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UK students transform parking spot into pop-up park

UK students transform parking spot into pop-up park

Haley Simpkins
 Oct 21, 2025
Architecture, College of Design, Interiors, Landscape Architecture, University of Kentucky

Students from the University of Kentucky College of Design and the UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s Department of Landscape Architecture recently turned an ordinary parking spot into an extraordinary gathering space during Park(ing) Day, an annual international event that reimagines how public spaces can be used.

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Spring 2026 Interiors Electives

Oct 20, 2025
College of Design, Interiors

The School of Interiors' Spring 2026 electives invite students to engage with a range of topics, from understanding how spaces influence human experience to exploring biomimicry, housing, universal design, and the power of pattern and form. These courses invite students from all disciplines to think critically and creatively about we experience and interact with the built environment. Full course details are listed below.   Register Now

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Design Lecture Series Mallory Hall

Oct 6, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
College of Design, Interiors

Hear from UK alum and Herschend Creative Director Mallory Hall as she discusses how experiential design blends design, arts, hospitality and marketing to create immersive destinations from theme parks to aquariums, offering creativity and diverse career opportunities. Come early for a workshop at 10:00 a.m. in which Mallory will lead participants through an activity to design an amusement park ride car. Learn more about Mallory.

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Interiors faculty, grad student selected for IDEC Virtual Symposium

Haley Simpkins
 Sep 24, 2025
Interiors, Research

University of Kentucky School of Interiors faculty members, as well as an interiors graduate student, were selected to present their research at the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Virtual Symposium on Oct. 30-31.  

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UK CoD announces Fall 2025 hires and promotions

Haley Simpkins
 Sep 3, 2025
Architecture, College of Design, Interiors, Product Design

The University of Kentucky College of Design is pleased to announce faculty promotions, new appointments and staff additions for the Fall 2025 semester, underscoring the College’s continued commitment to academic excellence and community support across the School of Architecture, School of Interiors, Department of Historic Preservation and Department of Product Design. 

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Info Sessions: Summer 2026 Education Abroad in Italy Wednesday 9/3 and Friday 9/5

Sep 3, 2025, 12:30 PM – Sep 5, 2025, 12:30 PM
Education Abroad, Architecture, College of Design, Interiors

Join us for an information session about the College of Design's summer 2026 Education Abroad program in Italy, led by Mark and Mary Lee O'Bryan. Two sessions will be held on Wednesday, 9/3 and Friday 9/5 at 12:30 p.m. in the GDB Clearing. 

Students and faculty from the College of Design and Department of Landscape Architecture pose for a group photo beside the Mississippi River in New Orleans while attending the 2025 Design Futures Forum. Photo provided.

UK students explore community-driven design at Design Futures Forum

Haley Simpkins
 Aug 19, 2025
Architecture, College of Design, Historic Preservation, Interiors, Landscape Architecture, Product Design, University of Kentucky

Earlier this summer, 10 students and three faculty members from the University of Kentucky College of Design and the Department of Landscape Architecture in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment traveled to New Orleans for Design Futures Forum (DFF) 2025, a yearly national public interest design student leadership forum. 

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Fall 2025 Interiors Electives

Jul 28, 2025
College of Design, Interiors

The School of Interiors' Fall 2025 electives explore design history and theory, as well as the development of textiles through both digital and hands-on methods. Electives are open to all design students. Full course details listed below. REGISTER NOW

In:Access Studio student Sydney Weibl presents her recommendations on how to make pathways in the Gray Design Building more accessible to an audience of peers, faculty and professionals during final reviews. Photo by Haley Simpkins.

UK interior design studio prepares future designers to build a more accessible world

Haley Simpkins
 Jul 18, 2025
College of Design, Interiors, Research

Interior design decisions, whether intentional or not, impact how people move through the world and can either support or limit access, dignity and belonging. Yet the profession is often misunderstood as surface-level decoration. The In:Access studio in the University of Kentucky College of Design pushes back against that notion, preparing students to become thoughtful, socially responsible designers.

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Chugh honored with UK Tau Sigma Delta Silver Medal

Haley Simpkins
 Jul 1, 2025
College of Design, Interiors

Aanya Chugh, assistant professor in the School of Interiors and director of community belonging at the University of Kentucky College of Design, has been awarded the prestigious Silver Medal by the university’s chapter of Tau Sigma Delta, the national honor society for architecture and the allied arts. 

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