Designer Profile 1

The first designer was Patrick L Lucas. He currently is the director of interiors here at the University of Kentucky and has been in this position since 2013. Lucas grew up around across from an architect so he got interested at an early age. His design story starts at architect school where he got his degree in Cincinnati. His 5th year however he changed his mind and got a certificate in historic preservation. He got a call to teach a design history course and found that he enjoyed it. He got his masters in interior from UK and his American Studies degree from Michigan State, and is now in the position he currently holds. Through the artifacts he mentioned one can speculate that he is a fan of light, curved shapes, things that tell a story, and repeating patterns. In terms of what he thinks is next for design at UK he thinks there is a possibility of a product design degree being added and a possible relocation to the rebuilds building. In terms of design as a whole he believes social media and technology is shifting the way things are designed and shifting the rolls of design.