The Interior Design Program at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture hosts the Interior Provocations symposium, in collaboration with Pratt Institute, on Friday, November 7.

The annual symposium, founded and organized by Pratt Institute faculty in the History of Art and Design and Interior Design Departments, 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, France. Rahm's lecture "The Anthropocene Style / Toward a Climatic Design" will be held at the Harry Ransom Center Prothro Theater at 5 pm.