Nowadays,
the higher technology applied in design, the more changes on very common
“everyday used” things. In this assignment, I will research how effective the
unstoppably increasing technology affects “the everyday” – lives and designs. I
will look at the changes at the almost common things to say that how affective
the technology is, rather than look at all the technology because it will never
updated fast enough to say it will stop here for these “perfect” things. Things
are always changing, bits by bits, days by days. About the technology, the
fastest and easiest way to look for is on the news and podcasts, always
up-to-dated and fast to read though.
In
the a podcast audio on “http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk”, a woman named Marilyn
Haynes-Smith recalled how sewing machines have shaped her
family’s life for generations. “As soon as I could remember myself she taught me to sew. She
had an old machine where you pressed the foot - you call it a presser-foot
machine. It was manual, essentially, and she taught me to sew on that one.” This came to an end when people think in more
effective way on using these sewing machine.
“Many years later - because she sewed
commercially - she had to sell that machine, because it wasn't fast enough.
Singer started making new electric machines, at the press of a toe it just went
very much faster.” The Singer (her
family) electrical sewing machine has been a significant part of the life of
black people throughout the Caribbean that time.
Back in the years when World War II
happening, in Australia, an overpopulation really “exploded” the whole
country. “Thousands of servicemen and
women returned home after the war to resume their lives and start families. Following
a rush of marriages and babies after 1945, Australia's birth rate increased
rapidly.” Also through war, the Australian government rushed a plane to
immigrate a large number of skilled workers “Many came from the United Kingdom
and Ireland, but for the first time, thousands poured in from other European
countries like Greece, Italy Hungary and Yugoslavia.” So the demanding on
housing increased considerably through the overpopulation progress. “Many
houses were built from new, cheaper materials like concrete, fibro and
corrugated iron roofing and prefabricated homes were imported from overseas.
'Prefabrication' means that the components of a house are built in a factory,
and then moved to another location to be assembled.”” The houses built in the
decade or so after WWII were small compared to today's standards. The average
house consisted of two or three bedrooms, one living area, kitchen and small
bathroom and the toilet and laundry were sometimes located outside. The design
was simple and economical”.
When things are needed badly, people
always think about them and find a way to make them better and better. I would
say people will find any things, any technology available at their time to
improve “the everyday” – life and things.
Reference :
Source 1 :
Marilyn
Haynes-Smith (2004)- Marilyn Haynes-Smith recalls how sewing machines have shaped her family's
life for generations.
Link:
Image oldsewing machine : https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7EwKoCtuSXN79VjuiPQmxJaHsFPTPMukVeOtRLqUUPny05x7PAdXz4zFfJpKG6eJEnWmj94cHaNEjZDngExtFQZ8Y2W3K-7iPFjJHRXwJiWRE-fKsSH_d_Pc3gfRlHhihjtWKetHgt8/s1600/SewingMachineSinger1.jpg
Image
electrical sewing machine : Retrieve from the website :
http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/everyday_life/personal_accounts/PA.0004/
Source 2 :
Australia's
social and cultural history in the post-war period
