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Form follows experiences

The gang are excited to welcome a leader who’s made his name bringing public and private sector together to deliver major New York City architecture projects. His firm, ODA, is now spreading their wings internationally as well as into AI, VR and more. Tune in as an icon in the industry, Eran Chen, drops by to share how he uses storytelling to inspire and bring stakeholders together and how technology is changing the way his team delivers those stories.

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Bobby Bonett

Tessa Bain

Andrew Lane

References and resources:

ODA’s monograph: ODA: Office of Design and Architecture

Notable projects include:

Book Tower in Detroit

Renovation of the former Postkantoor in Rotterdam

Public/private office building reimagination in Buenos Aires.

Midjourney

Stable Diffusion

Related and referred BTE Episodes:

David Schwartz on approaches to hiring through innovation

Keith Fine on architecture firms adopting new technologies

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BTE has always been about bringing you innovation stories that we think have the greatest impact on the architecture & design industry, but in 2024 we’re taking this a step further—we want to hear from you! What questions would you like us to answer? Are there talking points in your boardrooms that need the BTE spark? Which AI or Metaverse subjects are keeping you up at night?

You can call our hotline at 917-934-2812 or leave send an email at [email protected]. It's a new year and we love a new segment. Call now!

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The state of the industry 12/23

To wrap up the year at BTE, the gang welcomes old friend, fellow SURROUND podcast host, and President of ThinkLab, Amanda Scheider.  After getting a sneak preview of  Bobby’s somber New Year’s Eve plans, they dive in to look back on how we say AI, metaverse and other trends unfold and then look forward to the future for trade shows, industry shifts, the ‘tech’ trend of humanity and more.  Make it your early resolution to tune in.

Connect with Amanda Schneider on LinkedIn!

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Bobby Bonett

Tessa Bain

Andrew Lane

References and resources:

ThinkLab Forbes article on GenZ and the Great Office Debate

ThinkLab’s GenZ Study

ThinkLab - Tectonic Shits for 2024

Trevor Noah podcast with Bill Gates

Daniel Susskind: A World Without Work (Book)

ThinkLab’s 5 Specifier Personas

ThinkLab 2024 Hackathon - The Future of Customer Decision-Making

Design Nerds Anonymous Podcast on the SURROUND Podcast Network

Related and referred BTE Episodes:

Amanda Schneider’s first visit to BTE

Matthias Hollwich on taking an innovative approach as a small firm

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Technology’s impact on design in 2023

This week, an old friend drops by the podcast to catch up on all that’s happened in 2023, the first full year of Barrier to Entry.  Our first ever guest, Jaime Derringer joins the pod to talk about the evolutions of AI, the metaverse and the blockchain on the design industry in the year that was.  Bobby turns the plug reigns over to Jaime to hear more about her experiences working with AI tech, as well as her new gig helping bring blockchain provenance to authentically made goods - it’s a reunion packed with insight and thoughts for the year to come that you won’t want to miss.

Connect with Jaime Derringer, our Linkedin follow of the week!

Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn;

Bobby Bonett

Tessa Bain

Andrew Lane

References and resources:

Tonic.xyz

Midjourney

Trame Paris (Jaime’s new venture)

Trame on Instagram

Louis Vuitton (LVMH) Métiers d’Excellence

Related and referred BTE Episodes:

Jaime Derringer (her first visit to BTE)

Patti Carpenter (preserving craft with local artisans)

Rodolfo Agrella (thinking about the world as both digital and physical)

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Design principles meet technology.

This week on the pod, we manage to get both practical and technical in a forward-looking conversation with a passionate advocate of the metaverse, wearables, and more - who also happens to be a licensed senior designer at a major firm. Lisbeth Jimenez joins the gang to talk about the potential for inclusivity in digital spaces, why designers should be the ones designing the metaverse, wearables, and even what constitutes a ‘friend of the podcast’. Spoiler alert - we’re still apparently friend-less… but not for long.

Connect with Lisbeth Jimenez on LinkedIn!

Moments to check out:

~5:10: How principles of the built environment translate to the digital

~14:55: Technology, design and the future of the trade show

~21:25: The role of '3D internet' and weareables in design 

Connect with the BTE hosts on LinkedIn:

Bobby Bonett

Tessa Bain

Andrew Lane

References and resources:

MKDA

Don’t forget to DM Lisbeth for her ‘3 easy steps’

A few notes on understanding the metaverse and why we should care to cater to the people investing on them

Lisbeth's personal digital art collection (NFT) which was created to express her concerns with social issues concerning the A&D community.

Lisbeth’s private gallery through Spatial for someone curious to visit a metaverse environment 

Related and referred BTE Episodes:

Karli Slocum, 3Form

Keith Fine, S/L/A/M Collaborative

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Immersive design: by Gensler.

This week we welcome one of the leaders of a rapidly growing practice area from one of the world’s most noteworthy architecture & design firms, Gensler. In a can’t-miss conversation, Sarah DiLeo, our first guest who can claim to be both a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and a licensed pilot, goes deep with the gang into how a leading immersive media practice is thinking about technology, talent, inclusive design, and more. All this while we lose Bobby to the vortex of the internet, attempt to transform Sarah into a Swiftie, and reveal Andrew’s ideal location for podcast listening. You’ll want to immerse yourself in this one.

Connect with Sarah DiLeo on LinkedIn!

