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Industrial Design. Academic Program Description
A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via the creation of effective forms, shapes, and packaging for manufactured products. Includes instruction in designing in a wide variety of plastic and digital media, prototype construction, design development and refinement, principles of cost saving, and product structure and performance criteria relevant to aesthetic design parameters.
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Colleges Offering this Curriculum
- Academy of Art University
- Appalachian State University
- Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
- Art Center College of Design
- Auburn University Main Campus
- Baker College of Clinton Township
- Brigham Young University
- California College of the Arts
- California State University-Long Beach
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Clemson University
- Cleveland Institute of Art
- College for Creative Studies
- Columbia College Chicago
- Columbus College of Art and Design
- Community College of Allegheny County
- Cranbrook Academy of Art
- Escuela de Artes Plasticas de Puerto Rico
- Fashion Institute of Technology
- Ferris State University
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
- ITT Technical Institute-San Bernardino
- Jackson Community College
- Kean University
- Massachusetts College of Art
- Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley
- Metropolitan State College of Denver
- Milwaukee Institute of Art Design
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh
- Northern Michigan University
- Oakland City University
- Ohio State University-Main Campus
- Otis College of Art and Design
- Philadelphia University
- Pratt Institute-Main
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- San Jose State University
- Savannah College of Art and Design
- The Art Institute of Colorado
- The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Inc
- The Art Institute of Philadelphia
- The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
- The Art Institute of Portland
- The Art Institute of Seattle
- The New School
- The University of the Arts
- University of Bridgeport
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- University of San Francisco
- University of Washington - Seattle
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Wentworth Institute of Technology
- Western Michigan University
- Western Washington University