April 16, 2025

Come fly with me. The new digital issue of IN magazine is here for you

by Mark Eltringham • IN Magazine, News, Premium Content

The digital edition of IN magazine 23 is now out and available for you here. In this issue: why we act up at airports and what designers can do about it; the datacentre market is struggling to keep up with AI’s rapacious demand for resources; a review of the Workspace Design Show which keeps getting better; what a new generation of buildings can tell us about how to balance ethical goals with organisational strategy; the headquarters of Italy’s largest co-op; the difficulties of keeping up with developments in AI and why we need to keep trying; and a book that sets out the research based business case for the office. Plus loads of great commentary and our regular round up of product and business news and events.

IN Magazine issue 23

Starters

Leader
Brain rot was the word of the year 2024. May be this year’s too

Viewfinder
A listening lounge in New York and a display of recycling in Bangkok

Comments
Will AI really lighten the load? And here’s the Great Relearning

Mains

Case study – CIA Conad
The cooperative movement has been around for a lot longer than you
think. Yet its values are universal and contemporary and on full display
at the headquarters of Italy’s largest co-op

Workspace Design Show review
Bigger, better and brighter than ever, WDS returns to London to
inspire and inform. And there are not quite so many pods this time

University challenge
Universities face many of the same challenges as private sector
organisations, not least how to deliver excellence while meeting a
number of other goals such as sustainability

Air ways
Something very strange can happen to people at airports, and it’s not
all about booze and disorientation. Although a lot of it is. Steve Taylor
sets out what designers and managers should consider

Power struggle
Within the next few years, a fifth of the entire power output of the US
could be going to its data centres to feed the hungry beast of AI. So
what can be done to sate AI’s appetite for energy and water?

Bot take
Struggling to keep up with developments in AI? Perfectly
understandable when things are moving this fast, writes Jo Sutherland
But keep up you must

Scientific management
The business case for the office is often poorly made, but there is
evidence about what makes a great place to work. A new book brings it
all together in one place