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First Machine Age: a standalone construct

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Design history

term used by Banham for the early twentieth-century period when electricity and mass production inspired a modernist aesthetic of the machine.

In design history, First Machine Age refers to term used by Banham for the early twentieth-century period when electricity and mass production inspired a modernist aesthetic of the machine. This meaning comes from Banham (1960) in Theory and design in the first machine age.[1]

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References

Banham, R. (1960). Theory and design in the first machine age. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262520584

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