems, is to start with what you can do, right now. We look to designers guided by a deep-seated, urgent commitment to sustainability as a core value from Alvin Oei of Disney and indigenous architect Wanda Dalla Costa on ethical relationality, this issue is inspiring and world-changing.

IIDA Industry Roundtable Report 25

Industry Roundtable Report

The future starts now: For 25 years, we've gathered at the IIDA Industry Roundtable, this year we decide where the next 25 years might take our community of thinkers and doers in design. We’ve built a strong network of diverse viewpoints — we challenge each other, but we’re allied and united in our strong intention to build a better design industry and profession. We’ve equipped a generation of leaders with actionable plans and strategies.

Perspective: Future Female

In this issue we center the contributions of women in design. We look at the projects, firms, and people that are shaping the future of our industry—join us as we travel from Australia to Italy and around the U.S. for insights into entrepreneurship, leadership, breaking the rules, and morning affirmations.

Perspective: Innovation

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In this issue of Perspective, we investigate how the pandemic is pushing designers to think differently—how are we innovating, and what can that mean for how we rethink the future. We look at prefabrication, a 300-year ryokan transformed into a contemporary hotel, and next-gen, flexible design.

Perspective: Community

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In this issue of Perspective, we take a look at what community means. How has COVID-19 shifted how we look at "place," from workplace to retail we hear from designers as they explore new ways of thinking about how to design spaces for a changed world.

Perspective: Access

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What it means to have access? We talk with designers about how to provide deeper access to design education at the K-12 level, and accessible design for those with impaired vision or mobility. How can our industry truly become more diverse and inclusive?

Perspective: Fast-Forward

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A look forward—COVID-19 has changed everything, we look forward to what is in store in the workplace, the new urbanism, automation, and how to manage mental health in the workplace. Andrés Duany on the new, new urbanism, shifts towards the next normal, automation, and more.