Released on = March 5, 2007, 10:25 am

Press Release Author = Arlene Wites/The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = Industrial Design is about Toys, Cars, Furniture, Products.

Press Release Body = The word "industrial" conjures up pictures of mechanized
factories, power plants, and urban manufacturers. Juxtapose the word "design" with
it and an artistic, yet functional component develops. Teen and tot toys, exciting
electronics like cell phones, ambitious automobiles, fine furniture, theatrical
props for stage, movies and exhibitions, luxurious yachts, and innovative consumer
products, come to life to be used and admired by consumers. These are products and
things that are created to be touched, felt, and used. Who is at the drawing board?
What does it take to be a part of designing history? Industrial Design is a
fast-growing field which combines creative ideas, refined technical skills, and
innovative application of design. There is a new generation of designers pursuing
careers in Industrial Design and The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale offers a
Bachelor of Science program degree with the educational expertise of industry
professionals.

Industrial Design professionals go beyond the visual arts. They solve dimensional
design problems, define new products through the understanding of the brand
identity, develop products from prototype through production, and create models both
by hand and computer technology. Industrial designers are consultant designers,
product and package designers, furniture designers, automotive designers,
entertainment prop designers, and toy designers. Of all 2005 Art Institute of Fort
Lauderdale Industrial Design program graduates, available for employment, 95.8% were
employed within six months of graduation.

Students in the Industrial Design program require artistic interest, technical
drawing skill, craftsmanship, self-discipline, and conceptual vision. A curriculum
constructed by professionals in the field emphasizes the process of how to design,
allowing the individual design process to evolve and emerge by combining creativity,
ergonomics, idea generation, historic and current ideological influences, production
knowledge, and communication skills, which are all working components of the
industrial design process.

Forget the notion of an Industrial Designer constructing a building or a
manufacturing plant. Instead, rethink what Industrial Designers really do. They
design and create car models, they construct sets and backdrops for stage and
movies, they not only think about the next breakout toy, they design it and then get
it manufactured, they craft the newest lounge chair or refrigerator. The imagination
is limitless for creating and inventing Industrial Design products aimed at not only
satisfying consumers but also resulting in a rewarding and successful career.

For more information about The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and the Industrial
Design program degree , contact 1.800.275.7603 ext 2122, or www.aifl.edu.


Web Site = http://www.aifl.edu

Contact Details = 1799 SE 17 Street, Ft. Lauderdle, FL 33316, 1.800.275.7603