About us

The Interior Educators (IE) conference Vacantscapes: Unfolding Interiors, hosted by the School of Design at The Glasgow School of Art, explores the nature and potential of vacancy through study, teaching, research, practice, and experience of interiors, interfacing with fields like art practice, performance, archaeology, urban geography, and human geography. This event also marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of IE.

Important Dates

Mon, Feb 2, 2026
Abstract submission and registration details system opens
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
Abstract submission deadline
Mon, Apr 20, 2026
Outcome of peer-review communicated
Mon, Aug 31, 2026
Submit Full Papers 3000 words for a 20 min presentation
Thu, Nov 19, 2026
Conference start
Fri, Nov 20, 2026
Conference end

Call For Paper

Interior design
Interior educators

This call encourages papers exploring the nature and potential of vacancy: both from the perspective of the study, teaching, research, practice, critique and experience of interiors; and–adjacent to the discipline of interiors–how the subject interfaces with increasingly allied fields including, but not exclusively, art practice, performance, archaeology, urban geography and human geography.