#WomenDesignHistory Chat, March 6th

Q1: If you had to assign one historic female designer to your class, who would it be? #womendesignhistory

Q1: If you had to assign one historic female designer to your class, who would it be? #womendesignhistory

— DesignObserver (@DesignObserver) March 6, 2017

Margaret Calvert’s UK road signs w/J Kinnear set intl standard. Kids x-ing sign: girl leads boy. https://t.co/7u8JI2Gtgq #womendesignhistory

— Ellen Lupton (@ellenLupton) March 6, 2017

For me the prolific but too-little-know Charlotte Perriand—the woman behind Le Corbusier. Mariana? Ellen? #womendesignhistory https://t.co/o0h4sQ8xlY

— Jessica Helfand (@jessicahelfand) March 6, 2017

Would loved to had had #Zaha Hadid. She was a #pioneer on so many fronts. 1st woman to win #pritizkerprize + more. #womendesignhistory https://t.co/5bzaTKbyTB

— Mariana Amatullo PhD (@MarianaAmatullo) March 6, 2017

@DesignObserver Muriel Cooper #womenindesignhistory

— erin malone (@emalone) March 6, 2017

@DesignObserver Cipe Pineles #womendesignhistory

— Wayne Ford (@wayneford) March 6, 2017

@DesignObserver Anne Onymous

— Graphics_UK_women (@GraphicsUKwomen) March 6, 2017

@DesignObserver Beatrix Farrand.

— Arlingwoman (@Arlingwoman) March 6, 2017

@jessicahelfand Anni Albers #womendesignhistory

— Colleen Dunning (@crdunning) March 6, 2017

Another great nominee for design canonization, yes! #womendesignhistory https://t.co/3Dhh8zxX86

— Jessica Helfand (@jessicahelfand) March 6, 2017

Yes—landscape architect—amazing! #womendesignhistory https://t.co/QKz1fw6PbY

— Jessica Helfand (@jessicahelfand) March 6, 2017

Read this @NewYorker article on the late great Zaha Hadid. #womendesignhistory #architect https://t.co/qWnV5q1wQZ https://t.co/63jb7TuvnJ

— Designmatters (@designmattersCA) March 6, 2017

Worth remembering it could not have been easy back then. Even in horticulture. In any culture! #womendesignhistory https://t.co/URJB7Micjn

— Jessica Helfand (@jessicahelfand) March 6, 2017

Q2: As design educators, who are some of your most inspiring women students and what are they working on? #womendesignhistory
Q2: Or as students, who are some of your most inspiring women peers and what are they working on? #womendesignhistory

Q2: Or as students, who are some of your most inspiring women peers and what are they working on? #womendesignhistory

— DesignObserver (@DesignObserver) March 6, 2017

I want to mention 3 remarkable female students associated with @designmattersCA @artcenteredu #womendesignhistory. https://t.co/SzxilRKoMp

— Mariana Amatullo PhD (@MarianaAmatullo) March 6, 2017

The first is @JustineEsquivel @mediadesign working in #MexicoCity w/ @UNICEFinnovate now.Former @designmattersCA fellow. #womendesignhistory

— Mariana Amatullo PhD (@MarianaAmatullo) March 6, 2017

The @Designmatters fellowship of @justineesquivel looked at role of designer in #publicsector with @iteam_LongBeach #womendesignhistory.

— Mariana Amatullo PhD (@MarianaAmatullo) March 6, 2017

Check out @JustineEsquivel Designmatters Fellowship documentation w/ @iteam_LongBeach https://t.co/vlye7Y5ojp #womendesignhistory https://t.co/cnlgFaNfQh

— Designmatters (@designmattersCA) March 6, 2017

#womendesignhistory @JustineEsquivel work here: https://t.co/wv3aZ7jhWt

— Mariana Amatullo PhD (@MarianaAmatullo) March 6, 2017

The 2nd #womendesignhistory student #LoriNishikawa who has done many @designmattersCA including #GIrlEffect; #SafeNinos and now @JPL.

— Mariana Amatullo PhD (@MarianaAmatullo) March 6, 2017

.@artcenteredu student #LoriNishikawa was an integral part of the @COANIQUEM_ #safeninos studio. https://t.co/pYh4ZTkFUZ #womendesignhistory pic.twitter.com/fv6RumKrk6

— Designmatters (@designmattersCA) March 6, 2017

The 3rs student #womendesignhistory is #RileyGish, an @artcenteredu illustrator +product designer that collab w/@IDEO.org

— Mariana Amatullo PhD (@MarianaAmatullo) March 6, 2017

A profile on #Lori that we did here: https://t.co/lBvVzqH05f #womendesignhistory

— Mariana Amatullo PhD (@MarianaAmatullo) March 6, 2017

Erica Holeman is illuminating the emotional side of cancer survival. @mica_gd #womendesignhistory pic.twitter.com/QCSMFC0ipp

— Ellen Lupton (@ellenLupton) March 6, 2017

Hong Wei visualized the anatomy of vegetables. 1st person 2 give MRI scan to cucumber. https://t.co/Ag0fiEd50t @mica_gd #womendesignhistory

— Ellen Lupton (@ellenLupton) March 6, 2017

Claire Moore is designing prototypes for Underline, a gender-neutral underwear brand.@mica_gd #womendesignhistory pic.twitter.com/Mv5X2GBNKq

