ARCHITECTS / INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT DESIGNERS

Historically industrial product design was developed by architects, applying the principles of design outside the arena of the built environment. Architects have less focus on the detailed quantitative assessment of designs and more focus on the qualitative aspects of design. The architect is equivalent to the engineer, with lower level technologists, building designers and architectural drafters below. Architects normally employ the services of engineering consultancies for detailed quantitative assessment of design-solutions.