Is industrial design a desk job?

I never could see myself doing a job sitting in a cubicle working on Rhino all day for ten hours a day.

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Most of my work is at a desk. However, I do find a lot of value in taking time away from my desk when brainstorming ideas. The desk can become a perfect secluded hermit hole void of human interaction and endless Google searches inhibiting true progress; where stepping away and talking to coworkers or making observational research may speed up the process.