Industrial designer
Nature
An industrial designer is an inventor as well as an artist, a technician and an ergonomics technician, who puts his/her talent to use for the brand, while constantly seeking product and potential market improvement. In the board sports industry, the industrial designer mainly works with hardware: technical equipment (surf boards, snowboards, ski, skate…etc). An excellent practical knowledge of board sports is essential in order to be able to offer an adapted product to consumers, while respecting quality requirements. The main difficulty of this position is to combine creativity to functional requirements: marketing, ergonomics, manufacturing and environmental limitations must be respected, as well as the aesthetic perspective. The guarantee of quality, the search for innovation and performance as well as an ethical attitude towards sustainable development are all prerogatives, which the industrial designer must take into account at all levels.
Mission
Choice of materials for product design
Manufacturing of a model, based on blue prints presented to the project team
Validation of the scale model and creation of a prototype of the future commercial product
Negotiation of best prices relative to production costs
Compétences
Knowledge of industrial difficulties
Global view of industrial processes
Curiosity in future trends and fashions
Solid skills in industrial design software
Accès
School of art or engineering schools with a specialization in industrial design.