Broadly defined, bias is a disproportionate inclination in favor of or against an idea — but we often form our biases unintentionally, from preconceptions or ideologies, which can lead to stereotypes. A secondary meaning of the term bias relates to textiles: it refers to the direction of the fibers in a cloth. If, by analogy, typical design outcomes are a tightly woven fabric, then normative professional practices would be the warp and weft. The maximum stretch and malleability in our constructed environment are most readily revealed in the bias.

Students and faculty worked together to identify implicit values that we assume as preconditions for more orthodox approaches to architecture, interior design, and lighting design practice. Working from these analyses and challenging those assumptions, students developed thesis projects that, collectively, envision a future in which built environments better address the needs of their society.

Broadly defined, bias is a disproportionate inclination in favor of or against an idea — but we often form our biases unintentionally, from preconceptions or ideologies, which can lead to stereotypes. A secondary meaning of the term bias relates to textiles: it refers to the direction of the fibers in a cloth. If, by analogy, typical design outcomes are a tightly woven fabric, then normative professional practices would be the warp and weft. The maximum stretch and malleability in our constructed environment are most readily revealed in the bias.

Students and faculty worked together to identify implicit values that we assume as preconditions for more orthodox approaches to architecture, interior design, and lighting design practice. Working from these analyses and challenging those assumptions, students developed thesis projects that, collectively, envision a future in which built environments better address the needs of their society.

Broadly defined, bias is a disproportionate inclination in favor of or against an idea — but we often form our biases unintentionally, from preconceptions or ideologies, which can lead to stereotypes. A secondary meaning of the term bias relates to textiles: it refers to the direction of the fibers in a cloth. If, by analogy, typical design outcomes are a tightly woven fabric, then normative professional practices would be the warp and weft. The maximum stretch and malleability in our constructed environment are most readily revealed in the bias.

Students and faculty worked together to identify implicit values that we assume as preconditions for more orthodox approaches to architecture, interior design, and lighting design practice. Working from these analyses and challenging those assumptions, students developed thesis projects that, collectively, envision a future in which built environments better address the needs of their society.

Broadly defined, bias is a disproportionate inclination in favor of or against an idea — but we often form our biases unintentionally, from preconceptions or ideologies, which can lead to stereotypes. A secondary meaning of the term bias relates to textiles: it refers to the direction of the fibers in a cloth. If, by analogy, typical design outcomes are a tightly woven fabric, then normative professional practices would be the warp and weft. The maximum stretch and malleability in our constructed environment are most readily revealed in the bias.

Students and faculty worked together to identify implicit values that we assume as preconditions for more orthodox approaches to architecture, interior design, and lighting design practice. Working from these analyses and challenging those assumptions, students developed thesis projects that, collectively, envision a future in which built environments better address the needs of their society.

Broadly defined, bias is a disproportionate inclination in favor of or against an idea — but we often form our biases unintentionally, from preconceptions or ideologies, which can lead to stereotypes. A secondary meaning of the term bias relates to textiles: it refers to the direction of the fibers in a cloth. If, by analogy, typical design outcomes are a tightly woven fabric, then normative professional practices would be the warp and weft. The maximum stretch and malleability in our constructed environment are most readily revealed in the bias.

Students and faculty worked together to identify implicit values that we assume as preconditions for more orthodox approaches to architecture, interior design, and lighting design practice. Working from these analyses and challenging those assumptions, students developed thesis projects that, collectively, envision a future in which built environments better address the needs of their society.

Broadly defined, bias is a disproportionate inclination in favor of or against an idea — but we often form our biases unintentionally, from preconceptions or ideologies, which can lead to stereotypes. A secondary meaning of the term bias relates to textiles: it refers to the direction of the fibers in a cloth. If, by analogy, typical design outcomes are a tightly woven fabric, then normative professional practices would be the warp and weft. The maximum stretch and malleability in our constructed environment are most readily revealed in the bias.

Students and faculty worked together to identify implicit values that we assume as preconditions for more orthodox approaches to architecture, interior design, and lighting design practice. Working from these analyses and challenging those assumptions, students developed thesis projects that, collectively, envision a future in which built environments better address the needs of their society.