Industrial Design
The Industrial Design Program prepares students to be creative, practical, user-centered, aesthetics-focused, problem-solving, and opportunity-exploring designers, design strategists, or design leaders.
The NC State University Industrial Design Program is one of the top professional programs in this discipline in the country. The program offers Bachelor of Industrial Design (BID) and Master of Industrial Design (MID) degrees, both accredited by The National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
Students learn and practice design in a studio environment very similar to that of professional design offices. Students methodically study human physical and cognitive interaction with artifacts and services in order to discover user experience insights and then create innovative solutions to design problems. The dynamic and sophisticated balance of form, function, innovation, and practicality are constantly debated and articulated throughout the journey to better design.
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The Industrial Design faculty have joined NC State University from prestigious institutions around the world, each bringing years of experience in design, research, innovation, and education. The graduates from the program are enhancing the quality of life experiences with the creative design of products, services, branding, and communication systems for companies such as IDEO, Nike, Volvo, IBM, Toshiba, Dell, Pentagram, PepsiCo, RKS Design, Microsoft, The Smithsonian, Adidas, Hasbro, Target, and Bosch.
What is Industrial Design?
Industrial design is the professional service of creating and developing concepts and specifications that optimize the function, value, and appearance of products and systems for the mutual benefit of both user and manufacturer. Industrial designers develop these concepts and specifications for the user and manufacturer through the collection, analysis, and synthesis of data, often within the context of cooperative working relationships with other members of a development group such as management, marketing, engineering, and manufacturing specialists. They then communicate their clear and concise recommendations through drawings, models, and verbal descriptions that embody all relevant design criteria determined by the group.
The industrial designerโs unique contribution emphasizes those aspects of the product or system that relate most directly to human characteristics, needs, experiences, and interests. This contribution requires specialized understanding of visual, spatial, and tactile senses as well as product safety and convenience criteria. Industrial designers are experts in anticipating psychological, physiological and sociological factors and perceptions that influence users of products and services. Industrial designers also maintain a practical concern for the technical processes and requirements for manufacturing; marketing opportunities and economic constraints; and regulatory requirements relevant to good design.
In addition to supplying concepts for products and systems, industrial designers are often retained for consultation on a variety of problems that have to do with product and organization identity systems, development of communication systems, interior and exhibit design, advertising devices and packaging, and other related services. Their expertise is often sought in a wide variety of administrative arenas to assist in developing industry standards, regulatory guidelines, and quality control procedures to improve manufacturing operations and products. Industrial designers are guided by a professional obligation to protect the public safety and well-being, to respect the environment, and to observe contractual and ethical business practices.
See Student Work
See more examples of student work here: Department of Industrial Design Student Work
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Design next to a window today. You wonโt regret it. โ๏ธ๐ช๐จ๏ธ
Design is a love language, pass it on.
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๐จ: Caroline Coyle [B.Arch] for the 2024 Shawcroft Drawing Competition.
Happy Wellness Day, Pack! ๐ง๐บ
No classes today = the perfect time to recharge. But what about the days when your to-do list feels overwhelming?
Welcome to our first Mental Health Minute - a new series where we share quick tips to support your well-being. Today, our embedded counselor, Emily, introduces the 45-15 rule: work for 45 minutes, then take a 15-minute break to reset.
Small pauses can make a big difference in your focus and stress levels. ๐
๐ฉ๐ง Do you have a topic youโd like us to cover relating to being a design student and wellness? Let us know in the comments or send us a DM!
Listen to the bricks. ๐งฑ
Spring? Is that you?
๐ผ๏ธโจ How is AI reshaping artistic authorship, agency and expression?
output:reflect:input: explores these questions through interactive and traditional media, showcasing work by artists Pat Fitzgerald (CODโs Director of Graduate Programs in MADTech), Ian Boyd (MAD โ24) and local artist Allison Coleman. Special thanks to Lee Cherry and Mike Cindric for their contributions.
๐ Birdland, 706 Mountford Ave, Raleigh, NC
๐๏ธ Exhibition: Feb. 1โ23, 2025
๐ Free opening reception: Feb. 1, 3โ5 p.m.
Step into this evolving dialogue between art and AI, produced by @the.grid.project. Learn more about the show at the link in our bio!
Eight student teams were recognized at the @ncarchitecture Design and Chapter Awards.
The School of Architecture was also recognized for teaching excellence through its Educator of the Year, Kamphoefner Prize, F. Carter Williams Gold Medal and Associate Award.
The AIA North Carolina Design and Chapter Awards, held on Thursday, November 14th, 2024, at @naturalsciences in Raleigh, NC, is a statewide awards program that recognizes design that exceeds benchmarks for outstanding architectural design, structural composition, and application of design theory.
Over 130 projects were submitted to this yearโs program and 26 were awarded.
๐ฐ Read the story in our bio to learn more about each project!
๐ธ Winning projects in order:
๐ "Anchors: Connecting Community and Landscape" by Maggie Kroening
๐ "Bridged Artistry" by Maryam Osman
๐ "Layered Stories" by Kinsley Stevens & Abigail Lundergan
๐ "Market Place at Shockoe Slip" by Gargi Wadodkar
๐ R.E.C. by Lucas Stott
๐ "Richmond Repository of Urban Memory" by Ethan Hall
๐ "Rooted: the Embrace of Earth + Water" by Maggie Kroening
๐ "Squeezed Out: Mapping Diverse Dimensions of Raleigh NCโs Housing Crisis" by Raja Bandari, Kole Retterath, Dillon Patel, Lira Gomes, Gabrielle Schiltz, Ariana Farquharson, Lucas Stott, Neil Bowen, Noelle Robinson, Maggie Kroening
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๐ธ: @design.con.cept
POV: Itโs 2003, and you just set your AIM away message because it`s time to kick it with your friends in the studio. ๐บ๐ค
๐ธ Feeling nostalgic? #HowlBack, and tag us in your favorite throwback pic from your time at the COD!
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