There are. It’s an entire domain: industrial design. Just like software there’s both in-house roles and consultants. The depth of knowledge required to do it

There are. It’s an entire domain: industrial design. Just like software there’s both in-house roles and consultants. The depth of knowledge required to do it well warrants full university degrees in the topic. As with most things, you can probably take the autodidact route but be prepared to make a lot of mistakes. Also be prepared for those mistakes to cost 5 or 6 figures. The ease and almost zero cost of exploration and learning from failure that software allows does not always map to other domains. This is one of them. Source: partner is an industrial designer and geeks out on plastics, materials science and manufacturing techniques way harder than obsessions I pursue. It’s literally her entire world and she still fucks up occasionally too.