Editing Industrial design (section)

{{Short description|Process of design}}
[[File:Olivetti-mc24-marcello-nizzoli.jpg|thumb|Olivetti ''Divisumma 24'' calculator designed by [[Marcello Nizzoli]] (1956)]]
[[File:Braun Radio mit Plattenspieler Pinakothek der Moderne (Foto Hilarmont).jpg|thumb|Braun ''SK 4'' "Snow White's coffin" [[Radiogram (device)|radiogram]] designed by [[Dieter Rams]],  [[Herbert Lindinger]], and [[Hans Gugelot]] (1956)]]

'''Industrial design''' is a process of [[design]] applied to physical [[Product (business)|products]] that are to be manufactured by [[mass production]].{{sfn|Heskett|1980|pp=10–11}}{{sfn|Kirkham|1999}} It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advance of the manufacture or production of the product. Industrial manufacture consists of predetermined, standardized and repeated, often automated, acts of replication,{{sfn|Heskett|1980|p=10}}{{sfn|Noblet|1993|pp=21–22}} while [[craft]]-based design is a process or approach in which the form of the product is determined personally by the product's creator largely concurrent with the act of its production.{{sfn|Noblet|1993|p=21}}

All manufactured products are the result of a design process, but the nature of this process can vary. It can be conducted by an individual or a team, and such a team could include people with varied expertise (e.g. designers, engineers, business experts, etc.). It can emphasize intuitive [[creativity]] or calculated [[Evidence-based design|scientific decision-making]], and often emphasizes a mix of both. It can be influenced by factors as varied as [[Raw material|material]]s, [[Manufacturing process management|production processes]], [[business strategy]], and prevailing social, commercial, or aesthetic attitudes.{{sfn|Heskett|1980|p=10}} Industrial design, as an [[applied art]], most often focuses on a combination of aesthetics and user-focused considerations,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://usabilitybok.org/glossary/19#letteri|title=Usability glossary {{pipe}} Usability Body of Knowledge|website=usabilitybok.org|access-date=2022-01-30|archive-date=2022-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123083410/http://www.usabilitybok.org/glossary/19#letteri|url-status=live}}</ref> but also often provides solutions for problems of form, function, [[physical ergonomics]], marketing, brand development, sustainability, and sales.<ref>de Noblet, J., ''Industrial Design'', Paris: A.F.A.A. (1993)</ref>