IDEC Virtual Symposium 2024

Unmasking, Provoking, and Transforming Design

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Member: One Day – $95 |  Full Conference – $175
Non-Member: One Day – $190 | Full Conference – $350

Cancellation Policy: All categories of registrations are non-refundable.

Virtual Symposium Date: October 31-November 1, 2024

This fall we will explore interior design as a disguise, serving as a subversive force that challenges established norms and uniformity, nurturing spaces of inclusion, transformation, and joy. We will delve into how leveraging “disguise” in design can overturn conventional expectations, paving the way for diverse and inclusive environments that reflect the complexity of human identity.

How can design encourage authenticity and transparency? How can we use design to dismantle the facades that perpetuate inequality and injustice?

This conference challenges us to engage with design inclusion through the following lenses:

Transgressive Spaces: How can design challenge cultural and societal norms, allowing the free expression of authenticity?

Provoking Change: How can design employ playful or subversive tactics to challenge dominant narratives and inspire transformation?

Uniting Through Transformation: Can design help us forge a collective identity where diverse voices are empowered to speak their truth, even when it means defying societal expectations?

Body and Space: How can design help us reclaim our bodies and identities within spaces that often seek to control or constrain us?

Power Dynamics in Design: How can we expose and dismantle the hidden power structures embedded in design practices and create a more equitable and inclusive built environment?

We will feature presentations, panels, and workshops that explore these themes from various perspectives, including pedagogy, research, practice, and creative work. 

Click here to download a PDF version of the schedule.

All times below are in Eastern Time.

Day 1 – October 31, 2024

8:45 am – 9:00 am      Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 am – 10:30 am    Concurrent Sessions

Session 1   – Wellbeing and Socially Responsible Design (Breakout Room 1)

1.       Know better WELL: Accelerating wellbeing in the interior design studio

Kyoungim Park, Selena Nawrocki

2.       Co-authorship and socially responsible interior design practices

Andrea Sosa Fontaine

3.       Carbon Smart Cities: The Role of Adaptive Reuse in Sustainable Development

Anna Gitelman

Session 2   – Creative Scholarship I (Breakout Room 2)

1.       stAIned

Anna Ruth Gatlin

2.       Ch(AI)r: Redefining Furniture Design through AI-Driven Craftsmanship

Georges Fares

3.       Revolutionizing Design Education: Integrating Tactile Learning with 3D Printed Architectural Models

Georges Fares

10:35 am – 12:05 pm Concurrent Sessions

Session 3   – Wellness and Psychological Wellbeing in Design (Breakout Room 1)

1.       Promoting Stress Relief and Restoration among University Students: An exploration of Biophilic Design & Fractal Patterns

Shruti Bondarde, Ricardo Navarro

2.       Meditation Benches: Materials and Mindfulness

Stephen Skorski

3.       Enhancing Physical and Psychological Wellbeing through Interior Design: A Multi-Sensory Approach for Adult Patients with Acquired Cortical Visual Impairments.

Khushi Shah

Session 4   – History/Theory/Research (Breakout Room 2)

1.       Mischief Maker: Trickster’s Role in Rearticulating Gender Bias in Interior Design

Sarah Zenti

2.       Exploration of Research Process and Diagramming Methods in a Retail Design Project

Selena Nawrocki, Kyoungim Park

3.       Leveraging Generative AI for the Study of History of Architecture and Interior Design

Jamie Slenker      

12:05 pm – 12:15 pm PRE-LUNCH BREAK

12:15 pm – 1:25 pm   Session 5 – Unmasking Beginning Research | Non-Peer Reviewed 

Spend your lunch break with beginning research and provide feedback

    • Consider – A film on designing for the right to home

Tasoulla Hadjiyanni

    •  Exploring Inclusivity in Workspaces to Support Tech Employees with ADHD in China

Weijia Cui

    •  Understanding the Barriers Faced by Individuals in Accessing China’s Rural Public Spaces

Zhijun Feng

1:35 pm – 3:05 pm     KEYNOTE – Provoking Innovation through Intentional Applications of AI: A Human-Led A.I. Design Process

Adam Nakagoshi, Gensler

3:05 pm – 3:15 pm      BREAK

3:15 pm – 4:45 pm     Concurrent Abstract Sessions            

Session 6   – Healthcare and Patient Care (Breakout Room 1)

1.       Addressing Postoperative Delirium in the Hospital Setting for Hip Fracture Patients

Emily Boone, Ricardo Navarro, Sarah Boehm, Toni Wyre

2.       Interior Design Considerations to Support Sensory Stimulation and Palliative Therapies in Hospice Care Facilities

Sharmin Kader

3.       Mind, Body, and Sport: How interior design impacts the psychology of physical therapy

Susan Ray-Degges, Marcus Mack, Isaac Stauffacher

Session 7   – Workplace Shifts and Wellness (Breakout Room 2)

