University of Kentucky College of Design

The UK College of Design, College of Education and Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky hosted Nike’s Vice President of Design Culture and Blue Ribbon Studio Ronnie Wright for a series of events earlier this month.👟 👏 Learn more about how these events inspired UK students across campus through collaboration and creativity below. https://lnkd.in/eTwBv6KB

Join us in congratulating product design major Kyle Heffernan on being named to the inaugural class of James B. Beam Institute Scholars! 🎉 Learn more about this accomplishment below. https://lnkd.in/eazeqRYx

The Department of Historic Preservation and the Dry Stone Conservancy cohosted a dry-stone masonry workshop at the Lower Howard's Creek Nature and Heritage Preserve in Clark County earlier this month.  🏞️  🛠️ Head to the link below to learn more about the importance of dry stone construction in the Bluegrass and how these future preservationists learned to maintain and protect it. https://lnkd.in/eqscYQCc

Congratulations to all of the 2024 Lyman T. Johnson award honorees, especially two CoD community members who were recognized! 🏆 👏 Shayla Lawson (ARC, 2007) received the Torch of Excellence award for outstanding achievements, and Jamal Gordon (ARC, senior) received the Torch Bearer award for academic excellence and impact on others. Read more about the Lyman T. Johnson awards, Lawson and Gordon at https://lnkd.in/eTE8t_ga.

In celebration of #NationalSneakerDay 👟, Nike ‘s Vice President of Design Ronnie Wright stopped by GDB to share some words of wisdom with students and sneakerheads from across campus! 🎤 Wright’s presentation and Q&A touched on his career journey in the design industry, the cultural influence of sneaker design and how collective potential can be found through collaboration. 👏👏👏 Shoutout to the Department of Product Design, UK College of Education ‘s Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion’s Future of Sport Institute and Gatton College of Business and Economics ‘s Department of Management for collaborating on Wright’s series of campus events.

What better way to spend National Speaker Day 👟 than with Ronnie Wright, vice president of design at Nike? Join the Department of Product Design and UK College of Education's Future of Sport Institute at noon tomorrow in The Forum/111 Gray Design Building to hear Wright discuss all things sneaker design and its cultural influence. 🗣️

On Friday, Sept. 20, we celebrated the official opening of the Gray Design Building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The impact that this open, collaborative environment will have on our students cannot be overstated, and the College of Design would like to extend its sincere thanks to all the donors, alumni, designers and construction teams who made this day possible. https://lnkd.in/eJE6n7Tj

Congratulations to Liz Swanson for being selected as an inaugural Faculty Fellow for the Lewis Honors College. https://lnkd.in/eRvz-zRC

Congratulations to Carly Hagins in the Department of Product Design for winning "Best Visual Paper" at the Design Society Engineering and Product Design in Education (E&PDE) conference in Birmingham, UK. https://lnkd.in/eiRn2e5u

The College of Design is hiring a communications officer! With a focus on content development, digital communications, and social media management, this individual will play an important role in sharing the College of Design's story with all of our internal and external audiences. Apply at the link below. https://lnkd.in/eKQPDzja