Industrial Design

Awards and Recognition
DesignIntelligence ranked SCAD's industrial design graduate and undergraduate programs third and fourth in the nation, respectively.
Events
"Design Thinking" Exhibition
June 24-Aug. 9, Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. Savannah, Ga.

Fall Quarter Begins
Sept. 14, SCAD-Savannah, SCAD-Atlanta and SCAD-eLearning, (various locations) (various cities), USA/International


Industrial Design Overview



 

SCAD-Savannah
B.F.A., M.A. and M.F.A. degrees in industrial design


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Industrial designers determine the form and function of products we use every day - designing them to suit user needs while also considering the demands and limitations of production. The industrial designer is in the business of creating new products, services or ideas that enable people to lead better lives, stimulate commerce and contribute to the wellbeing of the community and environment.

Industrial design courses parallel professional practice involving actual clients on projects for industries including consumer electronics, communications, entertainment housewares, interaction, marine, toys, lawn and garden, consumer products and transportation. SCAD industrial design students have partnered with companies such as Coca-Cola, AMC Theaters, Gulfstream Aerospace, JCB Inc., Newell Rubbermaid, Kicker/Stillwater Design, Kids II, Freescale, Philips, and others on a variety of projects.

Industrial design students work with wood, metals, plastics and composite materials to visualize and realize their design solutions. They also have access to a three-axis computer numeric controlled vertical milling machine and a large envelope five-axis CNC router.

The college's Gulfstream Center for Industrial and Furniture Design is a 43,000-square-foot facility with state-of-the art studios, labs and workshops, high-end computer lab workstations and the latest industry software, including Autodesk Studio, Rhino 3-D, SolidWorks and Maya. Students may use 3-D printers to print polycarbonate or ABS 3-D models of their computer-generated designs.


 
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SCAD, Savannah, industrial design student at her work station Careers in Industrial Design

Careers
• Designer - environmental, exhibition, industrial, interaction, marine, package, product, prop, signage, toy and user experience
• Functional designer for household products, housewares, consumer electronic products, recreational equipment, transportation, scientific instruments or medical equipment

Some Employers of SCAD Alumni
• Adrenaline Power Boats
• Bombardier
• Buck Knives
• Crown Ltd. Yacht Furniture
• Designworks/BMW
• DMA Automotive
• Eclipse Product Development
• Electrolux
• Estee Lauder Companies
• Euphoria Inc.
• Fisher-Price
• Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.
• Hobie Cat Company
• Hunter Fan
• Intel
• Kickersound
• Kohler
• Lowe's
• M3 Product Design Consultancy
• Mastercraft
• Midway Games
• Moser Design Group
• New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc.
• OBB Toy Design
• Procter & Gamble
• Regal Boats
• Samsung
• STX Lacrosse
• Sunbergferar
• Target
• Texas Instruments
• Universal Health Services
• Whirlpool
• Ziba Design Consultancy

 
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