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Introduction
Published in Angèle Reinders, Designing with Photovoltaics, 2020
Angèle Reinders, Wouter Eggink, Marjan van Aubel
Currently, the role and the impact of Industrial Design Engineering in the Western world is still increasing. Even though not always recognized, Industrial Design can be a key factor in making a company and its products competitive because it improves and strengthens the company’s positions in their markets and succeeds in translating technologies into products that have a different, innovative image. Companies that invest in design tend to be more innovative, more profitable, and grow faster than those who do not (EU 2009; DZDesign 1996; Gemser & Leenders 2001). Likewise, this is confirmed by other studies on the Dutch design sector by TNO (2005) and Gemser et al. (2006). These studies clearly state the significant contribution of Industrial Design Engineering to the competitiveness of industry. If this is true for a diverse range of different industries, then this should also apply to the PV sector.
Quality assessment of industrial design curriculum
Published in Ataur Rahman, Vojislav Ilic, Blended Learning in Engineering Education, 2018
A.A. Mahmud, B. Kuys, O. Mubin
Industrial design is a trans-disciplinary profession, which covers a wide range of subjects such as engineering, business, ergonomics and aesthetics. Furthermore, it includes social, environmental and cultural issues (Erkarslan, 2007; Giard, 2000; Yang et al., 2005). According to the World Design Organization (WDO), industrial design is defined as “a strategic problem-solving process that drives innovation, builds business success, and leads to a better quality of life through innovative products, systems, services, and experiences” (WDO, 2018). Industrial designers focus on people’s needs and on how to create safe and usable products that can be adjusted to the varying lifestyles of people. Thus, product designers or industrial designers emphasize the way in which people live and deal with concept, appearance, performance and human factors that play a key role in influencing design. On the other hand, engineers focus on details, functionality, performance and production and tend to concentrate more on the problems of making a product function better for the tasks it is designed to do while optimizing its design for production (Owen, 2004). The field of industrial design optimizes function, value and appearance of products and systems for the mutual benefit of users and manufacturers (IDSA, 2018). Therefore, the industrial design profession not only covers the knowledge and skills of engineering, commerce and aesthetics but also involves the social and cultural issues of design (Giard, 2000).
Other Forms of IPRs
Published in Uday S. Racherla, Intellectual Assets for Engineers and Scientists, 2018
An industrial design enables a product to become more attractive and appealing to customers. In fact, the appearance of a product can be a key factor in the customer’s purchase decision. In some cases, the design can be so effective that both appearance and functionality work synergistically (though functionality is protected by a patent). For example, when Apple iPhone was introduced into the market, its design was so effective that many customers felt that the product was not only appealing to own, but also easy to operate. Most importantly, when designed right, the looks and functionality of the product become inseparable in the minds of consumers. Thus, when Apple introduced the first generation of iPhones in 2007, it sold almost 1.4 million units worldwide in the first year. However, over the next 8 years, the sales of the Apple iPhone soared, reaching 230 million units by 2015.5 This is the design-based innovation approach.
Trends and opportunities by fostering creativity in science and engineering: a systematic review
Published in European Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
Oscar Iván Higuera Martínez, Liliana Fernández-Samacá, Lizeth Fernanda Serrano Cárdenas
This trend seeks to foster creativity considering integrating areas such as theatre, arts, and industrial design in science and engineering development. These initiatives take advantage of the creative aspects of these areas, and the idea focuses on taking concepts from other areas and using them in science and engineering, strengthening disciplinary knowledge and learning and providing new perspectives that foster creativity. For example, Krusche et al. (2018) combine agile methodologies, stage design, and theatrical aspects, including accessories and humour, to develop software prototypes. Several authors like (Aguilera 2017; Bruhl and Bruhl 2020; Carmona Marques 2017; Hautala and Ibert 2018; Li and Cheng 2018; Nohara, Norton, and Kawano 2017; Pfeiffer et al. 2017; Zaher and Hussain 2020) present initiatives that combine culinary science, arts, and design to promote creativity and divergent thinking in their students. In this trend, the relevance of the inclusion of external concepts and disruptive experiences in the development of engineering is evaluated.
Physical ergonomics awareness in an offshore processing platform among Malaysian oil and gas workers
Published in International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2020
M. Hafizul Hilmi M. Noor, Raja Ariffin Raja Ghazilla
Human factors engineering, human factors or ergonomics generally refers to the combination of various fields, e.g., anthropometric, biomechanics, psychology, physiology, management and industrial design, including multiple engineering disciplines. The International Ergonomics Association (IEA) outlines that the terms ergonomics and human factors can be used interchangeably, defined as an ‘understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and a profession that applies theories, principles, data, and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance’ [1]. The IEA [1] has categorized ergonomics into three domains – physical, cognitive and organizational – but without classifying environmental aspects such as temperature, vibration, noise, illumination and radiation directly into any domain. Hendrick [2] has a more comprehensive elaboration of the physical ergonomics domain which includes hardware ergonomics (human–machine interface) and environmental ergonomics (human–environment interface).
Developing design as a discipline
Published in Journal of Engineering Design, 2018
For a conference in 1992, I wrote a paper (Cross 1993) reviewing the history of design methodology and its relationship with science. The origins of design methods in the 1950s and ‘60s had lain in ‘scientific’ methods of planning and management, such as decision theory and operations research. I distinguished between three science-design relationships: scientific design, design science and a science of design. The reasons advanced for developing new methods of design were often based on an assumption that modern, industrial design had become too complex for intuitive methods. The originators of the design methods movement of the 1960s realised that there had been a change from pre-industrial design to industrial design – and perhaps even to post-industrial design. The first half of the twentieth century had also seen the rapid growth of scientific underpinnings in many types of design, such as materials science, engineering science, building science, and behavioural science. So I suggested that all modern, industrialised design (as distinct from pre-industrial, craft-orientated design) is scientific design, based on scientific knowledge but utilising a mix of both intuitive and non-intuitive design methods.