I Hear Design

As airports rethink existing terminals, designers are turning to hospitality-inspired amenities, inclusive spaces, sustainable materials, and resilient systems to improve how ...

Colleges and universities are under pressure to prove their value as they navigate enrollment challenges, affordability concerns, student retention, and changing expectations ...

This episode emphasizes the importance of considering acoustics as a core element in architectural and interior design, highlighting its impact on health, productivity, and inclusivity...

Bio-based, bio-sourced, and bio-attributed materials may sound similar, but understanding how renewable content is sourced, measured, and verified can help designers make more...

David Shove-Brown, co-founder of //3877, joins I Hear Design to discuss what it really takes to build a healthy design practice, from firm culture and accountability to retention...

In this In Case You Missed It episode, we explore why involving interior architects from the earliest planning stages leads to better collaboration, more functional spaces, fewer...

Architect Joshua Zinder of JZA+D and Landau | Zinder Architecture explores how synagogues and other worship spaces can inspire awe, support accessibility, strengthen community...

The conversation focuses on durability, design longevity, and the role of skilled craftsmanship in creating lasting, sustainable, American-made products.

Perkins&Will reimagined Unilever’s North American headquarters as a flexible, hands-on campus where product testing, brand storytelling, collaboration, and sustainability come...

RKTB Architects’ Albert Aronov and Nelya Sachakova discuss how K-12 school design is evolving in New York City through additions, modernization, accessibility, sustainability,...

In this special sponsored bonus episode of the I Hear Design podcast, host Robert Nieminen speaks with Oxana Dallas, principal designer-commercial, AHF Products.

Performance-based fire and egress modeling can help architects navigate occupant load, travel distance and exit requirements without sacrificing life safety or design vision.

RKTB Architects’ Peter Bafitis and Alex Brito join the I Hear Design podcast to unpack the affordable housing shortage, the policy and financing barriers slowing multifamily development...

Joined by Steve Kooy and Anthony Serge from BIFMA, Lauren Brant explores how wellness, modularity, emotional performance, and experiential lighting are shaping Chicago Design ...

This episode explores how immersive experiences are transforming commercial interiors from mere novelties into strategic tools for brand engagement, emphasizing authenticity, ...

Greg Lyon of Nadel Architecture explains why the future of retail and mixed-use design is less about transactions and more about experience, dining, authenticity, and the creation...

In this episode, SHM Architects’ Nicholas McWhirter explores how pavilions and community spaces can translate architectural precedent, respond to landscape and support resilience...

Kenn Busch and Jon Strassner preview Destination NeoCon and the ReWritten pop-up, exploring why materiality, circularity, embodied carbon and better sustainability storytelling...

This ICYMI episode explores how Swan Dive Design Studio transformed an 88,000-square-foot big-box shell into Relish Food Hall + Pickleball, a lively adaptive reuse project that...

Textiles are doing more than ever—and it’s changing how we design. In this episode of Product Talk, Lauren Brant explores how high-performance fabrics are tackling acoustics, ...

In this Earth Month episode of I Hear Design, host Robert Nieminen examines the widening gap between sustainability rhetoric and building performance—exploring why resilience,...

This episode explores how mentorship influences emerging designers, emphasizing the importance of soft skills like communication and teamwork alongside technical knowledge to ...

This episode explores how Christina Franklin transformed her interiors practice from a one-person operation into a strategic, integrated team, emphasizing purpose, standards, ...

Based on the latest insights from interiors+sources, this episode examines how designers can align facility type, therapy models, social space planning, and privacy considerations...