How do they match: Commercial and Industrial Designers

  • Design and develop manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and children's toys. Combine artistic talent with research on product use, marketing, and materials to create the most functional and appealing product design.

  • Design graphic material for use as ornamentation, illustration, or advertising on manufactured materials and packaging or containers.
  • Fabricate models or samples in paper, wood, glass, fabric, plastic, metal, or other materials, using hand or power tools.
  • Investigate product characteristics such as the product's safety and handling qualities, its market appeal, how efficiently it can be produced, and ways of distributing, using, and maintaining it.
  • Research production specifications, costs, production materials, and manufacturing methods and provide cost estimates and itemized production requirements.