Industrial design is in the applied art. With the current practice to sell the technical products, the fact that the product not only good function, but also aesthetic (beautiful) to sell. The creation of the shape - the design of the product to ensure a beautiful aesthetic design is the job of the industrial design.
I. The concept of industrial design
Industrial design is a design process that applies to products manufactured through mass production techniques. Its main characteristic is the design is separate from the production: creative action to determine and define the form and function of the product that takes place before the actual action of the product, including complete repetition, usually automated, replicated. This distinguishes the industrial design from the manual-based design, where the form of the product is determined by the author of the product at the time of its creation.
Industrial Product Designer
All products produced are the result of the industrial design process, but the nature of the process can take many forms: it can be done by an individual or a large group; It can emphasize visual creativity or scientific decision computing, and often emphasize both at the same time; and it can be influenced by a variety of factors such as materials, production processes, business strategies, and current social, commercial or aesthetic attitudes. The role of an industrial designer is to create and execute industrial design solutions for issues of form, function, usability, physical attitude, marketing, brand development, sustainability, and sales.
II. Products of industrial design
Industrial designers design products for the user - mostly human - but sometimes pet - of all races, ages, demographics, social status or ethnicity. To do this, empathy is a core attribute of the industrial design process. A sympathetic designer can "step on another's shoe" through research and observations to gather detailed information that will inform the rest of the industrial design process and ultimately lead to a design solution. Successfully solve problems in a meaningful way.
The product of industrial design includes all the products around us, divided into the following product groups (based on the definition and division of the product, some product groups in different countries can is a separate design industry)
Products of machine tools and environment: including machines, hand-held devices used in products such as lathes, drilling machines, saws, hammers, screwdrivers, labor protection equipment.
Household products, consumer goods: including kitchen utensils, office supplies, beauty equipment, furniture, sanitary ware, bathroom equipment...
Means of transportation: public transport, cars, motorbikes, airplanes, ships...
Medical equipment
III. Industrial Design - Social Prospects
Today, consumer products develop, products with the same use, attractive industrial design taste customers will increase the commercial value of the product and is considered an important goal of the manufacturer. Industrial design creates new, beautiful and convenient products that will meet the increasing demand of consumers... Therefore, this is a sector with great potential in society.
However, in Vietnam, this is still a sector of the future, currently struggling to find the market. For many Vietnamese businesses, industrial design was still considered a luxury. However, with the admission of large manufacturing companies investing in Vietnam, industrial designers will switch to "non-traditional" areas including positions in marketing and battlefield companies... Industrial design will have strong growth potential. Demand for design professionals will increase over the next few years as a natural resonance of Vietnam's economic development. In addition, industrial design students are trained in the diverse and specialized knowledge that can meet other areas of design.
At present, many schools in Vietnam and abroad provide training courses, the degree in Industrial Design, product design.
The basic industrial design training system includes knowledge about aesthetics, art, history of Vietnamese and world art; Vietnamese culture, traditional culture in accordance with specialized training. Knowledge of designing and demonstrating models of household products, industry, electronics, vehicles...; knowledge of the functions, designs in each category of application products, the ability to train ideas, drawing and models. Knowledge of advertising commodity to meet market demand. Knowledge of industrial design aesthetics, combining the application of the product based on the principles of functional, ergonomic... Understanding the process of product design, the product expression on the material: plastic Composite, clay, plaster...
