Design is digital. We’re being affirmative with that statement because every day it seems more evident that a threshold has been crossed in terms of the way digital technology is used in design and architecture practice. No longer is digital technology used just for drawing, organising, modelling and analysing; it has become generative, contributing to the creative process and affecting physical outcomes.

Not only does this disrupt the conventional role of design authorship; it also makes possible forms that we might not otherwise have been able to imagine and construct – particularly when new fabrication technologies are added to the mix. There are a lot of unknowns out there, and ‘possibility’ is a word that you’ll come across repeatedly in these pages.

The new relationship we find ourselves negotiating with our tools, and the new design outcomes that can result, are key themes we explore in this issue. But we also look more broadly at how technology is being incorporated into spaces and affecting our experiences of them – for example, via responsive digital artworks. Additionally, we investigate how the new digital habits we are adopting in our everyday lives are affecting the built environment. And what will our new technology-fuelled existence do to our relationship with nature and traditional modes of craft?

There’s plenty to contemplate in this issue. Including the winners of the inaugural INDE.Awards! We’re hitting newsstands this week, so grab your copy!