Pros And Cons Of The Industrial Revolution

Designer and Industrial Production

There are many different ways to look at something as there are both pros and cons to it. The Industrial revolution is the rapid development of industry that occurred in Britain in the late 18th and 19th centuries, brought about by the introduction of machinery (Soanes and Stevenson, 2005). It changes many aspects of life including the manufacturing of the product, which changed how designers produce their work. This essay will focus on two designers from the period 1720 to 2000 and their attitude towards the industrial production.

The first designer is William Morris (24 March 1834 - 3 October 1896), an English designer, writer and activist. He was considered as the father of the Arts and crafts Movement,

He designed new and unique style of building using the new material available during the industrial revolution. At the time many of the material were developed, glass can be manufacture in larger sizes and volumes, reinforced concrete was developed increasing its tensile strength, and wrought iron is forty times as resistant to tension and bending as stone and only four times heavier. It can be formed and moulded into any shape (architecture history - Industrial revolution, 2011). Breuer’s famous quote is “Modern architecture is not a style, it’s an attitude”, which could mean that the modern style architecture does not only come from the designer aesthetic perspective, but developed by the used of materials and techniques considering the functional purpose of the building that the architecture apply to the design making an influence on the building final look, which is seen as a new style. Breuer was famous for designing costume family houses. But one of the most well-known Breuer’s architectural building completed in 1966, is Whitney Museum of American Art (now known as Met Breuer). The building shows the used concrete as the main medium of the construction. By using the reinforced concrete it became strong enough to cantilever upper floors, which helped to maximise space. Breuer pays attention to every detail of the museum building. Some of the examples are he considered light and ventilation by only including a few windows, which also created privacy for the museum’s visitors and the residential neighbours. Furthermore, he designed an open-grid ceiling allowing for movable wall panels and flexible lighting for each of exhibition