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Industrial Design: Fundamentals

       WhiteLight Design has been educated and practices the fundamentals of industrial design and product design engineering services.   Our firm brings together the many disciplines of Design Engineering and Human Factors to create new products, inventions and innovation.  Industrial Design is grounded in the arts and creating "pleasing the eye" products, accomplished by understanding and applying the laws of physics and engineering, along with the opportunities and limitations and economics of manufacturing mass production development   The Industrial Designer works with sales and marketing help steer the direction and insure customer acceptance and usability.  

       Industrial design programs typically include market research and analysis, (R&D), conceptual brainstorming development, mechanical and electrical engineering complimented by CAD-CAE-CAM and rapid prototyping services.   Full electronics and Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCB) and user interface design services compliment our mechanical capabilities to create intelligent design with localization and universal design methodologies and principles applied product development technologies. 

      Industrial Design is an art.  Most people think of the term "Industrial Design" (ID) as the design of industrial factories, possibly the design of all the machines that do the manufacturing of the millions of products we see on store shelves, but that is only one area of the vast array of Industrial Design functions. Industrial Designers are typically involved in mass production design of products on a large scale, however we "zoom in" and focus on specific product design styling, user interface and detail.  From tools to cell phones, kitchen appliances to life giving medical products, Industrial Design is the catalyst and golden thread that weaves WD’s services and capabilities together to driver user-awarded design and commercial profitability. 

       Industrial Design is a science referring to fields of study that admit especially precise predictions and rigorous methods of testing hypotheses, especially reproducible experiments involving quantifiable predictions and measurements.  Today's markets demands rapid responses to customer demands and ID has streamlined the process.  Based in the natural world, computing sciences and technology, Industrial Design relies on the established physics and sciences, engineering fields and the associated data and a scientific methodology of making propositions with objectives and constraints, with safety and legal considerations into a staged process of development with predefined results that can be replicated.   ID is about meeting the scientific, physical, structural, engineering and psychological, real world demands, as well as the artistic and semantic use of a product for the benefit of the end users.  Styling pulls us in, but good design with well thought out scientific execution and simplified user interface, keeps us engaged.

       By association, it's typically the geometric shape or styling of product that we remember.  Industrial Design's first pioneers: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Raymond Loewy, and Henry Dreyfus are all prominent individuals in history who have helped conform new products and shape the profession as well as made significant contributions to our lifestyles.    Famous ID products that changed history are: the First Dial Telephone:1897, GE's First Toaster: 1908, Model T Ford: 1913, G.E. Monitor Top Refrigerator: 1927 Douglas DC-3 Airliner:, 1935 RCA Television Sets: 1939 , Polaroid Model 95: 1948,  IBM Selectric I Typewriter: 1961 , Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet: 1969, The Dustbuster: 1979  Apple Computer: 1984,  Apple IPod  2001.  ID is both an art and a science, but most importantly, it represents an Enlightened approach to the business of product development and business investment.

       If you have a simple sheet metal box or printed circuit board design, or complex product assembly with broad interface requirements, your money and your time depend on sound industrial design recommendations.  Sound and professional industrial design and product engineering services can ensure achievement of the functional objectives for success in the field and in the market place.  Simply stated, proper industrial design & engineering practices can be the determining factor in whether the invention or product will succeed.

ID Fundamentals

  • ID Introduction

  • Key Vocabulary 

  • Intellectual Property

  • Compliance & Standards

    • ID Strategic Development Services

  • Design Assessment (Window of Opportunity) 

  • Patent Evaluation

  • Feasibility Study (See ME Proof of Concept)

  • Brainstorming

  • Conceptual Design

  • Styling

  • Color Studies

  • 3D Design Development (Layouts & Mock-Ups)

  • Human Factors & User Interface (See also HF section)

  • Product Engineering (See also Engineering sections)
              ME           Mechanical Engineering
                  EE           Electrical Engineering
                  MatE        Materials Engineering
                      ManufE     Manufacturing Engineering

  • Materials & Manufacturing Process Selection

  • Modelmaking & Rapid Prototyping  (See also Prototype)

  • Design Control / CAD Drawing Packages (2D/3D)

    • Start  (Getting Started)

  • Preliminary Assessment (Window of Opportunity) 

  • Building Trust & Partnership

  • Fundamentals

  • Strategic Development Process (SDP)

  • The Design Brief

  • Coaching (Personal & Business)

  • Consultations

  • Quotation for Services

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