1.     Creating a Wellness-Focused Office Design Assessment Tool for the US and UK

Yongyeon Cho, Huiwon Lim

2.     Workspitality and Digital Nomadism: A Qualitative Exploration of Lifestyle Shifts and Millennial Perspectives

Akshaya Ravi

3.     Overcoming Shadows of Doubt: Investigating the Phenomenon of Imposter Syndrome in the Creative Industry

Sree Keerthi Dommeti

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm     Closing Announcements and Adjournment

DAY 2 – November 1, 2024        

8:30 am – 8:45 am      Symposium Emcee Intro

8:45 am – 10:15 am    Concurrent Abstract Sessions

Session 8 – Inclusive Design and Social Justice (Breakout Room 1)

1.       Embracing Margins, Edges, and Borders

Tina Patel

2.       Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: What can Interior Design Interns Learn from Workplace Practices?

Susan Ray-Degges

3.       Gender Inclusive Restroom Design Studies in Undergraduate and Graduate Level Human Factors

Casey Franklin

Session 9 – Unmasking Beginning Research | Non-Peer Reviewed (Breakout Room 2)

Interactive session with beginning research and provide feedback

    • Exploring interior design education and perception of soft skills: communication, collaboration and empathy.

Cara Phillips, Dr. Joan Dickinson

    • Unmasking the Façade: Construction Scaffolding and Interiors

Brian Sweny

10:20 am – 11:50 am Concurrent Sessions

Session 10 – Peer Reviewed Panel (Breakout Room 1)

Teaching for Justice and Equity: What Does it Mean?

Tina Patel, Jennifer Meakins, Kendra Ordia, Ricardo Millhouse, Aanya Chugh

Session 11 – Creative Scholarship II (Breakout Room 2)

1.       Coalescence: From Cross-Stitch to Augmented Reality

Georges Fares, Anna Ruth Gatlin

2.       Redacted

Anna Ruth Gatlin, Georges Fares

3.       Processing Math and Design

Marlo Ransdell

11:50 am – 12:30 pm LUNCH BREAK

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm   Concurrent Sessions

Session 12 – Leadership Forward

We all participate in leadership in different ways and at different times in our careers. The Leadership Forward session uses structured collaborative discussion to explore what we know and what we want to know about leading interior design programs. What do we want the future of interior design leadership to look like?

        Speakers: Bryan Orthel, Amy Roehl, Rene King, Milagros Zingoni, Barbara Anderson, Patrick Lee Lucas

2:15 pm – 3:45 pm     Concurrent Abstract Sessions

Session 13 – Interior Design Education (Breakout Room 1)

1.       Integrating Community Engagement & Service Learning in Design: Review of Strategic Plans in CIDA Accredited Universities

Suchismita Bhattacharjee, Elizabeth Pober

2.       A Comparative Case Study of Nature-based Preschools

Lori Guerrero

3.       Enhancing Perceived Safety through Interior Design: Transforming a School into a Evacuation Shelter

Miaohan Zhang

Session 14 – Multicultural and Global Perspectives (Breakout Room 2)

1.       Multigenerational Poverty and Homelessness in Colombian Adolescents, Focusing onMental Health, Dignity and Well-being

Maria Barrios Cardenas, Ricardo Navarro, Mary Kerdasha

2.       Uplifting and Harmonizing Community Livelihood and Coastal Wellness through Interior Design Strategies in India

Raksha Reddy Muthyala, Mary Kerdasha

3.       Enhancing PTSD Healing in Child Sexual Abuse Adult Survivors in India through Integrated Methods and Reduction of Stigma

Bhavishya Kambhampati, Dinah Caudle

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm     Concurrent Sessions

Session 15 – Unmasking Beginning Research | Non-Peer Reviewed (Breakout Room 1)

Interactive session with beginning research and provide feedback

    • Alone Together: Designing Dormitories to Meet the Needs of Today’s College Students

Julie Watkins

    • Re-examining Hotels as Vibrant Public Spaces: The Role of Street Food

Mital Shah

Session 16 – Creative Scholarship III (Breakout Room 2)

1.       Collaborative Composite: Mycelium-Based Material for Art and Design

Britta Bielak

2.       Not-Ok is Han-Ok: Design and Spiritual Solutions in Limited Space

Juan Kim, Yongyeon Cho

5:00 pm                      Closing Announcements and Adjournment

To view more details about the accepted abstract presentations, please click the link below.

Formats

Panels

Encourage open discussion and opinions. Up to two moderators may submit the abstract proposal and invite up to five additional participants. No panelist names should appear in the abstract though their names should be listed as co-presenters at the time of submission (this facilitates conflict-free scheduling). The topic proposed in the abstract should be one that would benefit from diverse opinions and open discussion. See rubrics for evaluation criteria.

