We’re reimagining the design studio … as a platform that empowers creators and communities to define and realise a future for spaces that they live and work in.
"The authors of this handbook repeatedly point out that research shows that role-playing is frequently twice as effective at predicting the future as qualitative analysis." … 2/3
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
With contributions from @HistoryWargames, Dr. Peter Perla, Chris Engle, @bob_cordery, Tim Price, Todd Mason, Helen Mitchard, Ben Taylor, @Love_DA, Dr John Elg, Jose Anibal Ortiz Manrique, Neal Durando, Paul Vebber & @RexBrynen
"The example that you take away from Dungeons & Dragons is that under the right circumstances, we have the ability to improvise, create and share, 'rather than simply accept what is'".
If you're in or around London, The London Dungeons & Dragons @Meetup Group has regular weekend events that are free to attend.
Also, the @Dragonmeet Convention for tabletop gaming is on Saturday 3rd December, with plenty for D&D fans to see and do, including gameplay.
The @AIANational Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice (Book review)
On the surface, a book about architectural business management, but at is core, a thesis on values and culture.
1.hu.bb/the-architects-handb…
"One of the first questions on @ZweigGroup's Best Firms To Work For survey asks employees what factors are most important in their work experience. Overwhelmingly, culture is a clear top pick, followed by compensation, then professional development …
csengineermag.com/why-aec/
Some argue that excessive #gaming creates an emotional and intellectual drain from our attention in the ‘real world’, but McGonigal suggests that our ‘real’ day-to-day lives are not satisfying our emotional needs, and that the immersive game worlds fill the void. 2/2
@AIANational: "#Architecture, therefore, as the mother art, with a scale larger than most any other art, has the raw, instinctual power to move people, to direct culture and society more than any moral code ever could …" 1/3
#stablediffusion#AI
"… Architects need only honestly and unabashedly embrace design and devote their efforts to aesthetic attentiveness to assume their natural authority."
Meanwhile … 2/3
@swyx@levelsio@EMostaque@StabilityAI
Therefore, architects can:
1) Assert their moral authority over design with an even louder voice (futile)
2) Join the AI party and disrupt themselves (for many, out of existence)
3) Embrace 'design' with a broader, strategic picture beyond the form and function of material output
We intend to build in shared ownership & management for a multi-stakeholder community, from the outset - a mountain to climb but not insurmountable
#cooperatives#DAOs
The writing is on the wall for designers of all flavours
Re-think our methods or be disrupted out of relevance
The future is coming at us at warp speed
@edsaperia introducing @EMostaque of @StabilityAI at the 1st & sold out London Prompt Engineers Meetup at @nwspk … 1/2
As #architects catch up using game engines to visualise work they conceptualise, "expect #stablediffusion to surpass game engines within 5 years" for work conceptualised by 'AI' with a few word prompts
@levelsio already on it
& #Architecture module coming fr @stabilityAI … 2/2
✨ My new project is now live:
ThisHouseDoesNotExist.org
🏡 It uses A.I. to let you generate @ArchDaily-style modern architecture houses on-the-fly
If you generate any nice ones, reply them here pls 😊