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Essays, interviews, project notes, and book reviews from RIA Fellows and invited contributors.

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On the epistemics of design under generative systems

A long-form essay on what counts as design knowledge when tools generate options at the speed of thought. Placeholder excerpt continuing for two more lines so the reader can imagine the rhythm of the writing.

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A conversation about making the world legible

Two practitioners discuss how their work translates between data and material. Placeholder excerpt with enough text to fill the line and a little more.

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Notes from a fabrication residency

A studio's record of three weeks at a CNC-equipped residency in the north of England, with photographs and rough drawings. Placeholder.

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Review of A Treatise on the Real

A close reading of a recent monograph that has occupied the RIA reading group through the winter. Placeholder text.

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Practice between scales

A reflection on working simultaneously at the scale of detail and the scale of policy, in a single project. Placeholder.

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On the limits of computation

A scholar from outside the field is asked what design has yet to learn from her discipline. Placeholder.

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