Manufactured Artifact vs. Designed Artifact

• Harley Earl introduced styling to the automotive industry – colours and interiors (worked for GM)
• 1903 – Fords starts company with 28K startup cash. Model-T using mostly all preexisting parts – created the “horseless carriage”.
• 1903 – the Wright Flyer, the flying machine built off knowledge from bicycle making // precursor to entirely new industry.
• Horseless carrier/flying machine becomes automobile/airplane through process of industrial design. A new category of object – a coherent design artifact
• Wireless telegraph (manufactured artifact) – 10 years to become a designed artifact – with … Continue Reading