The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s next Hyde Lecture will feature Verda Alexander, an internationally-revered interior designer, at 4 p.m. Feb. 18.

Alexander’s lecture, “Interior Design — Where Do We Go From Here,” will be presented via Zoom.

As the co-founder of Studio O+A, the San Francisco design firm responsible for groundbreaking offices at Facebook, Microsoft, Slack and McDonalds, Alexander has spent 30 years in the design industry redefining workplace and looking ahead to the future of work itself. Alexander’s experimental projects for O+A, range from pop-up installations on the future of the office to a mobile design lab partnering with communities across California.

For the Hyde Lecture, Alexander will examine the various ways designers can help shape the built environment to be more relevant to today’s needs.

This presentation is part of the College of Architecture’s 2021-2022 Hyde Lecture Series featuring speakers from across disciplines that are united under the common theme of “Emerging Opportunities for Equality in Planning and Design.”

The college’s Hyde Lecture Series is a long-standing, endowed, public program. Each year the college hosts compelling speakers in the fields of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and planning that enrich the ongoing dialog around agendas which are paramount to the design disciplines and our graduates.