Employment direction and prospect of industrial design

The employment direction and prospect of industrial design are as follows: functional design, structural design, modeling and packaging design of products.

When designing a product, industrial design should not only consider the shape and function of the product, but also consider the market demand and positioning of the product, such as why people design it, what price the product should be, what materials the product should be made of, and the production process design of the product.

In addition, industrial design should also consider how to make products easy to package, store, transport and maintain. Therefore, the purpose of industrial design is to study how to improve the appearance quality through the comprehensive design of products and make people easy to use.

Because mechanical design involves a wide range, industrial design teaching in various universities focuses on it. For example, Tongji University focuses on architecture, Donghua University focuses on product design, that is, small household appliances, Jiangnan University cars and other industrial products, Tsinghua University focuses on vehicle modeling design, and even some schools include interior design.

Art design will supplement graphic creativity, product packaging design, VI design, binding design, interior design and other courses. In particular, it is necessary for universities to arrange courses such as basic art courses. Many people mistakenly think that industrial design is product appearance design, and think that students majoring in process design must have a solid art foundation. In fact, this understanding is one-sided.

Development trend:

Industrial design is an integrated innovation activity that takes industrial products as the main object, comprehensively applies scientific and technological achievements and social, economic, cultural and aesthetic knowledge, and integrates and optimizes the function, structure, form and packaging of products. As a modern service industry oriented by industrial production, industrial design industry focuses on functional design, structural design, modeling and packaging design.

Compared with traditional industries, industrial design industry has the characteristics of intensive knowledge and technology, less consumption of material resources, great growth potential and good comprehensive benefits. As a typical form of integrated innovation, industrial design has the advantages of small investment, short cycle, high return and low risk compared with technological innovation.