Industrial Designer

Overview

Who is Industrial Designer?

An industrial designer is the one who develops the concepts for manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and toys, engages in sales, improving the product designs, aesthetics and usability of the product. Industrial designing is an allied field of design engineer and artist. A bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture or industrial design makes the aspirant qualified for this field. Industrial designers create product design and development of visually appealing and user-friendly artistic and engineering technique for business development. The role of industrial designer is to observe model and test their designs, for items like furniture and appliances.

Industrial designer is the combination of art, business, and engineering to make products of daily use. The function, aesthetics, production costs, and usability of products are kept in mind by Industrial designers during the development of new product concepts. The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is a membership based non-profit organization that promotes the practice and education of industrial design.

Typical day at work

What does Industrial Designer do?

Industrial designers are responsible for the design, creation, testing, and development of new products. They are responsible for utilizing their specialities, knowledge and practical experience of creative design and engineering to produce functional, effective and aesthetically-pleasing products.

The roles and responsibilities includes;

• To coordinate and research with marketing department to prepare all designs
• To perform all activities for field research and prepare all prototype models for industrial products 
•  To determine requirements for designs by consulting with clients
• To create physical prototypes of their designs
• To examine and manufacture materials requirements to determine production costs

Abilities & aptitude needed

What are the skills, abilities & aptitude needed to become Industrial Designer?

Industrial designers require analytical skills to use logic and reasoning to study consumers and recognize the need for new products. Artistic ability enables them to formulate their initial ideas into sketches and prototypes. There is no industry unaffected by the technological revolution. Computer skills enable them to utilize softwares that allows development of designs and prototypes in more efficient ways. Creativity is the biggest virtue of an artist, it equips the designer to be innovative and integrate the new and existing techs to produce new products. Mechanical skills enable industrial designers to understand how products are engineered, at least for the types of products that they design.

Industrial designers determine the need, size, and cost of a product, anticipate production issues, develop alternatives, evaluate options, and implement solutions, all of which calls for problem solving skills. And interpersonal skills are required to work in teams and build relationships with clients and colleagues who specialize in related disciplines.

Courses

Which course I can pursue?