An Industrial Designer’s Walkabout In 1 Minute

Rob Irwin
IrwinDesigned
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2 min readMay 2, 2018

People often ask what exactly an industrial designer does. Here’s a visual walkabout…

Sometimes we ideate in cross-disciplinary teams driven by insights from in-field research…

Sometimes we engineer/invent…

Sometimes we build to-scale functioning prototypes…

Sometimes we make electronics talk to each other…

Sometimes we sketch…

Sometimes we’ll articulate benefits using callouts on a refined concept…

Sometimes we render orthographic views by hand…

Sometimes we start from scratch with a 1:1 scale drawing on a wall…

Sometimes we use contrast in materials, textures, and finishes…

Sometimes we design and build outdoor hardscapes…

…and sometimes we just chill. ;)

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Rob Irwin
IrwinDesigned

Sr. Industrial Designer and Sustainability Champion | ex-Amazon | XR | AI | Biomimicry Superfan | Podcast Host