Presentations

Provide an opportunity for formal presentation of scholarly work. This format is best suited for scholarship that has reached conclusions and/or implications that can be shared and that can elicit questions and comments. Presentation lengths vary, determined by the number of approved submissions, but always include time for discussion/Q&A. See rubrics for evaluation criteria.

Selection Criteria

Peer Reviewed

These submissions will be double-blind peer reviewed. Good for advancing completed research and those seeking tenure or promotion.

Non-Peer Reviewed

A more informal inquiry into teaching methods, practices, and creative endeavors. Good for works in progress and/or those looking for feedback.

Research Category

Scholarship of Design Research

Scholarship of Design Research abstracts explore theoretical, historical, or practical aspects of the interior design discipline in both practice and education. Scholarship of Design Research abstracts should identify the question or theory being explored, the framework of exploration and conclusions drawn from the examination. It is expected that the scholarship presented will have reached preliminary conclusions and/or implications that can be shared with the audience.

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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) abstracts emphasize teaching methods used in interior design courses. SoTL abstracts should identify the problem being addressed, the method or strategy used to address the problem, and an analysis of the outcomes (e.g., student work or learning). It is expected that the scholarship presented will have reached preliminary conclusions and/or implications that can be shared with the audience. SoTL submissions must include an Appendix of up to five pages or images. This appendix should include supplemental materials, which may consist of (but is not limited to) project outlines, project statements, and examples of student outcomes if available.

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Scholarship of Design Practice

Abstracts delve into the dynamic interplay between theory and practice within the field of interior design. This platform welcomes both educators and practitioners to submit case studies or firm-based research that encapsulate the driving forces, context, and objectives of their design projects or material research and development. Emphasizing the significance of these endeavors, the abstracts should aim to summarize the most pertinent issues, challenges, or dilemmas encountered throughout the process. It should share the paths explored, offer relevant frameworks, data, analysis, insights, and findings, and propose knowledge that can be applied in various contexts. An SODP of any format must include an appendix.

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Creative Scholarship

Creative Scholarship must be original work of the designer(s)/artist(s). All projects must have been completed within the last three years by Interior Design educators or graduate students. While completing the work, all eligible individuals must have held at the minimum a half-time (50%) teaching appointment or full-time status as a graduate student. Individuals whose work is accepted will be assigned a presentation time to share their work, relate their process, conceptual and theoretical thinking, and discuss the creation of their work with the conference attendees. All submissions must include an Appendix of up to five pages or images.

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Formatting

Do not use format commands.

References: Must conform to current Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, or The Chicago Manual of Style. You are limited to only five references.

Appendix

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) abstracts must include project outline/statement and/or student handouts—please remove author name(s) and affiliation(s). These materials will be submitted as a single PDF file. Supplemental materials that reinforce the content of a SODR abstract may be submitted.

A maximum of six images and/or graphs/tables can be submitted as a single PDF file. Image File Format: All images (portrait or landscape) should be 3.25” wide, maximum of height of 4.5”. Graphs or tables cannot exceed a maximum of 6.75” wide and 4.5” high, and should be submitted as grayscale.

Image quality: You are responsible for the quality of your published images. Please include only those illustrations necessary for a complete understanding of the submission.

Abstract Online Submission Requirements

All abstracts must be uploaded to the IDEC web site to complete the review process in a timely and efficient manner. In addition, IDEC will be working with IDCEC to obtain CEU credits for the presentations. The following requirements will help formulate your submission for this online process.

1. Contact Author Information

2. Abbreviated Bibliography: Providing a brief biographical overview of the contact author (100 word maximum) – this is required for CEU credits to be obtained through IDCEC and offered during the regional conference.

3. Presentation Format: Presentation, Panel

4. Presentation Category: Scholarship of Design Research (SoDR), Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), Panel (P), Creative Scholarship (CS).

5. Primary Content Area: (Select one) History and Theory, Sustainability, Teaching and Pedagogy, Design Practice and Process, Technology, Globalism and Multi-Culturalism

6. Title of Abstract: Do not include author(s) name(s) or school affiliation

7. Abstract: 500-word (maximum); Paste text of abstract into space provided in submission system. System will not accept any abstract exceeding 500 words.

8. References: Paste text of up to five references in space provided in submission system. Peer reviewed submissions must have at least one reference.

9. Appendix: (required for SOTL and CS abstracts) submitted as a single PDF file as indicated in submission system.

10. Listing of authors as you would like printed in the proceedings

11. Is the lead author a student? Students who are not members of IDEC must submit a PDF to include a signed statement on the school’s letterhead verifying the student’s status to the IDEC office.

12. Summary of Abstract: Provide a 25-word summary of the abstract.

Deadline

All entries must be received at IDEC by midnight (11:59 PST) on June 14, 2024. IDEC will send an email to each entrant confirming receipt of submission.