Industrial Revolution
Question 1) What was the industrial revolution? When did it occur? How did industrialisation lead to the creation of the design profession? How was the industrial manufacturing of making products new and what role did the designer play in creating new products?
The Industrial Revolution, which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, was a period during which rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. (www.history.com 2013-08-22)
Prior to this the manufacture of goods was often done in peoples homes using their hands, or basic machinery- the ‘designer’ also created the product. Industrialisation shifted this, with the introduction of powered special machinery, factories and mass production. Many everyday items, such as furniture were not made as single pieces but larger quantities.
(Hauffe, 1998, p.12)
Question 2) Explain what series & mass production means. What other factors over time have contributed to the high turnover and international sales of manufactured products?
Series production and Mass production means the manufacture of goods in large quantities, often using standardized designs and assembly-line techniques. (the Free Dictionary, 2013)
Factors that have contributed to a high turnover in sales include new distribution methods that had not previously been commonly used (this includes catalogs, sale representatives and advertising). Also being also to move products more cost effectively and affordably. (Hauffe, 1998, p.12)
Q3. Explain the meaning of the term “form follows function” and its significance. The supporters of Modernist design and functionalism assumed two things about form follows function. What were they? What do you understand by the meaning of each of these? Explain in your own words.
Form follows function is the idea that the design of a building / object should be based upon its final purpose or its function.
The two assumptions made by supporters of modernist
The Industrial Revolution, which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, was a period during which rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. (www.history.com 2013-08-22)
Prior to this the manufacture of goods was often done in peoples homes using their hands, or basic machinery- the ‘designer’ also created the product. Industrialisation shifted this, with the introduction of powered special machinery, factories and mass production. Many everyday items, such as furniture were not made as single pieces but larger quantities.
(Hauffe, 1998, p.12)
Question 2) Explain what series & mass production means. What other factors over time have contributed to the high turnover and international sales of manufactured products?
Series production and Mass production means the manufacture of goods in large quantities, often using standardized designs and assembly-line techniques. (the Free Dictionary, 2013)
Factors that have contributed to a high turnover in sales include new distribution methods that had not previously been commonly used (this includes catalogs, sale representatives and advertising). Also being also to move products more cost effectively and affordably. (Hauffe, 1998, p.12)
Q3. Explain the meaning of the term “form follows function” and its significance. The supporters of Modernist design and functionalism assumed two things about form follows function. What were they? What do you understand by the meaning of each of these? Explain in your own words.
Form follows function is the idea that the design of a building / object should be based upon its final purpose or its function.
The two assumptions made by supporters of modernist
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