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Fall 2024 Lecture Series

UK College of Design hosts Fall 2024 Lecture Series

Haley Simpkins
 Nov 11, 2024
Architecture, College of Design, Historic Preservation, Interiors, Product Design, Research

The University of Kentucky College of Design’s Fall 2024 Lecture Series offered a dynamic lineup of talks, exhibitions and workshops that explored the intersection of design, architecture and innovation. This semester’s events included insights from renowned professionals, interactive workshops and exhibitions that highlighted both emerging and established voices in the design world. Find a full list of the featured events below:

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Universal Design Certificate Interest Meeting

Nov 20, 2024, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
College of Design, Interiors, University of Kentucky

The School of Interiors is the academic home for the 12-hour Universal Design Certificate program, offered in partnership with UK's Human Development Institute.  Emphasizing access, equity, ease of use, and legibility, the principles of Universal Design directly relate to the design of environments across scale from product to interior to building to place. 

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Sustainable Futures Design Lab

Nov 12, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
College of Design

The Sustainable Futures Design Lab is a collective of scholars that meets regularly to discuss ongoing work, cultivate new collaborative projects, and to share resources to advance socially responsible creative scholarship in the region. We believe that sharing food and ideas in person builds meaningful connections that can lead to sustainable rewarding partnerships.  RSVP to Attend.

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Slip Casting - Spring 2025 Elective

Nov 7, 2024
College of Design, Product Design

This Spring 2025 elective course explores the art and technique of slip casting, a ceramic process that involves pouring liquid clay (slip) into plaster molds to create precise, repeatable forms. 

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Fabric-formed Casting Concrete Workshop

Nov 8, 2024, 6:30 PM – Nov 10, 2024, 6:00 PM
Architecture, College of Design, Interiors, Product Design

This workshop, led by Pooya Mohaghegh, will focus on fabric-formed concrete casting, providing students with hands-on experience in both digital design and physical fabrication.  Register Now

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College of Design Fabricating Play - Spring 2025 Elective

Oct 31, 2024
Architecture, College of Design

Fabricating Play is a design build course focused on the design, development, fabrication, and assembly of an architectural installation. The course begins with individual investigations of material and form and then moves forward as a team to select the elements, aesthetics, forms, and methods to fabricate the final construction(s). 

Wright leads a hands-on design workshop. Mark Cornelison | UK Photo

Nike’s VP of Design Culture inspires UK students through collaboration and creativity

Haley Simpkins
 Oct 28, 2024
College of Design, Product Design

The University of Kentucky College of Design, College of Education and Gatton College of Business and Economics hosted Nike’s Vice President of Design Culture and Blue Ribbon Studio Ronnie Wright for a series of events across campus earlier this month.  

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Critical Software Lab Lecture Series Catty Dan Zhang UT Knoxville

Nov 1, 2024, 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Architecture, College of Design, Research

Catty Dan Zhang is an associate professor of architecture at University of Tennessee Knoxville. She is also the founder of Temporary Office, a practice that explores architecture and digital technology through the production of exhibitions, objects, drawings, animations, installations and writings. 

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Spring 2025 Electives Offered by the School of Interiors

Oct 24, 2024
College of Design, Interiors

The School of Interiors is offering a range of electives for the Spring 2025 semester, for both Interiors students and non-majors. Register Now

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Interiors students lead donation drive for hurricane-impacted NC communities

Oct 24, 2024
College of Design, Interiors

On October 19, 2024, second-year Interiors students Kat Pence and Noah Nolan headed to Swannanoa, North Carolina in a vehicle loaded to the brim with relief supplies for communities impacted by Hurricane Helene. 

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