2. Fields of design activity
By definition, industrial design concerns all aspects of the human environment conditioned by industrial production. Different categories are proposed.
2.1 Industrial (product) design
Industrial sectors are very diverse, from consumer goods to technical products, transport, capital goods and production goods. The designer can be involved to a greater or lesser extent, taking charge of a product's complete design (from marketing analysis to production follow-up), or intervening more lightly by improving the aesthetics of an already existing product.
The designer therefore combines and implements various elements from marketing, ergonomics, technology, human sciences, economics, etc. The aim is to obtain products with a better use value,...
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• APCI – Agency for the promotion of industrial creation http://www.apci.asso.fr
• AFD – Alliance française des designers http://www.alliance-francaise-des-designers.org/
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