Interior Provocations: WEATHER Symposium

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Featuring boundary-expanding presentations, the Interior Provocations symposium looks to further the scholarship of the expanding fields of Interior Design and Interior Design History through mutual collaboration and exchange.
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The Interior Design Program at The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture is hosting the Interior Provocations symposium, in collaboration with Pratt Institute, on Friday, November 7, 2025.

The annual symposium provides a public forum for critical thinking about the design, theory and history of the interior. Comprised of provocative and boundary-expanding presentations by design practitioners, historians, and theorists, Interior Provocations is dedicated to furthering the scholarship of the expanding fields of Interior Design and Interior Design History through mutual collaboration and exchange.

This year’s theme, developed by UT Austin faculty, is WEATHER. The symposium keynote speaker is the Swiss architect Philippe Rahm based in Paris, known globally for his multi-scalar explorations of the built environment in the age of climate change. 

Call for Proposals: Monday, June 16, 2025


The thematic brief and call for presentations encourage design practitioners, historians and theorists in and beyond academia to engage in this year’s discussion. See here for prompt and submission details. 

Prompt and Submission Details >>