National and International Context of Industrial Design

By montsehdez
  • 40,001 BCE

    Paleolithic Period

    Paleolithic Period
    First production of stone artifacts, until the end of the last Ice Age. It is considered to be the longest period of the Stone Age. Weapons were created to be used in hunting and fishing. The main type of art of the Stone Age was the rock art, which represented the need to tell what happened every day.
  • 10,200 BCE

    Neolithic Period

    Introduction of agriculture in the Near East, in Southeast Europe, East Asia, and even later in other regions. This is the time when the cultivation of cereals and the domestication of animals were introduced.
  • 10,000 BCE

    Agriculture Arises

  • 9000 BCE

    Introduction to Metals

    Introduction to Metals
    Starting with Copper. In the following centuries it was learned to extract Copper from minerals and to combine it with Tin to form Bronze with which weapons and tools were made.
  • 8000 BCE

    Mesolithic Period

    Mesolithic Period
    Agriculture beginnings, use of materials other than stone to make weapons and tools.
  • 476

    Fall of the Roman Empire/Beginning Middle Age

    New socioeconomic system, Feudalism, consisted of a feudal lord and the serfs who worked the land in exchange for protection. The low average age begins from the 12th century to the 15th century, it is a stage of many political, economic and cultural changes. The Crusades, were wars (8 in total) to defend the holy places in Palestine (although they were finally in the hands of the Muslims). These crusades were religious and military expeditions.
  • 1249

    Francis Bacon Publishes Gunpowder Formula

  • 1269

    First Appearance of the 360 Degrees Scale Compass

  • 1286

    Presbyopia Glasses are Created

  • 1291

    First Glass Mirror

    Manufactured in Venice
  • 1300

    Beginning of Renaissance

    Beginning of Renaissance
    Economic growth after the Middle Age. Artistic, social, scientific, and political thoughts turned in new directions. Began in Italy then spread to Netherlands, France, Germany and England.
  • 1307

    Traitorous Templar Knights Executed by King of Philip IV of France

    Prelude to the Holy Inquisition
  • Period: 1315 to 1317

    "Little Ice Age" Climate Phenomenon

    Caused an extreme famine in Europe, leading to killing millions of people.
  • 1320

    Development of Paper Industry in Germany

    Birth of paper money and transformation of written communication.
  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    France and England stuck in the Hundred Year’s war

  • Period: 1348 to 1355

    Black Death Outbreak

    Leading to the death of a third of the European population at the time.
  • Period: 1350 to 1450

    The Plague in Europe

    Due to the plague, middle class emerged and fulfilled demand of goods and services.
  • 1378

    The 2 Popes Conflict

    Conflict in the church, two popes, one in Rome and one in Avignon.
  • 1378

    Urban VI is elected Pope in Rome, and Clement VII in Avignon.

  • Period: 1378 to 1417

    The Western Schism

    It was a split within the Catholic Church, since 1410 even three, men simultaneously claimed to be the true pope, having excommunicated one another.
  • 1453

    The Hundred Years' War Ends

    The Hundred Years' War Ends
    The Turks take Constantinople, Álvaro de Luna is beheaded in Valladolid.
  • 1454

    Gutenberg Bible

    Gutenberg Bible
    Mass printing production began.
  • 1500

    Slave Trade Began

  • 1519

    Cortez Conquers Mexico

  • 1521

    Martin Luther Begins Religious Revolution

    Martin Luther Begins Religious Revolution
  • 1543

    Copernicus Proposes Sun is Center of the Universe

  • End of Renaissance

    The end of the Renaissance In both Italy and Northern Europe, the Renaissance had stirred a burst of creative activity. The work of the later German and Flemish masters marked its final phase. During the 1600's, new ideas and artistic styles appeared. Nonetheless Renaissance ideals continued to influence European life and thought.

  • Beginning of Industrial Revolution

    Beginning of Industrial Revolution
    It began with the mechanization of textile industries and the development of iron processes.

  • First Functional Steam Machine was Built

    Which gave rise to the installation of an industrial company.

  • Increase of Agricultural Population

  • Workers and Industrial Workers' movement

    Acknowledgement of this new social and labor group.

  • First Steam Boat Created

  • Eli Whitney Invents the Milling Machine

    Eli Whitney Invents the Milling Machine

  • Installation of Telegraph in German Roofs

  • First Industrial Revolution Ends

  • Beginning of Second Industrial Revolution

  • Invention of the Phone

  • Invention of the Incandescent Lamp

  • Period: to

    Frederick Winslow Taylor Classifies Company Activities in Two Fundamental Areas of Work

    The operational, and the organizational.

  • First Power Station

  • First Automobile

    First Automobile
    Benz Patent-Motorwagen

  • Inauguration of the Eiffel Tower

    Rise of the use of steel in the industry.

  • Marketing of Oil

  • Appearance of Nuclear Energy

  • New Factories Concentrated to the Mining Deposits and Ports

    The producers of consumer goods did so in the cities, especially near the railway stations, to move goods faster and cheaper.

  • First Locomotive and the Stockton-Darlington railroad is inaugurated in England

    First Locomotive and the Stockton-Darlington railroad is inaugurated in England
  • Period: to

    Second World War