Early-stage idea generation using sketches, mind maps, or SCAMPER. Quantity before quality.
Proactive risk assessment: where could the product fail and what’s the impact?
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Refining ideas into feasible concepts with basic dimensions, materials, and user scenarios.
Core industrial design skill: rapid ideation, shape exploration, and client communication. Early-stage idea generation using sketches, mind maps, or
Creating photorealistic or stylized images to communicate the design intent.
Software for realistic visuals to present materials, lighting, and context before manufacturing. Early-stage idea generation using sketches
Tolerances, inspection, testing standards (e.g., drop tests, button-press cycles).