A Bicycle for Design

The next generation of open BIM standards

Robust, open formats can be the foundation of our industry's digital transformation. What do we need from the next generation of standards?

Oct 17, 2022 • David de Koning

July 2022

Automation: Power Tools for Design

Welcome back to A Bicycle for Design, a newsletter that explores how architectural and engineering design is being transformed by software and…

Jul 13, 2022 • David de Koning

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May 2022

In the land of consulting, ROI is a mirage

We want a good return from our investment in software tools and automated processes, but the language of ROI is foreign to design firms and the returns…

May 25, 2022 • David de Koning

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April 2022

Breaking down Digital Transformation

4 thoughts to help separate the value in digital transformation from the empty buzzword.

Apr 6, 2022 • David de Koning

March 2022

New Buildings and New Design Methods

Design methods grow and develop like cities: it seems chaotic, but if we catch the underlying rhythm, we can ride the wave with serenity...

Mar 30, 2022 • David de Koning

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The Drawings are dead, long live the Drawings!

BIM workflows won't eliminate drawings: they will reshape our expectations of what drawings are for and who creates them

Mar 23, 2022 • David de Koning

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Data-Driven Culture Shock

As we bring the AEC industry to a new, digitized way of working, let's remember the change's culture shock and be compassionate as everyone re-adusts…

Mar 16, 2022 • David de Koning

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The enduring core of design

Is there a constant and unchanging essence of design that will outlast the shift to computerized design and help us navigate these changes?

Mar 9, 2022 • David de Koning

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Three layers of good design

A simple framework for organizing the myriad opinions about design, and how technology affects the different kinds of quality.

Mar 2, 2022 • David de Koning

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February 2022

The Design Family

As we contemplate how computers will change the design and construction of buildings and bridges, our sibling design disciplines can give us insight and…

Feb 23, 2022 • David de Koning

Design versus...

What design is and isn't and the bigger picture that it sits in.

Feb 16, 2022 • David de Koning

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Design is...

what was the question again?

Feb 9, 2022 • David de Koning

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