Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Product designer Lucia DeRespinis has been designing since the mid-1950s, creating everything from lighting for George Nelson Associates to the ubiquitous Dunkin’ Donuts logo, designed in 1976 and still in use today. Join us for a conversation with DeRespinis as she discusses her long and highly influential career in design at a time when women designers were few and their work often unacknowledged. DeRespinis’ indoor/outdoor pendant lamp, designed in 1960 for George Nelson Associates, is on display in Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection. She will be joined by Stephanie Beamer, a fellow product designer and co-founder of Egg Collective, an award-winning women-led design studio based in New York City. The conversation is moderated by Matilda McQuaid, Acting Director of Curatorial at Cooper Hewitt.
Don’t miss our latest exhibition, “Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection,” on view through August 25, 2024. Tap the link below to plan your visit: cooperhewitt.org/channel/acquired
Product designer Lucia DeRespinis has been designing since the mid-1950s, creating everything from lighting for George Nelson Associates to the ubiquitous Dunkin’ Donuts logo, designed in 1976 and still in use today. Join us for a conversation with DeRespinis as she discusses her long and highly influential career in design at a time when women designers were few and their work often unacknowledged. DeRespinis’ indoor/outdoor pendant lamp, designed in 1960 for George Nelson Associates, is on display in Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection. She will be joined by Stephanie Beamer, a fellow product designer and co-founder of Egg Collective, an award-winning women-led design studio based in New York City. The conversation is moderated by Matilda McQuaid, Acting Director of Curatorial at Cooper Hewitt.
Don’t miss our latest exhibition, “Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection,” on view through August 25, 2024. Tap the link below to plan your visit: cooperhewitt.org/channel/acquired
