Designer Profile 7: Melody Jackson
Place of Employment:
Melody is currently working as
an architect for various companies and is also a Professor for the College of
Design here at the University of Kentucky.
Biography:
During her time in high school
Melody wanted to be a Physician as well as one day become an Astronaut. She
loves space because of the sense of discovery that space offers. During her
early years at the University of Kentucky she enrolled in several pre-med
classes but became inspired by the famous Leonardo Davinci. She then
transferred to the school of Architecture. She attended Graduate School at
Cornell. After Graduate school she began her career of painting using forms of
collage with hidden messages. She manifested time as well as space in her
paintings.
Current Position in
Design:
Melody was the Art Director for
the World Equestrian Games in 2010. She has also painted several of her designs
onto barrels of whisky. She has also worked on a top secret project for NASA.
She has designed a thirty-acre park as well as portions of a trade show in Las
Vegas. She is currently working on the design for the new Bluegrass Stock
Yards. She has also a more personal side of design.
She has
designed her own house as well as annual mixtapes for her children birthdays.
Speculation about
where design will be heading:
Melody
believes that the future of design will be completed through the means of
virtual reality. She believes that design can be illustrated through hand
drawings, computer renderings as well virtual reality.
Designer Profile 8: Lindsey Fay
Place of Employment:
Lindsey currently works in the
School of Interiors here at the University of Kentucky.
Biography:
Lindsey hails from Pennsylvania.
She has had an interest in design and art since the second grade. She created
an indoor/outdoor ski resort while she was in middle school. She attended undergraduate
school at the University of Kentucky. She came to the University of Kentucky
originally wanting to study dietetics and nutrition. She then changed her major
to interior design because it was her passion and she felt at home in this
field. She attended graduate school at the University of Cincinnati.
Current Position in
Design:
Lindsey has practiced design at
Lake Tahoe for five years. She participates in what she titles a Post Occupancy
Evaluation which consists of going into a building six months after it is
completed to learn how the building supports the inhabitants. An example of
this would be the new University of Kentucky Hospital. The main concept of a
Post Occupancy Evaluation is to determine if the design of a building functions
efficiently and if it does then designers need to continue to replicate that
design. If the design of the building does not function efficiently then
designers need to avoid using that design again.
Speculation about
where design will be heading:
Lindsey believes that the future
of design will be leaning toward social responsibility when looking at design.
An example of this would be the Tom’s shoes.
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