Following its successful conference, exhibition and publication 'Thinking Inside the Box' held at Glasgow's Lighthouse in March 2007, the IFS Interiors Forum Scotland invites the international interior design and interior architecture community to register interest in participating in the 2nd IFS International Conference, 'Interior Tools Interior Tactics', to be held in Edinburgh on the 21st and 22nd of August 2008.

Conference Aims
'Interior Tools Interior Tactics' aims to bring together an international interior community of advocates, academics, researchers, practitioners, design organisations and design policy makers who wish to shape the future tools and develop progressive tactics for interiors practice, education and research. Keynote addresses from leaders in the field of interior practice, interior research and interior education will stimulate debate. The format for the event aims to challenge conventional conference delivery and the organisers are especially keen to receive proposals around the conference theme which engage audiences and provoke debate. The Interiors Forum Scotland welcomes initial enquiries and seeks formal registrations of interest from the diverse field of interior inquiry: from those involved in interior design; interior architecture; interior decoration; interior history; interior teaching and other interior environmental contexts. Initial enquiries and registrations of interest should be emailed to Catherine Brown, Research Co-ordinator at the School of Design, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design at c.e.y.brown@dundee.ac.uk

Interior Tools Interior Tactics' will offer delegates opportunities to network, establish collaborative research relationships, participate in exploratory theatres of thinking, particpate in workshops and interactive presentation sessions, and to reflect, explore, debate and share the innovative tools and diverse tactics deployed across interiors academe, practice and research. It will provide a forum for educators, industrial practitioners, researchers and graduate students to discuss current issues affecting the nature and direction of interior design practice, education, policy and research.

Sumeet Bellara of MADE was invited to deliver a Pecha Kucha presentation about MADE and to comment on the paper delivered by George Verghese, University of Technology Sydney.  A written response to the paper by Dr Bellara will also be included in the publication covering the event.