Editing Industrial design (section)

==Definition==

Industrial design studies function and form—and the connection between product, user, and environment. Generally, industrial design professionals work in small scale design, rather than overall design of complex systems such as buildings or ships. Industrial designers don't usually design motors, electrical circuits, or gearing that make machines move, but they may affect technical aspects through usability design and form relationships. Usually, they work with other professionals such as engineers who focus on the mechanical and other functional aspects of the product, assuring functionality and manufacturability, and with marketers to identify and fulfill customer needs and expectations.

{{Quote box|align=right|width=25%|quote=Industrial design (ID) is the professional service of creating and developing concepts and specifications that optimize the function, value and appearance of products and systems for the mutual benefit of both user and manufacturer.|source=[[Industrial Designers Society of America]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idsa.org/absolutenm/templates/?a=89 |title=Industrial Designers Society of America |access-date=2010-01-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124105248/http://www.idsa.org/absolutenm/templates/?a=89 |archive-date=January 24, 2010 }}</ref>}}
Design, itself, is often difficult to describe to non-designers because the meaning accepted by the design community is not made of words. Instead, the definition is created as a result of acquiring a critical framework for the analysis and creation of artifacts. One of the many accepted (but intentionally unspecific) definitions of design originates from [[Carnegie Mellon School of Design|Carnegie Mellon's School of Design]]: "Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Simon |first=Herbert A. |date=1988 |title=The Science of Design: Creating the Artificial |url=https://ldq.sagepub.com/lookup/doi/10.2307/1511390 |journal=Design Issues |volume=4 |issue=1/2 |pages=67–82 |jstor=1511391 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Simon |first=Herbert A. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1099679934 |title=The sciences of the artificial |date=2019 |others=John Laird |isbn=978-0-262-35474-5 |edition=Third edition [2019 edition] |publisher=[[MIT Press]] |location=Cambridge |pages=111 |oclc=1099679934 |access-date=2022-06-18 |archive-date=2022-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109075225/http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1099679934 |url-status=live }}</ref> This applies to new artifacts, whose existing state is undefined, and previously created artifacts, whose state stands to be improved.

Industrial design can overlap significantly with [[engineering design]], and in different countries the boundaries of the two concepts can vary, but in general [[engineering]] focuses principally on functionality or utility of products, whereas industrial design focuses principally on ''aesthetic and user-interface'' aspects of products. In many jurisdictions this distinction is effectively defined by [[Regulation and licensure in engineering|credentials and/or licensure]] required to engage in the practice of engineering.<ref name=mcadc>{{cite web|title=The Difference Between Industrial Design And Design Engineering|url=http://design.designmuseum.org/design/christopher-dresser|website=MCADC Cafe|access-date=9 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920154512/http://design.designmuseum.org/design/christopher-dresser|archive-date=20 September 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>  "Industrial design" as such does not overlap much with the engineering sub-discipline of [[industrial engineering]], except for the latter's sub-specialty of [[ergonomics]].

At the 29th General Assembly in Gwangju, South Korea, 2015, the Professional Practise Committee unveiled a renewed definition of industrial design as follows:
"Industrial Design is a strategic problem-solving process that drives innovation, builds business success and leads to a better quality of life through innovative products, systems, services and experiences."
An extended version of this definition is as follows:
"Industrial Design is a strategic problem-solving process that drives innovation, builds business success and leads to a better quality of life through innovative products, systems, services and experiences. Industrial Design bridges the gap between what is and what's possible. It is a trans-disciplinary profession that harnesses creativity to resolve problems and co-create solutions with the intent of making a product, system, service, experience or a business, better. At its heart, Industrial Design provides a more optimistic way of looking at the future by reframing problems as opportunities. It links innovation, technology, research, business and customers to provide new value and competitive advantage across economic, social and environmental spheres.
Industrial Designers place the human in the centre of the process. They acquire a deep understanding of user needs through empathy and apply a pragmatic, user centric problem solving process to design products, systems, services and experiences. They are strategic stakeholders in the innovation process and are uniquely positioned to bridge varied professional disciplines and business interests. They value the economic, social and environmental impact of their work and their contribution towards co-creating a better quality of life. "<ref name="ICSID 2015 in Gwangju">[http://www.icsid.org/about/about/articles31.htm ICSID web：DEFINITION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317224506/http://www.icsid.org/about/about/articles31.htm |date=2007-03-17 }}</ref>