Room 19 shows a large projection on the wall. It tells about the political climate at the time the objects in the room were made. Industrial developments and political events such as the struggle for women’s rights and World War I affected the role of product design during 1910–1914. The projection is divided into chapters that show how the optimism just after the turn of the century was subdued by harsh political realities, and that progress truly came at a price.
Mardi 8
Director: Sebastien Jousse
Sound Composer: Reno Isaac
Post Production Director: Nicolas Lim
Post Production Assistant: Marlène Blondeau
Graphic Artist: Simon Taulelle
Production Managers: Montse Cerdan and Clothilde Lepas
Producer: Youenn Le Guen
The National Museum
Curators: Denise Hagströmer and Knut Astrup Bull
Curator Learning: Ole Høeg Gaudernack
Editors: Anne Qvale and Klaus Kottmann
Project Managers: Amanda Ward and Rowena Hamilton
Multimedia Editorial Board
Archive
From a café at the Centenary Exhibition in Christiania, 1914
Photo: Arbeidermagasinet / Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
Mass Production and Company Identity
Fan made by AEG, 1910 – Photo: Frode Larsen / The National Museum
The Great Union Stock Yards, Chicago – Photo: Buyenlarge / Getty Images
Slaughterhouse with hanging meat ready for shipment, Chicago, 1914 – Photo: Bettmann / Getty Images
Conveyer belt at Highland Park Ford Plant, Detroit, Michigan, USA – Photo: Heritage Images / Topfoto / NTB
Conveyer belt at a Ford factory, Michigan, USA, 1914 – Photo: The Art Archive / Shutterstock / NTB
Workers lowering the body of a Model T onto its chassis on an assembly line ramp outdoors at the Ford Motor Company, Michigan.
Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Advertisement poster for an AEG fan – Photo: Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Historisches Archiv
Exterior of the AEG factory designed by Peter Behrens – Photo: Heritage Images / Getty Images
Turbine from the AEG factory – Photo: Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Historisches Archiv
The Tysso I Power Plant in Tyssedal, c. 1914 – Photo: The Norwegian Museum of Hydropower and Industry
Mounting of turbines at the Tysso I Power Plant in Tyssedal, early 1900s – Photo:the Norwegian Museum of Hydropower and Industry
The Centenary Exhibition 1914
Poster for the Centenary Exhibition in Christiania, 1914 – Photo: Børre Høstland / The National Museum
Panorama picture of the Centenary Exhibition in Christiania, 1914 – Photo: Unknown photographer / Museum of Oslo
Film from the Centenary Exhibition in Christiania, 1914 (Screenshot) – Film: National Library of Norway
Machine exhibition at the Centenary Exhibition in Christiania, 1914 – Photo: Unknown photographer / Museum of Oslo
Exhibition of interior design at the Centenary Exhibition in Christiania, 1914
Photo: Severin Worm-Petersen/ Norsk Teknisk Museum
Democracy and the Struggle for Women’s Rights
Gustav Vigeland, Aasta Hansteen, sculpture, 1905 – Photo: Annar Bjørgli / The National Museum
