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Session 20: Alternatives to Industrialisation - Coggle Diagram
Session 20: Alternatives to Industrialisation
Effects and Reactions
Henry Cole
Victorian bad taste
upstaged
French (design flair)
Germans (engineering)
Americans (large scale)
first education and research hub
Journal of Design: Dissemination of good taste
William Morris
“Wonderfully ugly”
desire to produce beautiful things
hatred of modern civilisation
Victorian Style
detriment of the value of the products
urgent need to combineindustrial technology with adding valueand aesthetic meaning
Christopher Dresser
"Technology Inspired the World”
designing for the middle class
whole new market
working with industry
factory systems
embracing new materials
are style linked with technology
Arts and Crafts Movement
UK: 1860s-1890s
Ethic Dilemma
handcrafted production was against mechanisation and automatisation of human labour
good design connected with people from good society
reaction against materialism
Socialist Thinker
William Morris
water pollution and protect the environment
prevent urban sprawl
restore historical buildings
labour exploitation
Reinventing Craftmanship
Morris & Co
unity ofform, function and ornamentation
balance
New Ethos
semi craft process
dignity of work and virtues
high quality products
inspired by medieval
style: exotic, refined, naturalistic...
Irreversible changes
Urban transformation
neighborhoods with boulevards
city more beautiful
bring air and light
Density experiment
Urbanity and Designers
Paris (modern)
wide avenues
concentration of population, goods, workers and consumers
free market
