If your idea of a good Friday night involves a glass of wine and a new TED Talk, you’re going to love this. Designer, innovative problem-solver, and Autodesk Fellow Tom Wujec’s Ted Talk is now available on the TED website. In the talk, Tom shows us how a simple design exercise can reveal surprising insight into how we process information, and how we can harness the power of collective visualization to solve our biggest problems. The exercise? Drawing toast. You know how to make toast, right? Of course you do. Everyone does. But could you draw it? It’s not as simple as it sounds. What do you st... READ MORE >

At AU, we’re all about information. As you know, every year we gather the best of the best for AU to share the latest insights, inspirations, and know-how about everything Autodesk. And then, in case you couldn’t get to Vegas, we make these classes available here, online. (Did we mention that the classes online are totally free?) And now we’re taking things up another notch with Screencasts.  A Screencast is like a screenshot, but in video form. It’s a chance to take a ride-along with the person giving the presentation, and see click-by-click how experts get the most from Autodesk softwar... READ MORE >

If you were lucky enough to catch Alan Rick’s talk, “The Future of How Buildings Are Made: A Stimulant for Your Next Project,” part of the Building Innovation Forum at AU Las Vegas 2014, you already know about the incredibly inspiring and brilliant minds behind MASS Design Group. If you missed it, you can watch the full talk online. With this in mind, we were excited to see MASS Design featured on  Autodesk’s Line//Shape//Space blog. “MASS Design Builds With Beauty, Dignity, and Hope in Rwanda and Beyond”  is an uplifting read we think you’ll love.  READ MORE >

Maybe you made it to AU 2014 Las Vegas and maybe you didn’t. Either way, since you can’t be in 10 places at once, chances are there was a class, session, or Innovation Forum you had your eye on but missed. 2015 is going to be a great year, folks. For starters, we recorded over 200 sessions at AU Las Vegas and, you guessed it, they’re all available online! Share them with colleagues. Watch something for a second time that you truly enjoyed at AU. Why not? Our online classes are free, and you can stream them any time. If you don’t know where to begin, the opening keynote is a great place to star... READ MORE >

The AU Scavenger Hunt: we’ve got a winner We are pleased to announce our winner, Stephen Cauthen (@captnsteve1070)! Our runners up are: Michael Maugel (@maugel), Jennifer Stewart (@mysweetshelby), Mike Shapaka (@MikeShapaka) and from Instagram, Arm Ratcha (@keawmanr) and Michael Keith (@mkdrafter). Thanks to everyone who participated in the Scavenger Hunt, and extra kudos to those managed to find and post all of the targets. READ MORE >