The Industrial Design program equips designers to produce products, devices, and designs that support and enhance human interactions. We emphasize a design process strongly flavored by user testing, observation, and modeling, while preserving the richness of the visual and formal traditions in the field. We emphasize a collaborative design process which incorporates the skills of communication design, industrial design, cognitive psychology, and computer science, among others. With an emphasis on strategic planning, the program prepares designers to offer clients the strategies and artifacts most appropriate for both their needs and their audience's needs. Programs in Design A new set of doctoral programs for advanced study of critical issues of and research into design theory, interaction design, typography and information design, and new product development.
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