Reaching through the screen: Reflecting Upon Physicality In a Time of Virtuality
Interior scale ranges from the intimate to the grand. For many humans, much of daily life is lived engaging the body with spaces, furnishings and objects appropriately scaled for a smaller range of movements such as working within an office environment or learning within a school. The beginning and end of our days are spent in the home where the occupant exercises agency within his, her, or their surroundings.
Physicality of the spaces we inhabit as well as contact with one another have taken on new meanings in the past months as people find themselves confined to a smaller radius of movement than ever lived in modern history. Experience of our physical surroundings intensifies. Awareness of the ordinary heightens. Humans who live outside of our households appear then disappear from our screens. The foreign quality of communication with flattened human heads continues to be unsettling.
This conference asks presenters and attendees to reflect upon implications of the recent past as well as the current state of affairs on design of the built environment from psychological, pedagogical, and professional practice-viewpoints.
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One Day Symposium | Symposia Bundle | |
Member | $95 | $255 |
Non – Member | $160 | $430 |
Schedule of Presentations
Unless otherwise noted, all times listed below are in Eastern Time. The Symposium will begin at 9:45 am ET/8:45 am CT/7:45 am MT/6:45 am PT.
9:45 am – 10:15 am ET | Welcome |
10:15 am – 11:50 am ET | Presentation Group 1 and Q&A
Instagrammable Interiors: Designing for Shareable Moments Small Gestures | Big Moves: Considering the Role of the Built Environment in Cultivating Belonging Museums As Interactive Spaces: Generating Unique Experiences for All Promoting Positive Body Image Perception in Luxury Retail Environments |
11:50 am – 12:00 pm ET | Break |
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm ET | Keynote Presentation
Tom Mulhern, Founder Studio Y |
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm ET | Break |
1:00 pm – 2:05 pm ET | Presentation Group 2 and Q&A
Southeastern Life: The Pandemic Edition
Optimizing Remote Workspaces for Health and Wellness |
2:05 pm – 2:30 pm ET | Networking |
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm ET | Panel
Thinking Forward | Forward Thinking: |
3:15 pm – 3:20 pm ET | Break |
3:20 pm – 4:20 pm ET | Presentation Group 3 and Q&A
Sight Unseen: Navigating the Admittance of New Students into a Limited Enrollment Program Remote and Inclusive: Redefining the Interior Design Studio Experience Towards a Connected Classroom: Integrating Online Tools to Promote Student Connectivity and Communication Skills |
4:20 pm – 4:30 pm ET | Break |
4:30 pm – 4:40 pm ET | Breakout Session 1: Posters and Small-Group Networking
Group 1: Design Promoting Social Connections to Mitigate Loneliness (Poster) Group 2: Transitional Young Adult Center Prototype Empowering Unaccompanied Homeless Young Adults into Independence and Stability (Poster) Group 3: Small-Group Networking |
4:40 pm – 4:50 pm ET | Breakout Session 2: Posters and Small-Group Networking
Group 1: Creating an Interior Environment for International Students Coping with Acculturative Stress (Poster) Group 2: Furniture Design Studio Strategies for a Remote Delivery (Poster) Group 3: Small-Group Networking |
4:50 pm – 6:00 pm ET | Presentation Group 4 and Q&A
Explorations in Clay From Sala Beckett in Barcelona to the Biennale in Venice An Examination of Meta-Luxury Through the Lens of Interior Design |
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm ET | Happy Hour
Sparkling Wines & Accompaniments with designer, Laura McDonald Stewart and filmmaker, Joey Stewart |
6:45 pm – 7:50 pm ET | Presentation Group 5 and Q&A
Optimizing Mental Health and Well-being with Sustainably Designed Disaster Relief Housing Re-imagining Prison Music Therapy Environments: Immersive Interventions to Improve Rehabilitation of Inmates Equity and Access through Design: An Integrative Approach to Promote Child Development |
7:50 pm – 8:00 pm ET | Closing Remarks |