INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Industrial design is carried out in many areas, with varying emphasis. The key word in the engineering industry is usability. The planning of engineering products is a broad-based and multidisciplinary process in which the industrial designer's task is to give the customer added value by methods such as the following:
• Reduction of manufacturing costs
• Minimising the use of raw materials
• Saving on labour costs
• Reduction of transportation costs
• Provision of assembly services
• Employment of recycling