Donald Sidney Deskey was an American industrial designer.
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10 Facts About Donald Deskey
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Donald Deskey studied architecture at the University of California, but did not follow that profession, becoming instead an artist and a pioneer in the field of Industrial design.
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Donald Deskey attended the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, which influenced his approach to design.
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Donald Deskey went on to establish a design consulting firm in New York City and later the firm of Deskey-Vollmer, which specialized in furniture and textile design.
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Donald Deskey first gained attention as a designer with his window displays for the Franklin Simon Department Store in Manhattan in 1926.
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Donald Deskey sold geometrically painted objects through the fashionable shop of Rena Rosenthal, and did custom design work for her.
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In 1940, Donald Deskey developed a decorative form of plywood, which had a unique striated, or combed, look.
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Donald Deskey died in Vero Beach, Florida, the town to which he had retired in 1975.
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In 1923, Donald Deskey married Mary Campbell Douthett, a pianist and later professor of music at Juniata College.
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In 1952, Donald Deskey married Katharine Godfrey Brennan, who survived him.
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