Definition of Industrial Design Flashcards
What is Industrial Design?
The service of creating products that optimize function, value and appearance.
What do Industrial Designers do?
They develop products and systems.
How do Industrial Designers work?
They prepare clear and concise recommendations through drawings, models and descriptions. They improve as well as create.
Who do Industrial Designers work with?
Management, marketing, engineering and manufacturing specialists.
Industrial Design consists of:
Transportation Design + Product Design + Environmental Design
Who and what do Industrial Designers design for?
For people, behaviour, technology and context.
In which categories of innovation does Industrial Design contribute?
- Incremental innovation (Improvement) - Variety innovation (Styling) - Radical innovation (New capability)
What is the most significant contribution of Industrial Design within innovation?
Making similar products appear different through color and style or by enhancing them with detail and minor additional features.
Who invented Leica?
Oskar Barnack
Who is the designer behind the iMac G3?
Jonathan Ive
Who is the designer behind this?
Alvar Aalto
Who is the designer behind this?
Raymond Loewy
Who are the designers behind this?
Charles and Ray Eames
