Industrial design in France: how to go from an idea to a marketable product
Product development
From concept to product: the key stages of industrial design
Product development
Industrial design allows for transforming an idea into a concrete object, understandable by a user and compatible with production. In France, companies are increasingly looking for partners capable of managing this transition between vision, usage, and manufacture.
The process begins with the analysis of needs, continues with formal and functional exploration, and then becomes more precise with usage scenarios, models, prototypes, and technical recommendations.
Clarify use before designing
Good product development rarely begins with the shape. It starts with the situations of use, the gestures, the pain points, the constraints of storage, transport, maintenance and cost. The shape then becomes the readable consequence of these choices.
Prepare for industrialization right from the design stage
Anticipating materials, assemblies and processes helps to reduce backtracking. Industrial design must make the product more desirable, but also more realistic to manufacture.
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