2026: #Synthetic Presenters
Interior Provocations
KEYNOTE
Jenny Sabin "Biosynthetic Design: Towards Adaptive Architecture"
Professor | Chair of the Department of Design Tech | Arthur L. and Isabel B. Wiesenberger Professor in Architecture | Director of Graduate Studies in Design Technology | Co-Director of the M.S. in Design Technology | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY
PAPER PRESENTERS
Rana Abudayyeh "Pixels to Places"
Associate Professor | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | College of Architecture andDesign | School of Interior Architecture | Knoxville, TN
Elizabeth Carroll "Surface and Illusion: Simulated Lacquer, Process, and Taste in Early Modern Venice"
Senior Lecturer | San Josè State University | Department of Art and Art History | San Jose, CA
Visiting Assistant Professor | Pratt Institute | School of Design | Brooklyn, NY
Rachel Rosengarten Hunnicutt "Synthesizing the Severed Floor: Bell Labs, Lumon, and the Interior Palimpsest"
PhD Candidate | William & Mary | American Studies | Williamsburg , VA
Suzanne Lettieri "Social Surfaces"
Assistant Professor | Cornell University | College of Architecture, Art, and Planning,| Ithaca, NY
Heather Molecke "The Synthetic Environment"
Instructor | Louisiana State University | Baton Rouge, LA
Amy F Ogata "Resurfacing the Second Empire"
Professor | University of Southern California | Department of Art History | Los Angeles, CA
Sara Reed "The Archive as Synthetic Interior: Collage, Speculation, and Revolutionary Havana"
Assistant Professor | Virginia Commonwealth University | Department of Interior Design | Richmond, VA
Organizers:
Anca Lasc
Erica Morowski
Deborah Schneiderman
Keena Suh
Karin Tehve
Karyn Zieve
Image Credit: Interior Provocations Team + Midjourney
