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Lecture + Workshop Cas Holman: Designing for Play

Mar 4, 2026, 4:00 PM – Mar 5, 2026, 2:00 PM
College of Design, Product Design

Join designer, educator, and play expert Cas Holman for a lecture discussing her book Playful: How Play Shifts Our Thinking, Inspires Connection, and Sparks Creativity, co-authored with science journalist Lydia Denworth. Holman will share key insights from the book, reflect on her journey from designing toys for children to championing play for adults, and explore how a more playful approach can transform the way we think, work, and connect with one another.

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Info Session Accelerated Master's in Interiors

Feb 27, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
College of Design, Interiors

The UK School of Interiors will host an Accelerated Master’s Program Information Session on Friday, February 27 at 12:00 p.m. in room 107E of the Gray Design Building. This session will provide an overview of the accelerated pathway, including eligibility, application timing, program structure, and how select undergraduate coursework may count toward both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Lunch will be provided.

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Spring 2026 Lectures, Workshops and Exhibitions

Feb 18, 2026
College of Design, Landscape Architecture

The University of Kentucky College of Design, in partnership with the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s Department of Landscape Architecture, is proud to host a dynamic lineup of lectures, workshops and exhibitions for the Spring 2026 semester.  Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. For specific event details, visit https://design.uky.edu/events.

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Lecture and Workshop Barry Wark: The Architecture of Ecology

Feb 27, 2026, 4:00 PM – Feb 28, 2026, 6:00 PM
Architecture, College of Design

Barry Wark explores architecture as a materially dynamic, ecocentric practice, conceiving buildings as assemblies of parts designed to weather, change, and be replaced over time. His projects use computational design and circular material strategies to foreground weathering as an active design force, allowing buildings to register their connection to the environment and create ambiguity between what is made and what emerges through climate and use.

Rice and Hernandez-Pachon partnered to create a suspended installation inspired by the Jacquard loom for the studio’s fabrication component. Photo provided by Emilie Rice.

Architecture students reimagine a Lexington warehouse through AI-informed design

Haley Simpkins
 Feb 13, 2026
Architecture, College of Design

What does it mean to design with artificial intelligence without surrendering authorship, intuition or humanity? That question anchored a recent architecture studio led by Jesse Voigt, instructor in the University of Kentucky College of Design. The course examined how emerging technologies are reshaping architectural practice, while reinforcing the fundamental roles of narrative, research and human judgment in design.

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In:Space Dynamic Textiles Workshop with Virginia Melnyk

Feb 23, 2026, 3:00 PM – Feb 25, 2026, 7:00 PM
College of Design, Interiors

This workshop explores space as an elastic and transformable condition shaped through material, body, and movement. Through hands-on making and collective experimentation, participants will work with Virginia to explore how lightweight and transformable structures stretch, fold and adapt to human presence, constructing spatial experience through movement and touch. Exceptional projects from the workshop will have the opportunity to be featured in the final IN:SPACE gallery exhibition, presented in dialogue with the visiting artists' own work.

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IN:SPACE Experiential Lighting Workshop with Patrick Ethen

Feb 16, 2026, 3:00 PM – Feb 18, 2026, 7:00 PM
College of Design, Interiors

Join Patrick Ethen for an experiential lighting workshop that explores light as an architectural and perceptual material. Rather than functioning as illumination alone, light is treated as a structural element that organizes space, directs attention, and shapes bodily orientation. Through rhythm, repetition and temporal sequencing participants will experiment with how light constructs spatial logic and influences sensory experience.

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Apply Now for 2026-27 College of Design Scholarships

Feb 3, 2026
College of Design

The 2026-27 College of Design scholarship application is now open. All college-level, departmental and school-specific scholarships in the College of Design can be applied for through a single application. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2026. Apply Now

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2026 Summer Research Fellowships

Jan 20, 2026
College of Design, Research, University of Kentucky

Applications are now open for all categories of summer research fellowships. This year, the College of Design is offering undergraduate, graduate and international summer research fellowship opportunities, funded through the UK Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) and the College of Design.  Working with faculty mentors, students may apply for stipends of up to $5,000 to fund their independent summer research proposal. Eligibility criteria and proposal guidelines should be reviewed prior to the submission of an application.

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Student Research Lunch & Learn

Feb 4, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
College of Design, Research

Join Lindsey Fay, Associate Dean for Research, to learn about College of Design research opportunities during the academic year and summer, including assistantships, fellowships, travel funds and more. Hear from current previous graduate and undergraduate research fellows. Lunch will be provided. This event is open to all CoD students.

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