AI’s potential to accelerate ideas and innovations in design, the allure of 20-minute cities and sustainable building practices, are three the trends identified by global architecture and design firm Gensler in its annual Design Forecast report.
The report, which identifies eight trends shaping design in 2024, provides strategic advice, research, and projects from across Gensler’s 33 practice areas to help the firm’s clients and industry partners navigate the most pressing issues the built environment industry faces today, through leveraging the power of design.
Diane Hoskins and Andy Cohen, co-CEOs of Gensler, said: “This year’s Design Forecast is all about the power of design and its ability to develop solutions for the world’s complex challenges. We have an enormous opportunity to address the crises we face – from economic pressures and geopolitical volatility to climate change – but only if we’re willing to use our innate creativity and problem-solving abilities to think bigger and lead with bold new initiatives. Design truly is a universal language that can build common ground and make a positive impact.”
