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Industrial Revolution
Was the beginning of the object's mass produced, with a fast way to elaborates it and a large market. An age full of inventions and a lot of cultural, economic, social and technological changes. -
Spinning Jenny
Was one of the first inventions to make the production easier during the Industrial Revolution. It helped a lot of women to keep doing their works but easier and faster.
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Steam Machine
Was one of the biggest inventions of all time. Accelerated the advances in the industrial revolution thanks to the multifunctionality that it has. -
Michael Thonet
Pioneer in furniture design. Creator of wood bending techniques. He designed in 1859 the Chair No. 14, one of the most celebrated designs of all the time. -
Henry Cole
He tried to bring together manufacturers and artists to find the appropriate way to design the industrialized object. Gave the name of art manufacturer, which was an anticipation of the modern designer -
Arts & Crafts
Against mass-produced and machine made objects. Promoted traditional craft production and craftsmanship. Believed in the superiority if handcrafted objects. -
Electricity
Another invention that without it industrial design couldn't be what is nowadays. A large amount of inventions came out after the generalized use of it. -
Art Nouveau
Influenced by the arts and crafts, rejected historicism. Forge a future based on the new. Wavy forms and return to nature. -
Aleksandr Ródchenko
Cataloged as one of the most versatile artists of Russia of the twenties and thirties. Founder, among others, of Russian constructivism. He was married to the artist Varvara Stepanova. -
Clara Porset
She is one of the pioneers of the Mexican design, despite she was Cuban. Won one of the prizes of the Organic Design for Home Furnishing contest organized by the MoMA. Worked with the most important Mexican architects of her time. -
Fan (model GB1)
Designed by Peter Behrens for the AEG. Is one of the most iconic designs of the brand and for the industrial design in general. Still exhibited in the MoMA. -
Red and Blue Chair
Designed by Gerrit Rietveld. An iconic design for De Stijl movement. Block colors and minimalistic rectilinear shapes. Harmonious composition of lines, mass and color. -
Bauhaus
The school that formed a lot of the principal designers. Training artists for industrial production within the amalgamation of all the arts. A total change in industrial design and how to learn it. -
Barcelona Chair
Modern design classic of the twentieth century, by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich. The harmonious proportions and the elegant form made the Barcelona chair almost a sculptural object worthy of an exhibition gallery. A chair beyond elegant and functional. -
Empire State
One of the most representative buildings of Art Decó. Located in New York. Designed by William F. Lamb. -
Dieter Rams
Key figure of the Gute Form. He was head of design at Braun and defined their design giving it a distinctive clarity. He is one of the most influential designers of the 20th century -
Ulm Stool
Designed by Max Bill this is one iconic design of the HfG school, which was a pioneer in the studies and professional profile of designers nowadays. -
Pop Art
A movement that influenced product design. Mass production and mass consumerism. Inspired in American popular culture, besides, almost everything was made out of plastic. -
Sixtant Electric Shaver
Designed by Müller and Gugelot. Is one of the best seller objects in the history of industry. Established Braun as the leading experts in shaving technology. Compact, nice, simple. -
3D printer
Nowadays is one of the most important inventions for the industry because all the things we can create with it. Easy and completely automatized is really important for the actual industrial designer.
