Product design
Product design defines a product’s form, function, materials, and user experience so it meets needs and can be manufactured.
Design thinking: A human-centered approach to solving problems through research, idea generation, prototyping, and testing. Its iterative methods help product teams discover needs and evaluate possible solutions.
Industrial design: The design of mass-produced objects, including their form, usability, and relationship to manufacturing. It focuses on the physical form and use of many consumer products.
Consumer electronics: Electronic devices designed for personal or household use. These products combine compact hardware, controls, appearance, and software experience.
Graphic design: The practice of communicating ideas and information through visual composition and typography. It shapes visual communication, while product design also defines physical function and manufacture.
User-centered design: A design approach that grounds decisions in users’ needs, abilities, and contexts of use. It makes user needs a continuing constraint on product decisions.
Human factors and ergonomics: The study of how people interact with systems, tools, and environments, used to improve safety and usability. It informs dimensions, controls, and interactions that fit human capabilities.
Medical device design: The design of devices intended for medical purposes, subject to safety and regulatory requirements. Medical products must balance usability with risk control and compliance.
Service design: The design of coordinated interactions and processes through which a service is delivered. It centers on service systems rather than primarily on a product’s form and function.
Design brief: A document that states a design project’s goals, requirements, constraints, and scope. It translates stakeholder needs into a shared set of product requirements.
User experience design: The design of how people perceive and interact with a product or service across its use. It addresses the experience that product functions and interfaces create.