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    Donald Deskey was an American artist, interior and graphic designer, and pioneer in industrial design active in the 1920s-1940s. He helped design notable spaces like Radio City Music Hall. Deskey was known for adapting new materials like aluminum, Bakelite, and Formica in innovative ways. He helped popularize the Art Deco style through his use of geometry, symmetry, and materials evoking speed and modernity.

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    DONALD DESKEY

    23 November 1894 – 29 April 1989


    Who is Donald Deskey?

    Deskey en double

     Artist, interior and graphic designer, and pioneer in the field of


    Industrial Design
     1925 Paris, Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et
    Industriels Modernes.
     Created window displays for Franklin Simon Dept Store
    (NYC1926). In the 1930s, won the competition to design Radio
    City Music Hall Radio City Music Hall.
     In 1928 Donald Deskey was a co-founder of the American Union
    of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen
     1940 started graphic design firm Donald Deskey Associates and
    made some of the most recognizable icons of the day.
     Established his firm Deskey-Vollmer which specialized in furniture
    and textile design.
    Interior Design
     In HIS WORK he adapts new materials to his needs, and unravels the
    inherent beauty the common ones.
     Aluminum / Chromium / Cork
    Molded, laminated, strengthened, adapted, colored, made durable.
     One of the first American designers to use Bakelite, Formica, brushed
    aluminum and chromium-plated brass, in combination with other
    industrial materials.
    Interior Design
    Radio City Music Hall
     The Progress of Man
     Impress customers with sheer
    elegance, Not overwhelming
    ornamentation
     Use of exotic materials and bold

    space planning
    Art Deco
     Art Deco
     celebrates the Machine Age through explicit use of
    man-made materials, particularly glass and stainless
    steel.
     Symmetry and Geometry
     Repetition, modified by Asian influences such as the use
    of silks and designs.
     Influenced by Aviation, Electric lighting, radio,
    skyscrapers.
     Materials: aluminum, stainless steel, lacquer, inlaid
    wood, exotic sharkskin, zebra, sunbust motif
    Richard Mandel House, designed by Edward Durell
    Stone and Donald Deskey1934 - Bedford Hills, NY
    From Art Deco to Streamline Moderne

     Common characteristics
     Horizontal orientation
     Rounded edges, corner windows, and glass block walls

     Glass block

     Porthole windows

     Chrome hardware

     Horizontal grooves or lines in walls

    Mostly influenced by Aerodynamic, nautical and


    ballistic design
    References
     Magazine:
     The New York Times
     Books:
     Donald Deskey : decorative designs and interiors
     David A. Hanks Jeffrey L. Meikle 1949-; Jennifer Toher
     Arte Deco
     The Deco World Eva Weber
     The Radio City Music Hall
     an affectionate history of the world's greatest theater ; Charles
    Francisco
     Web
     www.archnewsnow.com

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