Industrial design

Industrial design is an applied art whereby the aesthetics and usability of products may be improved. Design aspects specified by the industrial designer may include the overall shape of the object, the location of details with respect to one another, colors, texture, sounds, and aspects concerning the use of the product ergonomics. Additionally the industrial designer may specify aspects concerning the production process, choice of materials and the way the product is presented to the consumer at the point of sale. The use of industrial designers in a product development process may lead to added values by improved usability, lowered production costs and more appealing products.

Famous industrial designers

• Egmont Arens (1888-1966)
• Norman bel Geddes (1893-1958)
• Michele De Lucchi (1951- )
• Henry Dreyfuss (1904-1972)
• James Dyson (1947- )
• Charles and Ray Eames (1907-1978) and (1912-1988)
• Harley J. Earl (1893-1969)
• Hartmut Esslinger (1944- )
• Virgil Exner (1909-1973)
• Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)
• Kenneth Grange (1929- )
• Michael Graves (1934- )
• Walter Adolph Gropius (1883-1969)
• Jonathan Ive (1967- )
• Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971)
• Raymond Loewy (1893-1986)
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969)
• László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946)
• Victor Papanek (1927-1999)
• Dieter Rams (1932? )
• Richard Sapper (1932- )
• Ettore Sottsass (1917- )
• Philippe Starck (1949- )
• Brooks Stevens (1911-1995)
• Walter Dorwin Teague (1883-1960)
• Eva Zeisel (1906- )