The Arts and Crafts movement was a time in which people thought that mass production was evil. John Ruskin inspired the philosophy of the movement, he said that beautiful things were valuable and useful just because they were beautiful. William Morris was the leader of the English Arts and Crafts Movement, he thought that mass produced goods were "cheap and nasty". Morris was an important part of graphic design history, he influenced many people and accomplished a lot. He created three typefaces, had his own enterprise, and created over 500 pattern designs. He was inspired by medieval arts and botanical forms.
I found it interesting that Morris and Edward Burne-Jones decided to become artist instead of clergy men, it seems that today those two would be very different subjects.
What did people like Morris dislike about mass production? Could they not see that being able to produce more things faster that they could share their creations and ideas with others?
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