Week - 1 |
Introduction
Ancient Technologies, Definition of Industrial Design
A perspective on the history of industrial design, ancient technologies, the distinction between craftsman and designer. |
Week - 2 |
The Transition from Traditional Craft to Industrial Art
Royal patronage, ceramics, entrepreneurship, and design. Matthew Boulton, Josiah Wedgwood |
Week - 3 |
Industrial Revolution I
Energy sources before industrialization, steam power in the Industrial Revolution, industrialization and transportation, industrialization and communications, the textile industry, industrialization and agriculture. |
Week - 4 |
Industrial Revolution II
The Great Exhibition of 1851, Thonet, Dresser |
Week - 5 |
American system of manufacturing |
Week - 6 |
Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau |
Week - 7 |
EN: Discussion and critique |
Week - 8 |
Art Deco |
Week - 9 |
Scientific management |
Week - 10 |
Bauhaus |
Week - 11 |
The Birth of the Industrial Design Profession |
Week - 12 |
Midcentury: Plywood, Charles and Ray Eames |
Week - 13 |
Electronic Products, Product Semantics |
Week - 14 |
EN: Discussion and critique |