Henry Ford was the
owner of the motor company Ford that still manufacture cars today. In 1891 he
started working as an engineer, after two years working he became chief head
of engineering. At that period he had enough money and time to experiment on
gasoline engines. By experimenting he introduced his first car the Ford
Quadricycle. By time he improved his
invention to a better automobile and he named it the Model T. In that time the
industrial production heads in and Ford began on Mass production on his car.
Ford Quadricycle
Henry ford had his own factory and by building such a big
object and he needed to make it multiple times he was one of the first of the
mass production. He needed many men working for him so he also made an assembly
line where each worker had his own job. By this process the car can be build in
a very short time. The model T made a huge hit for a number of years, it was
one of the best cars and almost shipped all over the world.
As the years go by the model T remained the same and customers wanted
something different, like a new design or colour. Ford began to make new
colours and with more attractive deign to catch the customer attraction. Every
design cannot remain the same because the people will get sick of the same
thing. As for the designers is a challenge to introduce a new model with a
better shape and colours.
Model T car
Another designer that
got in the industrial revolution is Michael Thonet, he experimented in bending
wood and he brought a new style mostly in chairs. The most popular is the model
No. 14. Thonet also had an assembly line that each worker does his own job. The
most design that be mass-produced is the model No 14 that was sold around
7,300,000 times.
No 14 chair
As for mass production in industries need to have an assembly line
nowadays we leave the hard and delicate work for the machines and the easy and
for the hand made the workers get involved.
Reference:
Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Taschen (1999) Design of the 20th century.
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