Design as an Agent of Change: Alice Rawsthorn at NeoCon 2025
Design is not a decorative overlay; it is a powerful agent of social, political, and ethical change. In her NeoCon 2025 keynote address, Rawsthorn challenged the audience to reframe design as an attitudinal discipline: a mindset rooted in resourcefulness, empathy, and urgency. And in doing so, she called on designers to see themselves not only as creators of beauty, but as shapers of systems, policy, and public trust.
Designing for Delight: Annie Jean-Baptiste on Innovation that Sees Everyone
Annie Jean-Baptiste, head of Universal Product Inclusion at Google and author of Building for Everyone, and Cheryl Durst, Executive Vice President and CEO of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), discuss why design that includes is a form of innovation.
Key Takeaways from the 2025 AIA Conference on Architecture
Every June, the AIA Conference on Architecture offers a pulse check on where the profession is—and where it’s going. Here are the key takeaways from AIA 2025, curated for forward-thinking designers, firm leaders, and change-makers in the built environment.
Harvard, Higher Education, and the Architecture of Thinking
As I return to Boston for the AIA Conference on Architecture, I’m thinking about my time at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. It was a defining period in my life because it sharpened my approach to thinking, questioning, and communicating design.
Five Design Lessons from the 2025 RHS Chelsea Garden Show
5 design lessons from the 2025 RHS Chelsea Garden Show: a first-timer’s view through an architectural lens.
How to Build Your Brand on Social Media
Ten Ways to Strengthen Relationships and Elevate Your Brand on Social Media, by Leah Ray
The Raygency Unveils: New Agency Promotes Architecture and Design
The Raygency proudly announces its official launch, setting a new standard in public relations and content marketing tailored specifically for the architecture and design sectors.
On What I Do: An Architectural Life
Architecture is a way of life, a way of being alive, a way of living.