— Ellen Lupton (@ellenLupton) March 6, 2017

Ran Zheng used typography to visualize sound. https://t.co/905hU2iRl3 @mica_gd #womendesignhistory

— Ellen Lupton (@ellenLupton) March 6, 2017

Livia Ito, A recent Products ofDesign SVA graduate made this extraordinary thing: https://t.co/XtBedeCdA2 #womendesignhistory

— Jessica Helfand (@jessicahelfand) March 6, 2017

Spectacular! #womendesignhistory https://t.co/TiOuHd80Lj

— Jessica Helfand (@jessicahelfand) March 6, 2017

Q3: What #woman has inspired you most in your life and/or career? #womendesignhistory

Q3: What #woman has inspired you most in your life and/or career? #womendesignhistory

— DesignObserver (@DesignObserver) March 6, 2017

I do not have a designer woman as role model in #socialinnovation in my career. Problem, no? #womendesignhistory, We have to change that! https://t.co/vhUICSwUKR

— Mariana Amatullo PhD (@MarianaAmatullo) March 6, 2017

There are also writers/curators redefining ways for design to be relevant to different audiences. @DanielleAubert #womendesignhistory

— Jessica Helfand (@jessicahelfand) March 6, 2017

Women who do more than one thing at a time and do it well. Ellen Lupton and Mariana Amatullo, for starters! #womendesignhistory https://t.co/kdyqdiGmtf

— Jessica Helfand (@jessicahelfand) March 6, 2017

A role model for me is #Dr.SelmaHolo, was mentor in MA on #museumstudies I did @fishermuseum #womendesignhistory.

— Mariana Amatullo PhD (@MarianaAmatullo) March 6, 2017

My mother, Mary Jane Lupton, is scholar of Africa American lit. Beautiful differently-abled woman still writing at 77. #womendesignhistory pic.twitter.com/M8TtxKtO5x

— Ellen Lupton (@ellenLupton) March 6, 2017

In Europe there are more designers (including women) with PhDs. As someone teaching in a University, I hear you … #womendesignhistory https://t.co/yr4lfcKRWh

— Jessica Helfand (@jessicahelfand) March 6, 2017

That has been the case for me too. #womendesignhistory. Mentor #SelmaHolo @fishermuseum for me represents #generosity + #intellect key. https://t.co/Qvpssxnk8G

— Mariana Amatullo PhD (@MarianaAmatullo) March 6, 2017

Extraordinary. And your sister, another scholar—intersting how scholarship plays into families, generations of women.#womendesignhistory https://t.co/7HQwj2VIjx

— Jessica Helfand (@jessicahelfand) March 6, 2017

I confess most of my mentors are not designers. Psychologists, Historians. Filmmakers. All of them kind and generous. #womendesignhistory

— Jessica Helfand (@jessicahelfand) March 6, 2017

The PhD journey for me @caseweatherhead was hard but so transformative. #womendesignhistory. Opened up new #inquiry avenues: important https://t.co/7FPKlOXXjb

— Mariana Amatullo PhD (@MarianaAmatullo) March 6, 2017

.@DesignObserver Sister Corita Kent for bravery, attitude and optimism.#womendesignhistory

— Joby Barnard (@Joby) March 6, 2017

Born #OTD 1927: prolific modernist graphic designer Elaine Lustig Cohen. #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenDesignHistory https://t.co/1xzux8XtkX pic.twitter.com/wH0cCJYaIg

— Caroline Baumann (@baumtweet) March 6, 2017

@DesignObserver Lillian Gilbreth, 1st applied psychology to systems in 20s & Liz Sanders 1st PhD at design firm (in 80s) #womendesignhistory

— Jess McMullin (@jessmcmullin) March 6, 2017

@DesignObserver Ray Eames, Patty Moore, and Brenda Laurel #womendesignhistory

— Jess McMullin (@jessmcmullin) March 6, 2017

Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them. #WomenDesignHistory @HistoryInPics @HistoricalPics https://t.co/66DPa5x7gw

— Ashoorina Barreto (@Ashoorina) March 6, 2017

@DesignObserver “You just made $22,500 just by keeping your mouth shut!” #womendesignhistory https://t.co/zdVAceIlsV

— Michael Bierut (@michaelbierut) March 6, 2017

@DesignObserver Elinor Ostrom, Donna Haraway, Nicola Twilley, Kate Fletcher #womendesignhistory

— john thackara (@johnthackara) March 6, 2017

@DesignObserver Mary Anne Friel. Quiet genius formerly @fabricworkshop + now @risd #womendesignhistory

— Peter Lloyd Jones (@MEDstudioJEFF) March 7, 2017

Plz don’t forget women scientists who design life-changing biol systems incl matrices + molecules #womendesignhistory #MinaBissel @Cal https://t.co/kOjyFeH4cw

— Peter Lloyd Jones (@MEDstudioJEFF) March 7, 2017

@DesignObserver I was lucky @NCStateDesign w/Meredith Davis, @gonzalescrisp, and we can’t talk about #womendesignhistory w/o Martha Scotford

— Jay Harlow (@pilgrimmills) March 7, 2017

@MarianaAmatullo is a great talent coupled w/ ambition&vision.She’s among those who’ll change the 🌍 4 the better.-Selma. #womendesignhistory

— USC Fisher Museum (@fishermuseum) March 6, 2017