Characteristics of mass production
- Created by: Hannah Lewington
- Created on: 15-04-14 11:32
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- Characteristics of mass production
- General points
- Series of smaller operations in one factory
- Industrialisation led to specialisation
- Multiplerepetive products
- One particular area for one worker
- Multiplerepetive products
- Technical advances
- Design becomes less important
- speed is emphasised
- 100 years and machines begin to replace people
- USA led mass production
- 1850- moving assembly line
- Enabled cheaper faster manufacture
- Design becomes less important
- Developments in production design
- Move towards function and form
- Asthetics vs functionality of the piece
- 1850- trend to simplify
- William Morris
- Simple,well designed products were important
- Move towards function and form
- Developments in fashion
- Mass production of affordable clothing
- Major industry
- Moved far east
- Cheaper labour
- Moved goods over many miles
- General points
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