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Design+ Industrial design leads to understanding of users

for data analysis and extracting relevant research findings. product from another, and it is “precisely in this, albeit
The findings of this applied and exploratory research led small, difference, in this very minute formal imperfection,
the author to build a hypothesis, become familiar with that the charm and the very essence of this artistic form
the topic, and generate knowledge for further practical consists.” 6, p. 29 Still, designing a product’s form means a lot
applications. Besides, these findings laid the theoretical more than designing its outside appearance, or integrating,
basis for this paper, affording an understanding of the true coordinating, and articulating each useful and technical-
value of design thinking along with defining the designers’ optimistic element in addition to symbolic and cultural
role in a world that still really needs them. elements. For instance, Maldonado thought of design
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as the process of coordinating all elements contributing
2.2. Limitations to a product, starting from its consumption (functional,
By exploring the previous literature for this study, the symbolic, and cultural factors) and ending with its
author found that the previous literature review was production and distribution. This is what distinguishes
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mostly systematic and extensive but not exhausted. the design from all the other artistic productions: an
Hence, the findings might be limited to the results and artistic form that aims to publicize itself in a product, and
data that were available in the literature searched using the product in itself.
the aforementioned keywords. Consequently, the author Those products made with traditional techniques,
assumes that other related studies and databases in the even if they are objects produced in small series or with
literature might not be included in this review. mechanical means (e.g., lathe, frame), are still unique and

3. A brief overview of the De+Sign=Design appear similar in both processing and results. Thanks to
the artist-craftsmen who intervene in all manufacturing
Design is all around us and to this point, people/customers phases of the product, each piece has unique, albeit
constantly play a valuable function in layout and for that, minimal, characteristics. Indeed, the design products are
it has the strength to deliver development to society. We not so unique but should be reproducible in series through
keep in mind the correct layout to be merchandised that the exclusive use of the machine. Besides, in the case of ID,
truly enhances our lives or has the capacity to do so. designers must deal with an element that, only partially,
Consequently, the author attempts to explain what is and falls within the domain of art; hence, designers always
what means design, based on historical events (e.g., the IR) must deal with “a category of products whose first reason
and the data available in the academic and gray literature. for being is to ‘work’ and to draw the consumer’s attention

In the beginning, the word design can find its origin in through their specific formal qualities.” 10, p.44
the late 14 century and was coined from the Latin designare The majority of industrial products (e.g., curtain walls,
th
= de (out) + signare (to mark, sign). By the 16 century, the telephones, or ballpoint pens) encompass some formal
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th
Italian verb disegnare emerged and included the meanings qualities that characterize their function, better known as
“to contrive, plot, draw, embroider…etc.,” being brought semantic elements that help them to be easily identifiable.
to English, through the French désigner, that is design in When a design needs things such as labels, instructions,
all senses. Despite a short etymological story of the word or pictures, it has failed because a successful product must
design, indeed in today’s world its definition and meaning be intuitively designed, so that users would know how
are still fluid and at times uncertain and hold several broad it works and/or what it does without any instructions.
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interpretations. A complicated idea is enclosed inside Still, basic design principles can be based on our own
the term design due to the fact that the word is believed (previous) experiences in life and insights from semantics
to have undergone connotational changes with diverse and psychology. In nature, we are surrounded by shapes
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nuances over time. However, the foundations serve as the communicating to us what they are thus; designers must
basis for the purpose of expressing the artist’s paintings, create the prior knowledge of users by tapping into their
which in the case of an artisan piece occurs at the end of real-world experiences. This can be done with the use
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the workmanship and in the case of a commercial layout of metaphors; however, the most frequently applied by
piece occurs at the beginning. 10 designers is the semantic resource, with clear references to
According to Dorfles, only those possessing an esthetic the human body shapes (for an example, Figure 5). In doing
intent in the design phase belong to the design category so, designers give forms the power to speak about their use
among industrial products. As per what happens nowadays and frequently take inspiration from human body shapes.
for glass, ceramics, or carved metal, the artisan products Design’s meaning-making potential, symbolic value,
never reach the absolute identity of each copy. Particularly, semantics, and narrative potential characterized postmodern
there is always a differential quid to distinguish one design, ranging from 1960 to the mid-90s. Instead, relational

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