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I was under the impression that Industrial Design, as a discipline, is primarily concerned with the aesthetics of the end product, although my interactions with
by barbecue_sauce 7y ago
I was under the impression that Industrial Design, as a discipline, is primarily concerned with the aesthetics of the end product, although my interactions with others about this leads me to believe this might be an American interpretation or a newer distillation of the concept.
- m-ee 7y agoNever worked at Apple, but from what I've heard from friends there ID is a much more powerful role than at most hardware companies. They are the ones who define what the product should be and how the user interacts with it and tend to get the final say on such matters. At other companies this would be in an MRD/PRD defined by product managers or another group.
- 6nf 7y agoIndustrial Design as a discipline is no longer primarily concerned with aesthetics. It's a much more holistic discipline now with focus on manufacturability and TCO and so on and so forth.