ATLAS: Exchanging Knowledge is a free lecture series run by the European Council of Interior Architects. It presents six events to share knowledge within the interior architecture discipline. Lecture number two welcomes our special guests in October: Dr. Suzie Attiwill and Dr. Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla on "Practice research PhDs in Interior Design – philosophy in practice".

Dr Suzie Attiwill is Professor of Interior Design at the School of Architecture and Urban Design at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia and currently leads the practice research PhD Interior Design cohort in Australia, Europe and Asia.

Discussing its value for interior architects and designers and showing examples of reflective industry practice PhDs, this talk will highlight a distinctive mode of practice research PhD – the Reflective Industry Practice PhD. Attracting practitioners from Europe, UK, USA and Asia, the programme explores key threads and concerns of our practice as its research focus, interrogates tacit understandings, and tests out new insights and ways of working.

The Exchanging Knowledge series promotes the release of the ATLAS archive in 2025 and is part of the Building Connections for a Stronger Profession project funded by the European Union. Serving as an integral resource for architects, designers, researchers, students, and other professionals, Atlas Archive is a pioneering digital repository designed to centralize and share knowledge within the interior architecture discipline.