Design at the Speed of Thought
How AI is revolutionising the workflow in everyday architectural practice — and why the profession may become more human, not less.
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Reality Intelligence Association
In an age of intelligence, we study reality.
About RIA
A shared field of inquiry across intelligent systems, physical materials, and embodied experience.
Reality Intelligence Association is a UK-registered not-for-profit learned society working at the intersection of emerging computing technologies, architectural materials, and design research. Based between Oxford and London, RIA connects researchers and practitioners across design, engineering, architecture, and the humanities.
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Mind × Body: Catalyst Phenomenon Archive
A curated, cross-disciplinary exhibition tracing how thought becomes visible through the body — and how the body acquires meaning through thought.
International Open Call · Submissions close 10 August 2026 at 23:59 GMT.
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The Thinking Hand, Retooled
How the tactile knowledge of making is being eroded and reinvented in an age of parametric design and AI.
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RIA joins London Design Festival 2026 as an Official Partner
RIA joins London Design Festival 2026 as an Official Partner and opens applications for Mind × Body: Catalyst Phenomenon Archive.
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A UK non-profit society convening practitioners, scholars, and designers around the question of what is real.
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