industrial design

noun [U] PRODUCTION

Definition

› the process of designing the shape, features, etc. of manufactured products: He adapted his skills as a silversmith to become one of the leaders in industrial design.

industrial designer noun [C] › His team of industrial designers made sketches of handhelds that were transformed into models.

(Definition of industrial design noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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