Chapter Eleven Summary
In Chapter Eleven, the author discusses the importance of Industrial Design and how its practice is incorporated into the product development process. When defining Industrial Design the author references the Industrial Designers Society of America which defines Industrial Design as, “the professional service of creating and developing concepts and specifications that optimize the function, valve, and appearance of products and systems for the mutual benefit of both user and manufacturer.” The need for Industrial Design is dependent upon the amount of involvement the consumer will have with the product, products with more consumer interaction will need more Industrial Design aspects compared to products that the consumer
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The manufacturing cost is how much it costs the manufacturer to implement the details that were generated through Industrial Design. The time cost is how much money was lost due to the increased lead time in the product development process due to Industrial Design. Industrial Design can be used to establish company identity through consistent design characteristics in and across a company’s product line(s). The author outlines the Industrial Design process as consisting of six steps which are; investigation of consumer needs, concept generation, preliminary refinement, further refinement and final concept selection, control drawings or models, and coordinating with engineering, manufacturing, and external venders. Industrial Design must thoroughly investigate the needs of the consumer since it dictates the very design of the product. The next step is to generate concepts that meet the needs of the consumer. During preliminary refinement Industrial Designers create soft models of the product along with sketches of the models. During further refinement Industrial Design create hard models and renderings of the product. Control drawings or models depict the final concept in accurate detail and can be used to create prototypes