By powerslinky77
In this post, I will give a response to the author of the post Design in watchmaking.
The author, Ingenlivsgnist, has written about the swiss watch brand Jaeger-LeCoultre, and starts the blogpost by telling the reader that this watch brand may not be the best well known within the industry, but is considered one of the top watch manufactures in the world, following up with the question: “Where does this luxury watch brand place within the design industry?”. I think by starting a blogpost with a question will make the reader more curious, and I think that was a wise move. The blog post is also good structured with short paragraphs, which make it easy to read. The writer also writes about the different design industries, which gives us a good picture of what the design industries contains.
The writer tells us, and I quote: “If you look at one of the cycles within industrial design, art-engineering –business, one could say that a mechanical watch movement pretty accurately, pun intended, touches every aspects of this cycle.”
I would disagree on the word “art” when it comes to watchmaking. I searched on the internet and came across an article called: “Is watchmaking an art?”
Maybe some might say that making the watch itself is art, but when I think about the course materials we have been through so far,the watches goes under the post: Design (craft) for the Design-intensive industries, and design solve problems and it’s about meeting the needs of people.
Instead of the word “artist” at the end of the blogpost, I would suggest changing that word to “artisan” because I would define artisans are those who are making practical artistic products, while I define artists that works with fine art.
I’m ending this post with the following questions: If we say that watchmaking is art, what is the watch after it has been created? Is it still considered a sart, or is it “just” a product? Is every watch considered as art, or is it just the watches that are exclusive?
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