The history of Designer actually begins in 1950 when he was born. He grew up and went on to attend New York University. It was during his time studying art at New York University that Designer first began to experiment with creative designs that were to become the seeds of what would come in the future.

After graduation, DY met and went on to marry his wife Sybil Yurman and at the present time they are the parents of one son. DY began his design career as an artist as an apprentice for world renound artists and sculptors Jacques Lipchitz and Theodore Rozark where he was able to develop fully as an artists, sculptor and designer.

During his time as an apprentice DY was able to focus on his own dreams of one day designing jewelry that would feature his own unique look. It was in 1979 that DY and his wife Sybil began their own personal journey into the world of designer jewelry by launching Designer Inc. The first line of designer jewelry that was featured by his company was his signature braided jewelry collection with his now legendary signature braided gold and silver bracelet.

In 1983 he began to receive international acclaim when he received both the InterGold award and the Cultured Pearl designer of the Year award. It was in 1995 that Designer introduced the world to his first line of watches with a selection of womens watches in what he described as a cable cuff style. As DYs designs continued to become more in demand he went to work on creating his Midnight Ice Collection that would be introduced to a public clamoring for his creations in 1999.

In 1999 following up on the success of his earlier womens watch designs DY introduced the world of fashion to what he called his Thoroughbred Watch Collection. It was in that same year that DY and his wife Sybil celebrated the 20th anniversary of Designer Inc and they had a lot to celebrate. What began as a company that they both envisioned as simply an outlet for Yurman's creativity had blown up into an internationally recognized design house with people the world over clamoring for his creations.

It was the following year in 2000 that DY opened what would become his flagship boutique on Madison Avenue in New York City. Also during the year 2000 DY opened a boutique in Saks Fifth Avenue in Houston Texas. It was during that same year in 2000 that he was inducted into the Contemporary Design guild hall of Fame. Since that time in 2000 he has gone on to open more boutiques and win even wider recognition for his uniquely designed jewelry creations that have served as an inspiration for a new younger generation of jewelry designers the world over. To this day DY continues to work on new designs and creations that he plans on launching in the coming future.

The story of Designer as an artist actually begins during the sixties when he began to ply his craft working as a sculptor. It was during this time that he met and married his wife Sybil who was to play an influential part in his career as an artist and jewelry designer.

One thing that Designer specialized in sculpting was angels and it was during his time as an apprentice for another artist that Designer was convinced by his wife Sybil to create an angel belt buckle out of copper and the results showed the beginnings of what was yet to come.

As time progressed Designer found himself working for a brief period for Cartier and Designer even attempted to get on working for Tiffany Jewelers but believe it or not they turned him down. Soon after his rejection by Tiffany Jewelers he decided to try to design and market his own unique jewelry designs which led to the creation of his original cable bracelet back in the late 1970s.

In fact, it was in the year 1979 that Designer and his wife Sybil partnered in and launched Designer Inc. At that time they both couldn't dream of how big Designer would become in the world of designer jewelry and were really only just hoping to make a decent living with a business that would bring in enough money to pay the bills.

At that particular time during the late seventies and early eighties the disco era was going full blast and the trends in jewelry were gold chains and flashy medallions. So virtually no one was wearing sterling silver jewelry other then perhaps cowboy types that had on sterling silver western belt buckles.

So when Designer came out with his twisted cable sterling silver bracelets he was definitely bucking the trends and taking a big gamble at the time. His persistence did pay off however and within four years he found himself being the recipient of the 1983 InterGold Award which finally gave him the international recognition that he deserved.

Designer has gone on to design and create a virtual cornucopia of jewelry in an almost endless variety of styles for both men, women and even children and he continues to this day to set new standards and explore new fashion territory. For instance Designer has come out with a complete line of high fashion “dog tags” in both sterling silver and yellow 14K gold.

His unique Designer dog tags are a prime example of his ability to think outside of the box when he is exploring new concepts in designer jewelry and he has even created a line of these dog tags that use petrified red dinosaur bone incorporated into them to instill a unique look to each and every piece. By using petrified red dinosaur bone in some of his dog tag creations he has demonstrated once again his experimental nature with regards to jewelry design.