2. Fields of design activity

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,...