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Lunar Design

Founded in 1984 by Jeff Smith, Gerard Furbershaw and Robert Brunner, LUNAR (Lunar Design) is a product design and development consultancy headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company's provides industrial, interaction and communication design; video story telling, mechanical and electrical engineering, manufacturing support, user validation, design research, and need finding & assessment.2 It is part of McKinsey & Company.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersSan Francisco1

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Founded in 1984 by Jeff Smith, Gerard Furbershaw and Robert Brunner, LUNAR (Lunar Design) is a product design and development consultancy headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company's provides industrial, interaction and communication design; video story telling, mechanical and electrical engineering, manufacturing support, user validation, design research, and need finding & assessment. Its current and past clients include Apple Inc., Abbott Labs, Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Motorola, Philips, Oral-B, Palm, Pepsi and Sony. On May 14, 2015, Lunar was acquired by management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.2

Corporate structure

Lunar Design is part of a group headed by McKinsey & Company. 12 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • McKinsey & Company New York, New York, United States
    • Lunar Design San Francisco
    • Gojek Stake · 34.86% · Indonesia
    • MCKINSEY & COMPANY INDIA LLP Subsidiary · Delhi, India
    • MCKINSEY & COMPANY, INC. UNITED STATES Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
      • MCKINSEY & COMPANY, INC. (MALAYSIA) Branch · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • McKinsey Center for Government Subsidiary
    • MCKINSEY GLOBAL CAPABILITIES & SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Gurgaon, India
      • ET MEDIALABS PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · New Delhi, India
    • MIO PARTNERS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
    • MCKINSEY & COMPANY INC NORWAY norsk avdeling av utenlandsk foretak NUF Branch · Albany, New York, United States
    • MCKINSEY & COMPANY, INC. ITALY Branch · Albany, New York, United States

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Subsidiaries and ownership

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