Industrial Design Technology

Industrial design technology is a commercial design and art program geared toward the creative application of design to consumer and household products, packaging and environmental signage. Industrial design technology professionals solve communication and design problems by using different formats, including researching the problem, creating packaging and constructing models and prototypes.

Industrial Design Technology Degree

Industrial design technology prepares the graduate to combine three aspects of art into a career: conceiving ideas, gaining technical skill to execute those ideas and learning design to make the execution aesthetically pleasing. The courses in the program deal with the different types of products and output a graduate is expected to deliver, such as:

• 3-D design and computer-aided modeling
• Computer graphics
• Product design
• Technical drawing
• Packaging and point of sale
• Typography
• Model making
• Fundamentals of drawing and design

Preparing to Work in Industrial Design Technology

Industrial design technology graduates can find entry-level positions such as staff designer, industrial designer, product designer, 3D designer/modeler, junior industrial designer or freelance industrial designer.

If you possess a passion for design and want to see your concepts take shape in three dimensions, then consider a career in industrial design technology.