Difference between Product Design and Industrial Design

Whenever a vendor (almost any vendor) comes in and gives a presentation, they say they serve “medical, consumer, defense, and industrial markets”. In their nomenclature, “industrial” means sheet rollers, testing fixtures, laboratory equipment, etc.

So I agree, industrial is almost irrelevant… when I think of “Industrial + Design” I don’t think of the ID folk I work with, I think of Brunel