Designer Profile 5: Ryan Hargrove
Place of Employment:
Mr. Hargrove currently works in
the department of landscape here at the University of Kentucky. He is in his
eighth year of teaching here at the University of Kentucky.
Biography:
Mr. Hargrove’s interest in
design began at a young age. His parents played a huge role in his interest in
design. His mom is an art teacher and she told him to “make the familiar
strange and the strange familiar”. His dad is a shop teacher and he told him to
“question everything”. He attended undergraduate school here at the University
of Kentucky.
Mr.
Hargrove was undecided during his first semester, but he then met with an instructor
in the Reynolds where he discovered landscape architecture. He is extremely passionate
about helping others reach their goal.
Current Position in
Design:
Mr. Hargrove highlighted three
issues that he has noticed with design today. These issues are social equality,
county level and ecology.
He explained social equality as
essentially looking at the area in question and discussing how that area could
be improved such as the use of land, the condition of sidewalks, and occupancy.
He collaborated with the community while working on a project titled Project R
Squared. He identified five categories that he utilizes when determining
whether or not and how to improve design. These categories are shop, play,
live, grow, and connect. Mr. Hargrove also explained that public opinion is
very important.
He explained county level as
helping to properly plan for the future. He also pointed out that visual
learning is the best way to approach gathering public support for an idea
because it resonates with the people.
He explained Ecology by discussing
a project titled Project Honey. This project allowed for designers to create
pollinator parks which increased the population of honey bees. The creation of
these parks would be good for the environment, they would benefit the
population of honey bees and they would also educate children.
Speculation about
where design will be heading:
Mr. Hargrove believes that
designers are uniquely positioned to solve the most critical problems. He
believes that design is a way of life, a full time job and needs to be passed
on to future generations He utilizes creative study tours to develop leadership
roles and empower others to take action.
Designer Profile 6: Sarah Daley
Place of Employment:
Ms. Daley is currently working
alongside a nonprofit park group as an interpretive designer. She has only been
in this field/in her current position for three weeks. She works alongside park
rangers who are the interpreters within a park.
Biography:
Ms. Daley studied here at the
University of Kentucky with a major in Architecture and a minor in Anthropology.
She graduated in 2015.
Current Position in
Design:
As stated previously, Ms. Daley
is an interpretive designer for a nonprofit park group. The job of an
interpretive designer is to collect all possible information about their
surroundings such as animals, plants, and geology. Once they have all the
information they need, interpretive designers compile this information and then
decide how to present it to the public who visits the park. Ms. Daley believes
that design benefits all fields and is especially useful when conveying and
developing a solution.
Speculation about
where design will be heading:
Ms. Daley believes that technology
and design are interesting partners. She believes that web design will be a big
part of the future of design. As for her future in design, she hopes to become
a museum curator because that career combines both design and anthropology.
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