British Institute of Interior Design

FLOW: a conference in two parts

Thursday 12 and Friday 13 May 2011 - Lawley Lecture Theatre, Kingston Hill Campus, Kingston University

The conference is hosted by the Modern Interiors Research Centre and the Landscape Interface Studio, Kingston University in collaboration with Queensland University of Technology, Australia.   

For BOOKINGS and FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME please visit: www.kingston.ac.uk/flowconference   CALL FOR POSTERS still open

‘FLOW: a conference in two parts’ will address issues of the complex relationships between interiors and landscape, which have become increasingly relevant to the understanding of the modern interior. In 2011, FLOW 1 will take a historical perspective covering the period from the late 19th century to the present day. Queensland University of Technology will host FLOW 2 in Brisbane, Australia in February 2012, with the aim of developing themes that emerge from the London conference. 

Keynote speakers:  

Sandy Isenstadt, University of Delaware

Sandy Isenstadt teaches the history of modern architecture at the University of Delaware. His writings range widely, including essays on post-World War II reformulations of modernism by émigré architects, modern architecture in the Middle East, visual polemics in the urban proposals of Leon Krier and Rem Koolhaas, refrigerators, picture windows, landscape views, and real estate appraisal. His book, "The Modern American House,” winner of the 2009 Spiro Kostof Award from the Society of Architectural Historians, describes the visual enhancement of spaciousness in the architectural, interior, and landscape design of American domestic architecture. Currently, he is writing a book on the novel luminous spaces introduced by electric lighting in the early twentieth century. 

Joel Sanders, Architect

Joel Sanders is an architect practicing in New York City. He is also Associate Professor (Adjunct) at Yale University. Prior to joining Yale, he taught at Princeton University and the Parsons School of Design, where he was the director of the Graduate Program in Architecture. His work has been featured in numerous international exhibitions, including “Open House” at the Vitra Design Museum, “Glamour” at SF MoMA, “New Hotels for Global Nomads” at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, the “Bienal de São Paulo” in São Paulo, Brazil, and “Unprivate House” at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Projects designed in his practice belong to the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, SF MoMA, and the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh and his work has been showcased in numerous publications, including Architecture, Interior Design, Architectural Record, The New York Times, Wallpaper, and A+U. The editor of Stud: Architectures of Masculinity, he frequently writes about art and design, most recently for Art Forum and the Harvard Design Magazine. Monacelli Press released a monograph of his work, Joel Sanders: Writings and Projects, in 2005.