School of Interiors Celebrates 50 Years
Throughout the month of October, the School of Interiors will host a series events of online and in-person events to commemorate their 50th anniversary.
Read MoreSpring 2023 Interiors Electives
Three elective courses offered by the School of Interiors for the Spring 2023 semester.
Read MoreInteriors Student Designs Set for UK Theatre Production
Interiors student Caitlin Herndon designed the set for Radium Girls, the first production of the 2022-23 season by the UK Department of Theatre and Dance.
Read MoreVirtual Open House: Interiors Graduate Program
The School of Interiors will host a virtual open house for students interested the graduate program on Monday, Oct. 3 at 12pm ET.
Read MoreBlender Series | Helen Ip
The School of Interiors is excited to share the final installment of Blender, featuring multidisciplinary artist and designer Helen Ip.
Read MoreAndreasson Receives 2021 Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship
The School of Interiors (SoI) in the UK College of Design is pleased to announce that Emily Andreasson, a fourth-year student, is the recipient of the 2021 Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship. Only one student at the University of Kentucky is awarded this honor each year.
Read MoreBlender Series | Antonio Torres
Antonio Torres of Bittertang Farm. will lead the next workshop in the School of Interiors' Blender series.
Read MoreSOI Student Shares her College Experience for IIDA Competition
School of Interiors student Lawson Dyson recently submitted the following video for the IIDA Student of the Year.
Read MoreProfessor Turner Published in JID
Congratulations to School of Interiors Assistant Professor Helen Turner, who was recently published in the Journal of Interior Design.
Read MoreSoI Launches Blender Workshop Series
Blender is a new, experimental workshop series kicking off this week in the School of Interiors. Blender is multi-modal, maker-based, and celebratory of the intersectional nature of the study of Interiors.
Read MoreSoI Professors in “Never Normal” Exhibition
School of Interiors professors Ingrid A. Schmidt and Hannah Dewhirst, also co-founders of SUBSTUDIO, have their piece "Home Beautiful" in the new exhibition, Never Normal, presented by Form & Seek and Design Core Detroit - Detroit Month of Design.
Read MoreSOI Student Wins UK Oswald Research and Creativity Competition
Congratulations to third-year SOI student Emily Andreasson who earned first place in the 2019-20 UK Oswald Research and Creativity Competition. The competition award is the outcome of Andreasson’s research project titled “Exploring Contemplative Play: Designing an Interactive Play Sculpture for Diverse Childhood Needs.”
Read MoreMarinic Featured in London Book Launch
Dr. Gregory Marinic, SOI interim director and director of graduate studies, has contributed to a book launch at the Chelsea College of Arts in London.
Read MoreMarinic Featured in Exhibition at Royal College of Art
Dr. Gregory Marinic, SOI interim director and director of graduate studies, will be featured in an exhibition at the Royal College of Art in London.
Read MoreProfessor Rey-Barreau Talks Lighting with MarketScale
SOI Professor Joe Rey-Barreau speaks with MarketScale at the 2019 Kitchen and Bath Industry Show last week in Las Vegas.
Read MoreSOI Professors Featured in CELT Publication
UK's Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) has published its second volume of Greater Faculties: A Review of Teaching and Learning, including an article from Patrick Lee Lucas and Helen Turner.
Read MoreSOI Student Selected for Posters-at-the-Capitol
Caroline Miracle, a fourth-year student in the School of Interiors, has been selected as one of 16 students from the University of Kentucky to participate in the Posters-at-the-Capitol event this Thursday, Feb. 21 at the KY State Capitol Building.
Read MoreMarinic Contributes to Book Honored with IDEC National Award
Dr. Gregory Marinic, SOI interim director and director of graduate studies, recently contributed one of 10 chapters in "Interiors Beyond Architecture."
Read MoreHelen Turner to Present at NeoCon 2019
Helen Turner, Assistant Professor in the School of Interiors, and Stephanie Sickler, Assistant Professor at Florida State University, will present an accredited seminar at NeoCon in Chicago on June 12, 2019.
Read MoreSOI Students Selected in ASID Student Portfolio Semifinals
Congratulations go out to School of Interiors students Taylor Fussell, Brooke Holley and Amber Ogle who were selected as semifinalists in the ASID Student Portfolio Competition.
Read MoreMarinic Receives National ACSA/AIA Award
SOI Interim Director Gregory Marinic has been awarded the 2018-19 ACSA/AIA Housing Design Education Award for "What Would Jane Do?," a graduate Interiors studio project that engaged the urban theories of Jane Jacobs and retail obsolescence in the Ohio Valley as dual catalysts for housing innovation.
Read MoreProfessor Fay Published in HERD
Professor Lindsey Fay was recently published in the Health Environments Research & Design Journal (HERD).
Read MoreSOI Students Receive Oswald Research & Creativity Award
Two School of Interiors students were selected as the first and second place recipients of the Oswald Research and Creativity Award in the category of Design.
Read MoreWhat’s Next? 2018 | School of Interiors
The School of Interiors presents What’s Next?, an evening that engages regional professionals in student portfolio reviews, followed by a panel discussion on pathways to the profession.
Read MoreSOI Students Attend NeoCon 2018
School of Interiors Lecturer Chris Birkentall traveled to Chicago with 12 students to attend NeoCon during its annual conference June 11-13, 2018.
Read MoreSchool of Interiors students will present their work at the Undergraduate Research showcase Wednesday, April 25 from 1-6 p.m.
Read MoreNew Research Published by SOI Professors
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Lindsey Fay and Professor Allison Carll-White on their recently published research.
Read MoreSOI Faculty Honored at 2018 IDEC Conference
At the recent 2018 Annual Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Conference in Boston, faculty members from the School of Interiors were honored with multiple awards.
Read MoreSOI Students Redesign Hemp Factory
Working in teams of two, 2nd-year SOI students in Professor Christine Mobley's class worked with a developer and the North Limestone CDC to redesign one level of a former hemp factory on Limestone. Here is one team's take on the project.
Read MoreSOI Director Patrick Lee Lucas Now a BALA Fellow
Patrick Lee Lucas, Director of the School of Interiors, now a BALA Fellow.
Read MoreSchool of Interiors Wins National Award
The School of Interiors in the College of Design was recently honored with the IDEC Teaching Excellence Award.
Read MoreSchool of Interiors Student Marissa Wilson Wins 1st Place in Entrepreneur’s Bootcamp
Interiors graduate student Marissa Wilson and finance and accounting December graduate Omer Tariq won the University of Kentucky Venture Challenge.
Read MoreDesign Activism in Brazil
Rebekah Radtke, assistant professor of interiors, was recently published in Public, a Journal of Imagining America, for her work on community engagement through international experiences. Public is a peer-reviewed, multimedia e-journal focused on humanities, arts and design in public life. Congratulations to Rebekah!
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