A Conversation With Product Designer Lucia Derespinis

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.