postindustrial
Beyond the factories
Postindustrial describes an economy or society that has moved beyond manufacturing as its primary base, shifting toward services, information technology, and knowledge work.
A postindustrial economy depends less on factories and more on education, finance, healthcare, and digital industries: The rust belt's postindustrial landscape is dotted with abandoned mills.
System based on intangible work
- knowledge economySystem valuing expertise over manufacturing
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- rust beltDeclining industrial region
- manufacturing declineLoss of factory output
automation · globalization · job loss · factory closure · economic transition · white-collar · gig economy · financialization
Revitalizing decayed city areas
- loft conversionRenovating roof space into rooms
- warehouse districtCommercial storage area
- adaptive reuseRetrofitting buildings for new functions
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
brownfield · mixed-use · art district · redevelopment · smokestacks · urban decay · revitalization · tech campus
Notable family name
- knowledge workersThose paid for expertise
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- information societyCivilization organized around data
- credential inflationRising educational requirements
meritocracy · cultural capital · technocracy · inequality · precariat · social mobility · alienation · identity politics
Restoration of order
- remediationAct of correcting faults
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- toxic wasteDangerous industrial refuse
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
slag heap · soil contamination · groundwater · asbestos · heavy metals · ecological restoration · green space · rewilding
Harsh, unsparing conduct
- exposed brickUncovered interior wall material
- steel beamsStructural metal supports
- patinaSurface film from aging
- urban explorationRecreational infiltration of derelict structures
reclaimed materials · concrete · graffiti · loft style · heritage preservation · steampunk · nostalgic · gritty
service economy
System based on intangible work
- knowledge economySystem valuing expertise over manufacturing
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- rust beltDeclining industrial region
manufacturing decline · automation · globalization · job loss · factory closure · economic transition · white-collar · gig economy · financialization · downsizing
urban renewal
Revitalizing decayed city areas
- loft conversionRenovating roof space into rooms
- warehouse districtCommercial storage area
- adaptive reuseRetrofitting buildings for new functions
gentrification · brownfield · mixed-use · art district · redevelopment · smokestacks · urban decay · revitalization · tech campus · coworking space
Bell
Notable family name
- knowledge workersThose paid for expertise
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- information societyCivilization organized around data
credential inflation · meritocracy · cultural capital · technocracy · inequality · precariat · social mobility · alienation · identity politics · individualism
cleanup
Restoration of order
- remediationAct of correcting faults
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- toxic wasteDangerous industrial refuse
reclamation · slag heap · soil contamination · groundwater · asbestos · heavy metals · ecological restoration · green space · rewilding · carbon reduction
brutalism
Harsh, unsparing conduct
- exposed brickUncovered interior wall material
- steel beamsStructural metal supports
- patinaSurface film from aging
urban exploration · reclaimed materials · concrete · graffiti · loft style · heritage preservation · steampunk · nostalgic · gritty · weathered
postindustrialindustrial
Of factories and production
preindustrial · agrarian · agricultural · smokestack · heavy industry
postindustrialpreindustrial
Before factory-based economies
pre-industrial · primitive · ancient · medieval · pre-modern
postindustrialindustrial
Of factories and production
low-tech · labor-intensive · mechanized · manual · artisanal
industry, industrial, industrialist, industrialized, industrialization, industrialize, industrially, industrializing, industrializes