Both Fiesta's original shapes and its glazes were designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead, Homer Laughlin's art director from 1927 until his death in 1942. Several of the original shapes had to be modified (and other new shapes were added) by Jonathan O. Parry, who became Homer Laughlin's art director in 1984. due to a change in material. Original Fiesta was a semi-vitreous ware, but when the Fiesta line was re-introduced in 1986, it was decided to manufacture it in a more durable, vitreous composition to allow marketing it to restaurants and institutions as well.