Industrial design in engineering programs: about the success of an integrated degree program model

Gatzky, Thomas (2016) Industrial design in engineering programs: about the success of an integrated degree program model. DESIGN OF MACHINES AND STRUCTURES, 6 (1). pp. 21-38. ISSN 1785-6892

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Abstract

Product development is an interdisciplinary and dynamic process. Especially in its early stages, engineers and industrial designers, among others, have a substantial say in the cost-intensive decisions being prepared and made. The Master’s program in Integrated Design Engineering (IDE) is based on the Magde-burg model of integrated product development and aims at preparing future engineers to apply human-centred, integrated product development methods. It also offers opportunities to integrate industrial design into the engineering program. Creating products for people means to design all future product characteristics in a way that helps people handle the product, eases its use, and makes it safe and emotionally attractive for the user. The industrial design curriculum focuses on analysing aesthetic and ergonomic product requirements. Design tasks focus on the use scenario of the product to be designed and its perceptually adequate form as key challenges of the design process. In IDE development projects, students can practice a holistic and integrated approach to de-signing. These projects present an ideal experimenting ground where engineers and design-ers learn to work together.

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