Industrial+Designs

In order to describe an industrial design you must think of more than just the product and into the look and feel of the designer. According to **Wikipedia** ttp://www.wikipedia.org/ industrial design is “ a combination of [|applied art] and [|applied science], whereby the [|aesthetics], [|ergonomics] and [|usability] of [|products] may be improved for marketability and [|production]. The role of an industrial designer is to create and execute design solutions towards problems of form, usability, [|physical ergonomics], marketing, brand development and sales.[|[1]]” The term “industrial design” originates in the industrialization of consumer products as far back as 1907. As the original shape, pattern, ornament, or features of the object as created by the original designer can be protected against copying by hand or machine without authorization of the original designer. Designers usually factor in function with and attractiveness within the design of the product, usually to include catching the eye of the consumer or its ease of use in order to be acceptable as a registered industrial design. According to the ICSID ([|International Council of Societies of Industrial Design]), "Design is a creative activity whose aim is to establish the multi-faceted qualities of objects, processes, services and their systems in whole life-cycles. Therefore, design is the central factor of innovative humanization of technologies and the crucial factor of cultural and economic exchange."[|[6]] Wikipedia (2010) Many companies invest a large amount of time and money into perfecting their design to have the most function and attractiveness for the consumer and it pays to have the ability to protect this design. Unlike other intellectual property such as trade marks, integrated circuit topographies, patents, or copyrights, intellectual designs protected on grounds of creativity and not for the function, materials, method of construction or the idea of the product. For more information on how to protect your industrial design see A guide to Industrial Design within the Intellectual Property Office website or the legislation surrounding industrial designs [|//Industrial Design Act//] or [|//Industrial Design Regulations//]
 * Industrial Design**