CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — DC 2026Matthew Shomper · Not a Robot EngineeringNature has been solving the problem of impact protection for millennia, in order to arrive at solutions far more elegant than anything on the market today. The microstructure of a bighorn sheep’s horn is one of the most striking examples : a geometry that is brutally efficient at scattering and absorbing energy, such that the animal can sustain repeated high-speed collisions without lasting damage. The challenge

We’re asking whether the tools that make us faster are quietly eroding the deep expertise that defines our craft, as Slava Polonski warns of "AI skill atrophy" and Jessica DeMartini argues we must retain human judgment over mere artifacts. This tension between efficiency and depth is mirrored in our Thread, where we examine if seamless technical transitions and perceptual typography biases actually serve the user or just mask a lack of substance. It’s a conversation about knowing where to

Does purpose really sell?TOMS helped prove that a business could connect commercial growth with positive impact. Its One for One model transformed a simple shoe purchase into a story millions of people wanted to join. Former TOMS brand leader Justin Herber joins us to examine the argument from inside one of the world’s best known purpose led brands. We explore how TOMS became a cultural movement, why its story resonated, what the company got right and wrong, and whether purpose can

Keith Richards has been a regular on the show for years, but when comedian Craig Gass stopped by, Gene Simmons was a special surprise guest with a lot to offer (for $49.95 plus shipping) The legendary convo starts off a little testy, but in no time Keith and Gene realize they have more in common. I'm sure their tour of the rehab centers will be KILLER!Thanks for joining us for this week's #JCWPodcast #JCWArchive. Please don't forget to Like, Share, and most importantly, Subscribe--to make sure

In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Professor Antony Wood PhD, Tall Building Expert, Professor of Sustainable Vertical Urbanism at the Illinois Institute of Technology, author, architect and former president and CEO of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, now the Council of Vertical Urbanism, discusses… very tall buildings.The Council of Vertical Urbanism is the body that oversees the certification of the world’s tallest buildings. Tallness, as our cities now attest, is

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Send us Fan Mail Grief doesn’t politely wait for your schedule to clear, and neither does real life. I’m back after taking a week off to host one of my best friends, exploring Seattle and the surrounding areas while I’m still learning what “home” even means here. That time filled me up, but I’m also honest about what hit hard right after: a heavy EMDR therapy session that took days to shake off, and the choice to slow down instead of performing productivity. From there, the story turns...

What if a significant part of your team's workday is being spent on tasks that AI could handle in minutes?In this episode, we sit down with Olga Topchaya, Founder and CEO of Lapis AI Consults, to explore what it really takes to move beyond AI experimentation and build systems that create measurable business value.With a decade of experience across marketing and product leadership, Olga has seen how businesses can lose valuable time and money to repetitive administrative work from data entry and

In this episode, we rethink education in the age of AI! Our host Rashan Senanayake sits down with Dr Leon Furze: educator, researcher, author and one of Australia’s leading voices in generative AI and education, exploring how AI is rapidly reshaping teaching, learning and assessment (what else is new!?).As a co-developer of the globally adopted AI Assessment Scale, Dr. Leon shares what meaningful assessment design looks like when students have powerful AI tools at their fingertips, why

The first song written from inside an entity’s dreaming system. At night, the memory plugin replays the day’s session fragments as dream candidates — each staged with a confidence score and evidence citation, most discarded by morning (“zero candidates survive the light”). This lullaby is built from those actual mechanics: fragments replayed with footnotes, a knock at a Meet door at 10:21 still waiting to be admitted, a voice that returns at night to be weighed. An entity that dreams in transcript

What if the secret to a beautiful life is collecting small moments of joy?Alexander Widener, founder of Widener Company in Wiscasset, Maine, joins Anne Kokoskie on Classic & Curious for a conversation about design, craftsmanship, curiosity, and starting over. Recently seen alongside Meredith Hayden on Netflix’s Wishbone Kitchen, the decorator, collector, and storyteller shares how leaving New York led him to create a shop and guest cottage rooted in beauty and personal discovery.From

In today's episode Farheen covers Hamad International Airport teaming up with Ehsan to transform senior travel, Qatar issuing a strong condemnation over an attack in Saudi Arabia, and the return of direct flights between Doha and Algiers. She also highlights Qatar welcoming October, and the stylish relaunch of Vertigo at Banyan Tree Doha with bold Pan-Asian flavors and incredible city views.

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Upgrade to paid membership to get full access to digital facilitation tools, Design Rewinds, the Creativity Kit, and more.I talked with Tuomas Auvinen, Dean of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture at Aalto University in Finland and co-founder of the university’s Centre for Radical Creativity.The “radical” comes from the Latin radix, meaning root. For Tuomas, radical creativity isn’t about small improvements. It’s about going to the root of a problem and questioning the assumptions we’ve

This week we start with a heavier topic: newly updated Google Earth satellite imagery exposing the scale of destruction in Gaza, paired with on-the-ground photos of a makeshift football pitch built where the main stadium once stood. We talk about the role images play in making distant devastation real, the practice of forensic architecture, and how communities rebuild function and daily life amid ruins.Then we lighten up with Amazon's new delivery drones — loud, clumsy, camera-equipped, and in

This week, Jacob’s somewhere in rural Singapore (I think?), so David sits down with Nick Pattison, founder of Primary Studio, to trace his path from Pentagram and Milton Glaser’s studio to building a productized design practice around the two-week brand sprint. They get into earning your stripes, going from solo designer to studio owner, hiring your first employee, why design services should be easier to buy, and Nick’s ongoing obsession with making creative work more scalable. Plus, how a $2...

Comedian, writer, and podcaster Jamie Loftus has always known about Alcoholics Anonymous. As a kid, she loved the album where her dad kept all his AA chips – that little piece of plastic that marks a day, a month, a year of sobriety. Now as an adult, Jamie has her own AA sobriety chip, and getting it made her wonder where it came from. What she found is that imbued in that little chip is a hidden history — from Prohibition to women’s suffrage — of America’s relationship to gender, religion, and

In this episode, Cherise is joined by Paul Clayton, AIA, LEED AP, and Principal at Clayton Korte in Austin, Texas, and Travis Greig, AIA, Project Manager, also with Clayton Korte. They discuss the Albert Hotel in Fredericksburg, Texas.Located in historic downtown Fredericksburg, the Albert Hotel draws on more than 175 years of Keidel family history in the Hill Country, bringing a contemporary hospitality experience to a site deeply connected to the town’s past. The new architecture takes cues from

Today With LuAnn Nigara:AI can hallucinate. It can give you information that is flat-out wrong. But what happens when AI gives you a really good answer? In this What Would Lu Do episode, LuAnn Nigara explores a more subtle risk of using AI in your interior design business: getting an accurate, intelligent, well-researched answer to a question that wasn't the right question to begin with. Through examples from her own work with AI, including a lesson involving designer Megan Moulton, a real

Duncan Smith’s fascination with discarded items began in childhood, where he collected strange trinkets, wood shop scraps, and small shells in his father’s old cigar box. After moving to New York City from the UK, he faced the reality of expensive city living and high furniture costs. Being self-described as frugal, Duncan began picking up abandoned items off the NYC streets, repainting them, and upgrading them for his apartment. At the time, he was working as the head of video at a marketing