Greenman:
sonaheart:
Here is the difference between Product design and Inductrial design:
—Product design is to find all the solutions to realize the idea into real product;Industrial design is to find ideas what your products should look like and make your customer like your products;
—Product design is always related to mass production;Industrial design is always related to marketing and client;
—Product design is about structure and assembly;Industrial is about appearance and aesthetics;
—Product design focus on how to realize function;Industrial design focus on what functions are client/marketing need;
Whoa! Be careful when using the word always. I think you might be confusing product design with design engineering there, besides, I’ve seen industrial designers give thought to mass production, assembly, and function just as much as I’ve seen design engineers give consideration to clients, aesthetics, and needs.
I just tell people that I’m a designer and if I get a quizzical look I elaborate that I do product development, product design, graphic design, and exhibit design. Then to mess with people I tell them that I design the components that I use to design the exhibits that I design the graphics for.
Maybe in different company the job responsibility of Industrial deisgn got different definition.I do think process,mass production and assembly are not the points they should pay atentions to.
As for Product design and Design engineering,sometimes the boundary is not too clear,this depends on the orgnization of the company/factory.