2026 NeoCon Talks: Being Invisible: A Design Journey
There are two types of people in this world: those who are disabled and those who are temporarily abled.
For Kristin Cerutti, Regional Design Leader at NELSON Worldwide, this mantra helps explain a fundamental issue within the design space and beyond: the invisibility of disability. As a designer of physical space for over twenty years, Cerutti had always designed her projects with the occupants in mind—or so she thought. Two years ago, the way she moves through the world abruptly changed and forever altered her understanding of “people-first” design thinking. In this talk, listen to Cerutti’s personal journey of adversity and perseverance—and how it made her a better designer.
About the Speaker:
As a licensed commercial designer with more than 20 years of experience, Kristin Cerutti serves as a Regional Design Leader across a wide variety of projects. She has become a leader in amenity, financial, and legal workplace design. Kristin is often asked to write publications, speak on podcasts, and give webinars on the topics of the legal workplace, neurodiversity, designing for inclusion, and the workplace of the future. Making other people's lives better is what drives her, and her passions lie with being an adviser to and advocate for others.