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History of Industrial Design: An Introduction for Product Design and Engineering

History of Industrial Design: An Introduction for Product Design and Engineering

Robin McKenzie
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This book is a second in a series of introductory books relating Product Design and Engineering.
This book is preceded by Book 1 , and is followed by two further books, models and theories of design , and case studies .
The author gives a number of reasons for writing this series of books. One reason is that this accompanies a series of taught lectures that the author gives.
However, a more significant reason is that the author believes that there is a separation between the world of Product Design, and that of Engineering.
Product Designers tend to come from an artistic background. Engineers come from a background of mathematics and physics. Broader understanding of what design is, and how to design, tend to be lacking. Designers tend not to have a good understanding of the engineering difficulties with their design. Engineers do not have a broader understanding of the people and situations within which any design is first chosen.
The author, Robin McKenzie, has been involved with engineering all his life: in factories, industrial design and marketing, broader business relationships, and in teaching. He also has an insight into industrial product design. He is therefore well placed to link these two areas of design.
By engineering, the author also includes other technology based disciplines, such as architecture and computer science. The term engineering is used as a short hand description for all these technology based disciplines.
The series of books has been designed to be read one after the other. However, each of the books in this series is free standing, and can be read independently of the others.
In this second book the author traces a history of industrial design and how it has developed. Story, or narrative, is important for product designers in providing understanding and identity; this is also true for engineers.
In the first chapter we describe how design was different before industrial society some 200 to 300 years ago. Then there was no distinction between someone who designed something, like a potter, and the person who made it. Today, almost certainly, this is completely different.
In chapter 2 we explore how technology has changed since that time using artists who have captured the technology as part of their paintings. Both product designers and engineers tend to think visually, and this is an excellent record.
In chapter 3 we provide an extended history of one of the first industries to become industrialised, that of pottery. Josiah Wedgwood, in England, found a way to mass produce pots of good quality and with decoration, yet at low cost.
In chapter 4 we outline some of the changes that arose within society in the 18th and 19th century. These changes helped the creation of a mass market.
In chapter 5 we outline some of the new materials and manufacturing processes that contributed to this new mass market.
Chapter 6 describes some of the opposition in England to these changes. We review the work of three people who wished, in some way, to turn the clock back, AWN Pugin, John Ruskin, and William Morris.
In chapter 7 we review how design within manufacturing came to be an accepted part of life. This is seen most notably in the Great Exhibition of 1851, and of the writing and work of two people, Gottfried Semper and Henry Cole.
In chapter 8 we describe how industrial manufacturing became part of everyday life. We review two of the first industrial designers, Alfred Stevens and Christopher Dresser; and the legacy in the creation of schools of design. We leave this history with the work and influence of the German Werkbund. It was here in Germany at the start of the 20th century where production methods, branding, and excellent product design came together in such a clear way.
Pages
145
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
July 08, 2014

History of Industrial Design: An Introduction for Product Design and Engineering

Robin McKenzie
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This book is a second in a series of introductory books relating Product Design and Engineering.
This book is preceded by Book 1 , and is followed by two further books, models and theories of design , and case studies .
The author gives a number of reasons for writing this series of books. One reason is that this accompanies a series of taught lectures that the author gives.
However, a more significant reason is that the author believes that there is a separation between the world of Product Design, and that of Engineering.
Product Designers tend to come from an artistic background. Engineers come from a background of mathematics and physics. Broader understanding of what design is, and how to design, tend to be lacking. Designers tend not to have a good understanding of the engineering difficulties with their design. Engineers do not have a broader understanding of the people and situations within which any design is first chosen.
The author, Robin McKenzie, has been involved with engineering all his life: in factories, industrial design and marketing, broader business relationships, and in teaching. He also has an insight into industrial product design. He is therefore well placed to link these two areas of design.
By engineering, the author also includes other technology based disciplines, such as architecture and computer science. The term engineering is used as a short hand description for all these technology based disciplines.
The series of books has been designed to be read one after the other. However, each of the books in this series is free standing, and can be read independently of the others.
In this second book the author traces a history of industrial design and how it has developed. Story, or narrative, is important for product designers in providing understanding and identity; this is also true for engineers.
In the first chapter we describe how design was different before industrial society some 200 to 300 years ago. Then there was no distinction between someone who designed something, like a potter, and the person who made it. Today, almost certainly, this is completely different.
In chapter 2 we explore how technology has changed since that time using artists who have captured the technology as part of their paintings. Both product designers and engineers tend to think visually, and this is an excellent record.
In chapter 3 we provide an extended history of one of the first industries to become industrialised, that of pottery. Josiah Wedgwood, in England, found a way to mass produce pots of good quality and with decoration, yet at low cost.
In chapter 4 we outline some of the changes that arose within society in the 18th and 19th century. These changes helped the creation of a mass market.
In chapter 5 we outline some of the new materials and manufacturing processes that contributed to this new mass market.
Chapter 6 describes some of the opposition in England to these changes. We review the work of three people who wished, in some way, to turn the clock back, AWN Pugin, John Ruskin, and William Morris.
In chapter 7 we review how design within manufacturing came to be an accepted part of life. This is seen most notably in the Great Exhibition of 1851, and of the writing and work of two people, Gottfried Semper and Henry Cole.
In chapter 8 we describe how industrial manufacturing became part of everyday life. We review two of the first industrial designers, Alfred Stevens and Christopher Dresser; and the legacy in the creation of schools of design. We leave this history with the work and influence of the German Werkbund. It was here in Germany at the start of the 20th century where production methods, branding, and excellent product design came together in such a clear way.
Pages
145
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
July 08, 2014

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