Becoming an Industrial Designer in Queensland

About this role

Industrial Designers plan, design, develop and document industrial, commercial or consumer products for manufacture with particular emphasis on ergonomic (human) factors, marketing considerations and manufacturability, and prepare designs and specifications of products for mass or batch production.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for an Industrial Designer include:

• determines the objectives and constraints of the design brief by consulting with clients and stakeholders
• undertakes product research and analyses functional, commercial, cultural and aesthetic requirements
• formulates design concepts for industrial, commercial and consumer products
• prepares sketches, diagrams, illustrations, plans, samples and models to communicate design concepts
• negotiates design solutions with clients, management, sales and manufacturing staff
• selects, specifies and recommends functional and aesthetic materials, production methods and finishes for manufacture
• details and documents the selected design for production
• prepares and commissions prototypes and samples
• supervises the preparation of patterns, programmes and tooling, and the manufacture process.