Neccessity and Patterns in Design

This is a very good article for design people and set theory junkies (like myself):

http://www.37signals.com/papers/introtopatterns/

If you want to hear predictions:

http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2005/12/...trends_for_2006/
http://www.cameronmoll.com/archives/000666.html

Expect my predictions this weekend (I guess that's a prediction, isn't it?)