Unique Item vs. Industrial Production
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Norbert Pintsch, Boris Bjoernsteinn
As soon as the infrastructure allows it, manufacturing of various
items of daily use but also handicrafts are started to be produced
through industrial methods.
The argument here is normally: It must be worthwhile to produce the
item, this refers to the economic level, which has and must have its
short term and short sighted approach to problem resolution
The cultural aspect here is totally ignored, because an evaluation of
something neither tangible nor calculable is hardly possible.
This dilemma is clearly visible in the development of share prices.
They increase in totality according to general situation, because
they represent the industrial production. It does not reflect the
destruction of resources and the environmental damage, on which it is
based.
As a graphical depiction, the industrial growth can be put in
comparison to the loss of resources.
Regarding manufacturing of unique pieces and requirement of the
customers to purchase something very individual, the comparison would
be with the estimated loss of the ability to manufacture the piece of
handicraft.
Why should a unique piece be manufactured at a higher cost, if it can
be manufactured industrially in a much larger quantity,- so the
opinion and expectation of the purchasers.
In the field of the art market, runaways from the artistic scene
suggest a demand for the items with unique characteristics. The
specialty has a price. Participation in its production creates
imitators, so the price continues to slide downward and withy that
also the value.
This phenomena is actually not a phenomena but rather a result of the
economic oriented approach.
Work places, resources, cultural values are regulated in this way and
cause damage in social and political field.
It is remarkable, how little attention is given to the effects and causes.
The industrial product with a logo has a higher value as compared to
the unique product, especially then, when it is not communicated
industrially.
The possibility of marketing unique items and small series is made
difficult and obstructed through certification sectors, which in the
context of value addition suggest safety, environmental protection and
work protection.
Result is, that the unique product gradually falls away from
perception for financial reasons through the missing value addition.
The special thing is, that the richness of culture of a country
gradually disappears.
Innovation and creativity are promoted, but limited due to economic arguments.
The connections between climate, environment and culture are lost in
the process of globalization. The forgotten and the lost differences
however remain.
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