Industrial designers develop the concepts for manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and toys. They combine art, business, and engineering to make products that people use every day. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
What is Industrial Design? Here’s an iconic example:
image from Imagination Factory
Why does the Coca-Cola bottle have that sinuous curve that resembles a woman’s body? Someone thought that up and it did a few things. It made the bottle easier to hold. It made the bottle look different from other bottled sodas. But most importantly, it associated the bottle with something desirable … something innately sexy. That, my friend, is the power of Industrial Design.
Everything that you can buy in a store has been touched by an Industrial Designer. Every box that the product is displayed in. Every object that you can hold. Every car that you’ve ever sat in. Even the shoes that you wear. Designer sneakers? That’s Industrial Design when something mundane as sports shoes is elevated into a collectible.
Industrial Design is where Art meets Commerce. It’s Art + Form + Function. Where do you learn to become an Industrial Designer? Art school! My daughter is studying to be an Industrial Design at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and here is there student show that happens once every three years.
RISD Industrial Design Triennial Student Show October 2022
What caught your eye? What would you buy if you saw it in a store? It might come to a store near you soon. You never know! These RISD Industrial Designers are extremely enterprising!
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