Lucia DeRespinis explained

Lucia DeRespinis
Birth Place:Cleveland, Ohio
Field:Industrial design
Alma Mater:Pratt Institute

Lucia DeRespinis (b. 1927) is an American industrial designer known for her work with George Nelson and her creation of the pink and orange Dunkin' Donuts logo.[1]

DeRespinis was born in Cleveland, Ohio[2] in 1927. She attended St. Lawrence University and then Pratt Institute, graduating in 1952.[3] She worked at the design studio George Nelson & Associates from 1954 through 1963.[4] Her creations there include the Beehive Hanging Lamp.[5] [6] In 1959 she worked on the design of the American display for the American National Exhibition in Moscow.[3]

She taught design at Pratt from 1975 until 2020, when she retired.[7]

DeRespinis was the recipient of the 2008 Rowena Reed Kostellow Award.[8] She is a Fellow of the Industrial Designers Society of America.[4] Her work is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston[9] and the Vitra Design Museum Collection.[10] [11]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keith . Kelsey . Meet the George Nelson Associate Who Designed the Dunkin’ Donuts Logo . Dwell . 9 December 2023 . 3 February 2015.
  2. Book: Falino . Jeannine . Crafting modernism: midcentury American art and design: [exhibition Crafting modernism. Midcentury American art and design, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, October 11, 2011 - January 15, 2012; Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, February 27 - May 21, 2012] . 2011 . Abrams . New York . 978-0810984806 . 278.
  3. Web site: Lucia Derespinis . Designing Women . 9 December 2023.
  4. Web site: Lucia DeRespinis, FIDSA . Industrial Designers Society of America . 9 December 2023.
  5. Web site: Leisure Lighting . George Nelson Foundation . 9 December 2023.
  6. Web site: Illuminated Design: Metal Lighting in the Postwar Era . R & Company . 9 December 2023 . en . 11 June 2020.
  7. Web site: Lucia DeRespinis . Designed by Women . 9 December 2023.
  8. Web site: Lucia DeRespinis Receives 2008 Rowena Award - News / . RRK Fund . 9 December 2023.
  9. Web site: Lucia DeRespinis . The MFAH Collections . 9 December 2023 . en.
  10. Web site: 2238 (Eye/Lyre), designed by Lucia DeRespinis, Howard Miller Clock Company . George Nelson Foundation . 12 December 2023.
  11. Web site: 2239 (Spindle/Spool) designed by Lucia DeRespinis . George Nelson Foundation . 12 December 2023.

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