Article: America's Humanitarian Architect

Phil Freelon, of Perkins and Will, is one of the few architect of color operating at the highest levels of the profession.



In Their Own Words: Phil Freelon, A Personal History from Perkins+Will on Vimeo.

Google Maps and AI as a Demographic Tool

A brave new world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be closer than ever before, the question is just what impact it will have on our lives and the opportunity for designers.

Article Is Google Street View the Next Census Tool

AI What's Coming in 2018 for Designers

Nine Design Trends Shaping the Future

The next massive role of industrial design and design in general is going to be the creation of an entirely new design practice: AID, Artificial Intelligence Design.

Article: Future Design Trends

3D Printed Designs in the Digital Age

Joris Laarman, a pioneering force at the frontier of design, art, and engineering, the 37-year-old Dutch designer makes 3-D-printed bridges, tables constructed with the aid of industrial robots, and chairs that can be downloaded from the internet. “Joris Laarman Lab: Design in the Digital Age”—the first U.S. museum exhibition of his work, opening September 27 (through January 14, 2018) at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York—affords us a closer look at his haute-cerebral brand of futurism. 

Article: Furniture's Design Brave new Present

Joris Laarman Website

Cooper Hewitt Museum Exhibition

Tesla Continues to Push the Auto Industry in the Future

The transformation of the transportation industry is being driven single handedly by Telsa's Elon Musk and Designer Franz von Holzhausen.

Article: How Telsa Designs Cars...

This Generations Most Influential Product Designer - Jonathan Ive

In 1997, Steve Jobs discovered a scruffy British designer toiling away at Apple’s headquarters, surrounded by hundreds of sketches and prototypes. Jony Ive’s collaboration with Jobs would produce some of the world’s most iconic technology products, including the iMac, iPod, iPad, and iPhone.

Smithsonian Article: Why Jony Ive Is Apple’s Design Genius