Symposium of Interior Architecture and Spatial Design (SISU), is organised in every two years by Estonian Association of Interior Architects. For the first time, the topic of the symposium was chosen with a two-staged curatorial competition. The winning proposal was called Actual / Tegelik.

The focus of SISU 2019_Actual was on the physical presence of our craft. This time we decided to investigate strategies for spatial intervention, making and production through educational practices that combine direct engagement and participation in the creation of physical space. We looked at the tactile-sensorial experience a space can provide, we explored material design through the lense of interior architecture and were inspired by the words of a long-time professor of EKA Interior Architecture department, Estonian interior architect and designer Vello Asi, who said that space should always be designed from inside out. 

From 12 to 14 June 2019, we invited interior architects and students of the field as well as professionals and students from neighbouring fields - architects, designers, etc - to join us for a three-day exploration of the interior architecture and spatial design process at the Põhjala Factory on Marati St, Tallinn. We started with an empty space and will together - in the form of workshops and lectures - build up SISU Symposium 2019, split 50:50 between workshops and lectures.