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HUSH on the Future of Experiential Design

2020-06-22T13:00:00-04:00

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend and disrupt everyday life around the world, it has become clear that how we use buildings is also due to radically change, at least for the near-term. The door handles we touch, how close people wait in line, and when and how we occupy work spaces, retail establishments, and other shared facilities will likely be modified in some way. And while surely many of these changes will be both ad-hoc and temporary, some designers are looking to longer term technological upgrades to help streamline and bring a sense of wonder to the adaptation of these spaces.

We caught up with David Schwarz, Partner at New York City-based HUSH to get a better understanding of how experiential design might be challenged and re-calibrated in the aftermath of the pandemic. Schwarz highlights the ways that building use is poised to rely more heavily on non-tactile, auditory, and visually-based cues, for example, and how these changes can be filled with joy as well as ...

Buildings Need to be Curated; Collaboration With Other Fields Is Vital to an Era of Experience

2017-02-24T01:00:00-05:00

Look around. What is it that makes you most happy? Is it the mountain bike, or is it where that mountain bike takes you? Out amongst nature, wind in your face, exploring newfound tracks. Without this, the experience, it would simply just be a steel frame with wheels, sitting in a rack.

It’s the same with buildings or places. Without activation and life, they are just mere bricks and mortar or concrete structures, static in nature.

AfterShock #1: Architectural Consumers in the Experience Economy

2013-09-11T11:53:00-04:00

AfterShock is a non-conclusive series on Archinect that grapples with the impact and responsibility of contemporary architectural design, hoping to instigate dialogues on how to make architecture more accountable.