| What is INDUSTRIAL DESIGN? |
| T H E V I S U A L C O M M U N I C A T I O N C O M M U N I T Y W E B S I T E |
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| includes PRODUCT DESIGN plus HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN |
| WARNING: Some information may not be relevant to Australian situations For an interesting/controversial article regarding Industrial Design in which the author expresses the view that " ... as long as people seem not to care about and be aware of what their place looks like and works like, the world will remain filled with ugliness, and things that don't work properly ... " go to www.core77.com/design.edu/rain001.asp This is an explanation from Canada. If you want to be an Industrial Designer, do you have what it takes? www.edunetconnect.com/cat/careers/inddes.html When you graduate as an Industrial Designer, what skills do you need? Here are the top 10 skills discovered by a survey conducted by the University of Canberra Survey conducted in 1998 www.core77.com/design.edu/skillz.html www.idsa.org/ This is the link to the website of the Industrial Designers Society of America. It contains lots of interesting pages to explore. You should look at all of the following: ID Defined 100 Years of Design Careers in ID ID Links Here is another web page on this website that explains ID and shows links to STUDENT GALLERIES |
| History of Industrial Design CLICK HERE This website covers THE ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT 1851-1914 A return to naturalism & craftsmanship. ART NOUVEAU The importance of new decoration. DE STIJL & THE MODERN MOVEMENT Form follows function; rationalism & objectivity overthrows decoration, and the aesthetic of the machine. THE BAUHAUS & ITS OFFSPRING Craft skills & an objective definition of form taught to a new generation of designers. ART DECO, SCANDINAVIANS & STREAMLINING IN THE USA Organic form, space ships, cars & the rise of youth culture. 1960's POP High technology just around the corner; youth and the impact of consumerism. POSTMODERNISM Anything ~ everything goes; pluralism, humour & chaos. |