Tools To Bring Life by The Dysania Concept (2023)
Industrial Designers combine art, engineering and business to make everyday products. To develop these, they focus on their function, aesthetics, production costs and usability, making our lives, through their ideas, simpler, more efficient and more beautiful. So, in this edition of The Mindsets, we’ll explore the qualities, virtues and skills Industrial Designers have that enable them to create the products we use throughout our lives. As Tucker Viemister said, “A man-made thing that produces pleasure and criticism by somehow taping into the order of the universe is beautiful. Making beautiful things makes our lives worthwhile. (...) From a pragmatic point of view, for something to be beautiful, it has to work. In order to make this idea clearer, I have combined the ideas of beauty and function into one word: Beautility.”
1. Problem-Solving
Industrial Designers rely on their problem-solving ability to establish a working line. After being commissioned or handed a brief, Industrial Designers must begin their research and start sketching ideas for the product their client has asked them to design. Therefore, during this process and the following prototype and testing phases, Industrial Designers use their problem-solving skills to anticipate issues, develop alternatives and implement solutions. In a field where creativity and development work in stages, being aware of challenges and solving them is vital. Therefore, when working to bring an idea to life, be mindful of the upcoming challenges and hardships to establish the best working line and know how to deal with any problems that might arise throughout the path.
2. Innovation
Industrial Designers count on their innovation to find new paths towards their products. Because clients mainly task them with developing wholly new or partially new products, Industrial Designers must have an innovative and creative mind to integrate what already exists with whatever they need to create to build the perfect blend to bring their idea to life. Between traditional and new techniques, the development of technology and the disrupting minds surrounding the field, Industrial Designers must be innovative to sharpen their path towards materialising their ideas. So, after establishing the most suitable working line, know the importance of innovating throughout the process. Integrating your innovative ideas with existing ones is often the perfect start towards your desired destination.
3. Self-Learning
Industrial Designers must be self-learners to succeed in an ever-changing world. Stop learning is never an option in a role where interpersonal, analytical, mechanical, creative and computer skills are needed. Hence, Industrial Designers always remain open to new ideas and resources to better the quality of attention they give to their clients and their knowledge regarding all aspects of their creation process and new emerging technology. Similarly, we must never stop being students of the world. Learning about new technology, resources, and skills will always do us good when pursuing a goal, as these will sharpen our minds and help us make better decisions by increasing the pool of knowledge available to us.
Industrial Designers are versatile minds. Their ability to implement their soft and hard skills to any type of brief or request done by a client reinforces the importance of their role in making our lives simple and increasing their beautility. So, remember the importance of developing your problem-solving skills, as problems are present no matter what you are chasing, and knowing how to anticipate and solve them is vital to smoothen the process you’re walking through. Also, be innovative when developing an idea. Think beyond the boundaries in your mind, blend reality with your imagination and integrate them to perfect your concept. And finally, never stop learning. Life has endless lessons, so why should we ever say we’ve had enough of them? Now, we invite you to adopt The Industrial Designer’s Mindset as we all work to make our lives simpler and more beautiful.
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