This blog is about Industrial and Product Design – how it is defined, what it is, its history, the people and companies in the field, and other topics related to industrial design. It’s not an art blog; it’s not a design blog; it’s not a manufacturer’s marketing platform. It’s a clearinghouse for information about industrial and product design as a design discipline.
The main categories of posts are:
Explanations – short articles with definitions and background information.
Resources – links to useful resources like ID blogs or books, websites, events, etc.
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Hi, I’m a designer. My name is Jared. I wanted to create a blog where I can share my thoughts and experiences with industrial and product design as a field of work.
I am currently in my first year of college studying Industrial Design with a minor in Computer Science.
Let me know if you have any questions or want to talk about anything!
We are currently working on a new website for the Industrial and Product Design program at San Diego City College. We have been asked to develop a site that will be both informative and visually appealing. This is a challenge, since we want our readers to easily find what they need, but don’t want to make it too crowded or difficult to navigate.
In addition to the homepage, we will be developing pages that contain information about the program, as well as each of the programs offered within Industrial and Product Design.
We have broken down our audience into four different groups: current students and instructors, potential students, industry professionals, and parents of potential students. These categories are meant to help us demonstrate how our design program can help people in all of these areas.
Our website is meant to be enlightening, both in terms of what it offers visitors, but also in terms of its layout and design. We have decided to use a lot of white space on the site in order to give it a clean look that focuses attention on the text and images. I feel like this will help make sure that our site is easy for visitors to use and won’t distract them from any content we may be offering.
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Industrial and Product Design. Industrial Design (ID). What is it and what does it do?
Industrial design is a design field that encompasses the entire process behind invention and creation of a new product, from its inception through to manufacture and delivery to the customer. It is a design field that crosses all disciplines, from Mechanical Engineering applied to form, to Software Engineering applied to function, to Graphic Design applied to marketing.
Tasks that are typically executed by Industrial Designers include:
– Researching the market and creating a vision for the product, including requirements analysis, specification writing, prototyping
– Understanding the manufacturing processes and packaging constraints, as well as liaising with all disciplines involved in the production of the product.
– Envisioning the User Experience of the product – how does it work? what does it look like? who will use it? how do they use it? how can we make it better?
– Providing input towards branding such as naming of products and services, creating brand guidelines/style guides/visual identity standards.
– Designing marketing materials such as packaging, brochures and websites.
– Making sure that all elements of the product or service are designed consistently in line with all brand guidelines/style guides/visual identity
Industrial and Product Design is the process of designing an item to be manufactured. That is, it involves turning an idea for a physical object into a three dimensional object through CAD (Computer Aided Design) and 3D printing. It is a very wide field that includes product design, packaging design, graphic design, and any other subset of design involving manufacturing.
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Industrial design and product design are fields that involve the development of products to meet consumer needs. The fields are similar in several ways, but different in others.
Both are areas of design concerned with creating functional and aesthetically pleasing products. Industrial designers are more focused on the look and feel of the product, while product designers focus more on function.
Product designers take a more scientific approach, while industrial designers have more of an artistic background.
Both fields require years of schooling and experience to master, as well as knowledge of manufacturing processes.
Industrial Design (ID) and Product Design (PD) have similar functions and that’s the reason they are often confused. However, although the functions are similar the fields of study are quite different and they require a different set of skills.
So, what is Industrial Design? The short answer is that it is the process of designing products for manufacture. In other words, it’s about designing products for production not consumption.
