In our first Shortcast in over two years, we talk with Will Messiter, Chief Operating Officer - Residential Communities and Home Building at Sekisui House Australia, at the company's manufacturing and assembly facility in southwest Sydney, about house building, the bottlenecks in Australia's building market, and how prefab and modular can offer a solution to our house affordability woes.

In today's episode, Farheen breaks down Qatar officially receiving the Olympic Council of Asia flag for the 2030 Asian Games, the successful wrap-up of DJWE 2026 with dates for 2027, the major launch of the International Advertising Association Qatar Chapter, essential road safety reminders from the Ministry of Interior, and Qatar's expanding EV charging network.

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Before joining a coaching program, you need to know whether it will actually help you make better decisions in your interior design business—not just give you another pile of information.If you’re considering the Luxury Client Academy, you probably have questions. Is this really different from another course? What if you already have a coach? Can you afford the investment? Where will you find the time? And maybe the bigger question underneath all of those: “Am I actually ready for this?”I want to

Raised on a farm in rural Alabama, Jeffrey Dungan found architecture almost by accident, when a guidance counselor suggested it might suit his love of drawing. After studying at Auburn, he went on to build a Birmingham-based practice known for deeply rooted, highly personal houses. His work has appeared in Architectural Digest, Veranda and The New York Times, and his new book, The Soulful House, was just published by Rizzoli. On this episode of the podcast, Dungan speaks with host Dennis Scully

Send us Fan Mail How many users do you actually need for a usability study? In this episode of The Design Psychologist, Thomas Watkins talks with Laura Faulkner about one of the most repeated ideas in UX research: that five users are enough. Laura explains why that rule of thumb can be useful in some situations, but dangerous when teams treat it like a law. They discuss sample size, research risk, stakeholder alignment, and why the real question is not “How many users?” but “What decision are...

A lighting calculation is multiplication and division, not engineering math. This episode covers the foot candle chart, the lumen method formula, and the inverse square law. Most candidates skip lighting calculations because the phrase sounds harder than the work actually is. The arithmetic was never the problem. The vocabulary was. Layla walks through recommended foot candle levels by space type, then runs two complete fixture-count calculations with every step showing. You will see what happens to

CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — DC 2026Giorgia Cannici · Virginia TechWhat if material fabrication could shift from assembly to growth—and be directed with precision through external fields?This work introduces magnetotropic plants: genetically engineered organisms in which gravity-sensing organelles (statoliths) are rendered magnetically responsive. By replacing gravitational cues with externally applied magnetic fields, plant growth direction can be actively controlled in real time. This

Ready to start your design business? Carina talks about the seven unhinged things she did to get started and helped her win. Learn more about course, degrees, and our new Continuing Education Program at the University of Arts & Design at www.uad.education Join a Design Bootcamp at www.designsuitecourses.com/designbootcamp Take the fun What Kind of Designer Are You? Quiz here: https://uad.education/pages/designerquiz Get my free gift to you here: https://www.designsuitecourses.com/...

Amy Swift is a singer and songwriter from London. She grew up in South East London on her parents' Motown, jazz and blues records and was going to gigs from about 15. ~ Her career started on Myspace and in a part-time job selling subscriptions at Music Week, where she "bullied" her way into industry events. Amy Winehouse was breaking through at the same time, so Amy took an alias, Berry Farley, which was her nan's name. Features on house tracks followed, then fronting Pacific State with...

Dimitry Vergun, who passed away last month, was an architect, earthquake expert, and structural engineer behind some of California's most audacious houses. Architect Don Singer, one of the last living midcentury Modernists in Florida has a huge legacy of houses you can see on USModernist. Then we discover Eero Saarinen's remarkable Lutheran Concordia seminary in Fort Wayne IN with Robert Roethemeyer and Paul Prange. Later, returning musical guest Jen Ash.

Writing a book may look like a solitary creative act. But behind every finished book is an entire ecosystem of inspiration, research, discipline, revision, collaboration, publishing, promotion—and ultimately, connecting the work with readers.On this special roundtable episode of YOUR WORLD OF CREATIVITY, host Mark Stinson welcomes back two previous guests to compare notes on that journey: Dr. Esther Sternberg, physician, scientist, researcher, and author whose work brings together science, health,

Pina and Ralph have been partners in life and architecture since a prom date arranged by a cousin. Ralph showed up for that first date and mistook Pina's twin sister for her, a mix up that still gets retold. Both grew up in Italian Canadian families steeped in building and craft. Ralph comes from three generations of builders, and Pina spent childhood summers in Italy touring history with her father. Ralph led a student boycott at the University of Toronto that marched on Queen's Park, while

Tony Celebrezze and Mark Dravillas from the City of Columbus join Nick and Paul to discuss Zone In, the city’s zoning code update.They cover the corridor changes already in place, what Phase II proposes, and what property owners should check before buying or planning a project. More at https://www.arcfluence.com/

We examine the growing gap between AI’s expanding capabilities and our ability to control them, starting with Patrizia Bertini’s argument that recent safety incidents are inevitable results of prioritizing speed over structural integrity. This tension is mirrored in the community, where senior designers report that current AI tools actually increase workflow friction by failing to respect existing design systems, while Julie Zhuo challenges us to redefine intellectual productivity as a voluntary

SHOW NOTES:If there’s something I really want to get good at, I usually don’t try to figure out every single part of it by myself. In this episode, I’m sharing three very different learning experiences—from tennis, to becoming fluent in French, to building an online business—that taught me the value of learning from people who already know the path. Sometimes the smartest thing you can do is stop wandering, find the right teacher, and let them help you move forward faster. 👉 WHAT YOU’LL

206 / Du machst viel – aber erreichst zu wenig? Das liegt am Teufelskreis der Neuanfänge. Hier zeige ich dir, warum ich auf Optimierung setze – und wie du damit endlich vorankommst: in Akquise, Positionierung und mit deinen großen Zielen.

Nuria Altimir es una diseñadora de información, que estudió biología y visualización de datos. Hablamos de como apoya el trabajo de los científicos a partir de las visualizaciones. Nos contó sobre una instalación que hizo como parte de EGU, que es un evento gigante en Austria, de la Unión Europea de Geociencia. Esta entrevista es parte de las listas: Diseño sostenible, España, Finlandia y diseño y Diseño de datos e infografías. Algunas de las ideas claves de esta entrevista son: “El diseño visual

Tuuli Mattelmäki is the professor of Service Design in Aalto University. In this interview we talk about the collaboration with the city of Espoo and her journey from industrial design to service design, exploring collaboration and uncertainty.  She also shares insights on connecting academia and practice, and how designers can create impact through co-creation.We have recorded this interview in one of the session of the network: Gov. Design Finland. These weekly sessions are open only to members of