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1st Industrial Revolution
1st. Industrial Revolution 1730 - 1840
The history of Industrial Design really began with the start of the Industrial Revolution that took place during the
early part of the 1700's with the invention of mechanical processes of production. Everything changed, for the first
time it was possible to produce large quantities of a product cheap enough for most people to own.
The design of the product came out of the technology available at the time. Ceramic manufacturers found it easy to
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Revival Furniture
Europe and America alike focused on status in chair production beginning even in the pre-Colonial era of the United States. Stools and benches continued to be used by the masses while people of status, who could afford them, were those who purchased and used chairs up until the nineteenth century. Into the 1800s, however, chairs became more commonplace in American households, with usually enough provided for every member to sit down to dinner. Indeed, by the 1830s, factory-manufactured “fancy ch -
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The Chair of Chairs
When the No.14 was launched in 1859, it was the first piece of furniture to be both attractive and inexpensive enough to appeal to everyone from aristocrats to schoolteachers. By 1930, some 50 million No.14s had been sold, and millions more have been snapped up since then. -
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau. 1890-1910
The name "Art Nouveau" was taken from the name of the shop opened by the art dealer Samuel Bing in Paris in 1895. He
displayed art and objects made in this new style.
Art Nouveau was a decorative style applied to the surface of products ranging from buildings, tea pots, posters and
wallpaper. It is characterised by its sinuous curving lines that flowed in undulating and intertwining patterns. It was
richly embellished with ornamentation. In Germany the "Jugendstil" mov -
Art&Crafts Movement
The Arts and Crafts Movement. 1850 - 1915
During the early part of the Industrial Revolution, it was natural for manufacturers to use the ever-increasing
technological advances to produce more for greater profit. The products looked like they did because that's how they
were made. Any decoration was an attempt to make the product to look good. It was often over elaborate with mixed
styles from previous ages. The role of good artistic design was never felt to be important as it cost money and -
Bauhaus
Bauhaus 1919 - 1933 The Belgium architect Henri Van de Velde designed the interiors for Samuel Bing's shop in Paris called "Art Nouveau".
He went on to start up the "Art Academy and Polytechnical School" in Weimar, Germany.
In 1917 a magazine called "De Stijl" was published in Holland. This was the start of the Dutch modern movement using
strong geometrical and abstract images with puer colour and form. The most famous being the painter Piet Mondrian. In 1919, Walter Gropius took over the sc -
Bauhaus
Staatliches Bauhaus (help·info), commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was an art school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicised and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term About this sound Bauhaus (help·info)—literally "house of construction"—was understood as meaning "School of Building".
