Studio Learning Task 1 – What is Design?

Q1. What was the industrial revolution? When did it occur? How did industrialisation lead to the creation of the design profession? How was industrial manufacturing different from the traditional way of making a product and what role did the designer play in creating new products?
The industrial revolution, which began in England around the 19th century, was the transition of a once rural and agricultural society into one in which new manufacturing processes were introduced. Industrialisation gave way to more jobs, and with products beginning to be produced in factories or with more advanced equipment, it meant that the product design and the actual production were no longer done by the same person.

Q2. Explain what series and mass production means. What other factors over time have contributed to the high turnover and international sales of manufactured products?
Mass production, or otherwise known as series production, is the manufacturing of a product in bulk. Mass production reduces wasted resources and shortens the amount of time needed to produce the product as it generally utilizes an assembly line.

Q3 Using your own words, explain the meaning of the term “form follows function” and its significance. The supporters of Modernist design and functionalism assumed two things about form follows function. What were they? What do you understand by the meaning of each of these? Explain in your own words.
Form follows function is the idea that the final design should be based around the objects intended purpose. The supporters of Modernism and functionalism assumed “that the form of an object had only to suit its function” and “that the industrial conditions of production demanded a standardized, simple, geometric language of form in order to be able to produce good quality and durable products inexpensively”. I