The School of Interiors in the College of Design at the University of Kentucky was recently honored by IDEC (Interior Design Educators Council) with the IDEC Teaching Excellence Award for its revision of ID161/162 history and theory sequence.
Presented with this nationally competitive award in Chicago during the 2017 IDEC Annual Conference in early March, the School of Interiors revamped its history and theory courses to better engage today’s college students. Where previously these courses were taught in a darkened room with projections on the front wall, the SOI faculty restructured the course to include a paradigm of both virtual and physical learning experiences. The sequence is both topical and chronological.
