Interview with Deborah Drury, April 18, 2021
Project: University of Kentucky School of Interiors 50th Anniversary Oral History Project
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Kate Gray, a first-year interior design student at the University of Kentucky, interviews Deborah Drury, an alum of the same program, via Zoom for the University of Kentucky School of Interiors 50th Anniversary. Deborah shares her story about how she became an interior designer through UK, and she and Kate were able to compare experiences, finding differences in their times at UK and similarities between themselves. Deborah speaks on how the SOI has impacted her career and the lasting effects of some of UK's finest professors.Interview Accession
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University of Kentucky College of Design School of Interiors 50th Anniversary student studio interior design Lexington design business internship design projects design work dream job design firm design psychology Joe Rey-Barreau design engineering Funkhouser Zoom building accessibility construction documents lighting 3D visualization Ethan Allen Highsmith space planningInterview Rights
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Drury, Deborah Interview by Kate Gray. 18 Apr. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Drury, D. (2021, April 18). Interview by K. Gray. University of Kentucky School of Interiors 50th Anniversary Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Drury, Deborah, interview by Kate Gray. April 18, 2021, University of Kentucky School of Interiors 50th Anniversary Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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