SPOILER ALERT: technology is changing rapidly! That’s right—you heard it here first: the worlds of AEC, manufacturing, and media & entertainment are evolving as new tools create new design possibilities and enable new ways of working.
This shouldn’t be news to anyone who works in these industries. This rapid evolution has been going on for decades. And the pace of change is showing no signs of slowing down. If anything, it’s accelerating, and the changes that lie ahead over the next decade could be as great (or, let’s face it, greater) than the changes the past decade has brought. So buckle up.
As 2016 draws to a close and we prepare to kick off 2017, let’s take a quick look at the major trends that gained momentum over the course of the past year.
Meet your new design partner, your computer
We’ve been talking about generative design for a few years, but this year it started getting really, really real. With systems like Autodesk Dreamcatcher in beta, designers are…