industrial design

noun

1. the art that deals with the design problems of manufactured objects, including problems of designing such objects with consideration for available materials and means of production, of designing packages, bottles, etc., for manufactured goods, and of graphic design for manufactured objects, packages, etc.

industrial design

noun

1. the art or practice of designing any object for manufacture

Derived Forms

• industrial designer, noun

Other Words From

• industrial designer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of industrial design¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

They were recent graduates of Pratt Institute’s industrial design program, and they swaddled pieces of rope, scraps of wood and other discards in spandex that they soaked in resin, creating a ham hock-like form that could be sliced to create variegated drink coasters that a writer described as “one part terrazzo and one part mortadella.”

From New York Times

After studying industrial design at the University of Notre Dame, Ryan Twardzik tried his hand at footwear, accessory and graphic design.

From New York Times

As models strode around a living room, one stood atop the coffee table that, in an eye-popping moment of industrial design, transformed into a wooden hooped skirt when she lifted it up.

From BBC

For the latest study, WSU scientists led by Ani Jayakaran, a professor at WSU's Puyallup Research and Extension Center, worked in an active parking lot at the School of Industrial Design, Engineering and Art in Tacoma, Wash., running a series of tests on four permeable pavements made of either asphalt or concrete.

From Science Daily

Hung, who grew up in Taiwan and studied industrial design at ArtCenter in Pasadena, has carefully curated her shop with items that remind her of “a day with my grandmother in Taiwan.”

From Los Angeles Times