Moments to check out: 

(5:43) Connecting emerging practice with ongoing client requirements

(16:19) Designing the 'Metaverse' vs Immersive design

(24:48) Creating inclusive, immersive design

(30:43) Applying AI and emerging tech for inclusive design

(34:23) Building teams that work on the leading edge

Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn;

Bobby Bonett

Tessa Bain

Andrew Lane

References and resources:

Gensler

Gensler Digital Experience Design

Gensler Research Library

Gensler blog: Strategies for Immersive Design

Gensler blog: Driving Inclusivity in Digital Content

Swiftie

Meow Wolf

Sphere Las Vegas

Disney Imagineering

Yayoi Kusama's Obliteration Room

Related and Referenced BTE Episodes:

Patti Carpenter (Metaverse / Trends)

David Schwartz (Immersive Design)

 

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Discussing recent announcements in AI and 3D spatial tech and their impact on A&D!

This week the gang puts on their party hats and pops a bottle of (non-alcoholic) bubbly to celebrate 25 episodes of BTE. Together, they reflect on the stories of the guests we’ve welcomed in the past year and discuss a series of recent and relevant announcements in 3D spatial design and artificial intelligence and their impacts on the architecture and design industry as well as society at large. Plus, Andrew gets optimistic, Bobby shares his love for Mark Zuckerberg and Tess turns into the comedian of the group - you don’t want to miss it.

Moments to check out: 

(2:41) - Reminiscing about our first 25 episodes

(10:45) - The unflattening internet - recent news in 3D Spatial / "metaverse" tech and impact on FOW

(20:26) - The impact of recent announcements in AI on the A&D industry

Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn;

Bobby Bonett

Tessa Bain

Andrew Lane

References and resources:

Las Vegas Sphere

Meta x RayBan glasses

Meta Connect (AI and Quest 3 announcements)

Your AI bestie, Kendall Jenner

Claude (AI) by Anthropic 

Connect with BTE for suggestions at: [email protected]

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This week on BTE - when emerging tech meets city planning…

This week we welcome a guest who’s credentials include being everything from an Urban Tech fellow at Cornell University to a multiple time startup founder and advisor to a repeat champion on Jeopardy. Greg Lindsay joins the gang to get into how cities (and by extension large groups of people) deal with technology being thrust upon them and along the way take a trip down memory lane to remember Foursquare, the introduction of Uber, and even Pokémon Go!

Connect with Greg Lindsay on LinkedIn!

Moments to check out: 

(starts at 8:42) Augmented Reality will be the killer app for Artificial Intelligence (and vice versa)

(starts at 11:17) The challenges of regulating technology before it arrives

(starts at 20:35) Burying 'the metaverse' and the role of VR in city planning

(starts at 27:33) Improving collaboration between cities and technology companies

(starts at 30:55) Opportunities for A&D in re-imagining the build environment

(starts at 37:09) Considerations for building a responsible future

Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn;

Bobby Bonett

Tessa Bain

Andrew Lane

References and resources:

Greg Lindsay (.org)

Cornell Tech, Jacobs Urban Tech Hub

Death by Pokémon GO - Purdue University

Hyper Reality (Short Film, Keiichi Matsuda, 2016)

Agents (Short Film, Keiichi Matsuda / Niantic, 2023)

Visual Positioning System (VPS) Definition

Sidewalk Labs - Toronto

Sideways: The City that Google Couldn’t Buy (Book)

His Dark Materials, Phillip Pullman (Wikipedia)

Numina (VR urban planning data)

Dennis Crowley / Living Cities

Lessons from the Catastrophic Failure of the Metaverse, Kate Wagner (article)

Unfrozen (podcast) - Greg Lindsay and Daniel Safarik

Rafi Segal

Discord (Recommended follows: Living Cities, Liquid Cities, Niantic

 

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This week, we sit down with David Schwarz, the founder of HUSH, an innovative experience design studio. In a conversation that moves from the philosophical to the practical, we go deep into the challenges and opportunities for both clients and staff of working with a design studio with technology and innovation core, discuss the future of work and the state of sustainability in emerging tech, share thoughts some thoughts on the questionably popular term, ‘phygital’, and even get into a little parenting advice with David and Bobby. If you’ve ever been offered a ‘metaverse watch’ from a guy in a trenchcoat, you won’t want to miss this one.

Connect with David Schwarz on LinkedIn!

Moments to check out: 

(6:23) The origins of HUSH as an interdisciplinary studio.

(15:40) Delivering real value in a world of hype

(22:58) Bringing your people along on an innovation journey

(31:20) Designing experiences in the worlds of hybrid work and sustainable business

Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn;

Bobby Bonett

Tessa Bain

Andrew Lane

References and resources:

HUSH Studio

“Phygital” definition

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This week, the gang is joined in-person in New York by a classically-trained, multidisciplinary designer who is always pushing the envelope and finding new ways at his shop, RADS Studios, to blend the traditional with the digital. Rodolfo Agrella stops by to share stories from his classical architecture and design training in Caracas and Milan, how he used technology to create a cookie at Salone del Mobile, the lesson we were all asked to learn from COVID, and how he’s integrating technology into daily practices to unlock the power of classic design. You won’t want to miss a great conversation with this eternal optimist and innovator.

Connect with Rodolfo Agrella on LinkedIn!

Moments to check out: 

(8:38) How international architecture design training created a cookie at Salone

(16:19) Establishing RADS and putting talent and innovation at the core

(22:58) Applying AI and technology to design thinking

(32:20) Re-thinking talent and design collaboration

(37:15) Rapid fire closer questions - blockchain authentication, ICFF in the metaverse and more

Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn;

Bobby Bonett

Tessa Bain

Andrew Lane

References and resources:

RADS Design Studio

Rodolfo’s work at ICFF / Wanted

Don’t forget to speak to your friends and family and learn from them too!

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