1. Evolution. Terminology

1.1 Reasons for industrial design

Today's industrial design has been enriched and broadened by taking into account ergonomic factors, quality requirements and the integration of socio-cultural elements, giving it a forward-looking dimension that is useful for marketing.

• The official definition of industrial design was adopted by the international organization ICSID in 1961 (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design).

  "Industrial design is a creative activity whose aim is to determine the formal properties of industrially produced objects.

  By formal properties we mean not only the external characteristics, but above all the functional...