Industrial Design school training courses in Atlanta, GA (public, in-house or online)

At the graduate-level, Georgia Tech’s Master’s of Industrial Design (MID) focuses on an inclusive design approach that is dedicated to the creation and development of products, systems, services and environments that are usable by all segments of the population. With the growing diversity of the population, inclusive design is becoming increasingly important to designers of tomorrow to ensure that design is responsive to the individual and collective needs of all people.

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Students are introduced to the specialized design skills and techniques and the issues involved in developing design solutions for transport-related products. Transportation is considered in its broadest terms and includes the primary motive products and the infrastructure they require.

This course explores the methods of identifying and developing inventive solutions to a wide range of design problems. Students are presented with design problems concerning user and function, which require them to develop the skills to devise, test and experiment with new design directions and solutions. The course also covers the means of protecting design ideas.

This course introduces systematic objective research and analysis of information relevant to the identification and solution of problems in marketing. Students are expected to analyze theories of consumer behavior and their application to industrial design and utilize marketing knowledge in their designs.

The theory of product semantics is introduced and integrated into projects. Techniques, guidelines and examples illustrate the practical aspects of product semantics. Students are expected to apply both symbol theory and morphological psychology to their projects.