Donald Deskey (23 November 1894 – 29 April 1989) was a native of Blue Earth, Minnesota. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Blue Earth is a city in Faribault County, Minnesota, at the confluence of the east and west branches of the Blue Earth River. He 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. The University of California ( UC) is a Public university system in the state of California. Industrial design is an Applied art whereby the Aesthetics and Usability of mass-produced products may be improved for marketability and In Paris he attended the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, which influenced his approach to design. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts was a World's fair held He established a design consulting firm in New York City, and later the firm of Deskey-Vollmer (in partnership with Phillip Vollmer) which specialized in furniture and textile design. The City of New York His designs in this era progressed from Art Deco to Streamline Moderne. Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial Streamline Moderne, sometimes referred to by either name alone was a late branch of the Art Deco design style

He first gained note as a designer when he created window displays for the Franklin Simon Department Store in Manhattan in 1926. Franklin Simon ( February 7, 1865 &ndash October 4, 1934) was the owner of Franklin Simon & Co Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York In the 1930's, he won the competition to design the interiors for Radio City Music Hall. Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York City 's Rockefeller Center. In the 1940's he started the graphic design firm Donald Deskey Associates and made some of the most recognizable icons of the day. He designed the Crest toothpaste packaging, as well as the Tide bullseye. Crest is a brand of Toothpaste made by Procter & Gamble and sold worldwide Tide is the name of a popular Laundry detergent on the market in Canada, the United States and other countries His company is still in operation in Cincinnati. A collection of his work is held by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, a subsidiary of the Smithsonian Institution, is the United States ' National museum of design history and contemporary He died in Vero Beach, Florida, the town to which he had retired in 1975. Vero Beach is a city in Indian River County, Florida, USA. According to the U Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the

External links

• Donald Deskey at IDSA
• Donald Deskey at The American Artists Bluebook
• Obituary, New York Times

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