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industrial design

use of art and science to improve the aesthetics and usability of a product
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Summary

industrial design is an academic discipline[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of academic discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,414 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Notable work: Luminator Bernocchi[3], Lierna Chair[4]
  • Instance of: type of arts[5]
  • Subclass of: design[6], economic activity[7]
  • Commons category: Industrial design[8]
  • Said to be the same as: industrial arts[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Industrial design[10]
  • Practiced by: industrial designer[11], designer[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Applied arts/Industrial design[13]
  • Social media followers: 89,992[14]

Why It Matters

industrial design has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

design Dieter Rams Nakamichi System One Peter Behrens Philippe Starck Raymond Loewy Rick Dickinson

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → design-industrial
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: design-industrial, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919442|design industrial (#289919442)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → ['h0001469-prumyslovy-design', '0339810-uzitkovy-design']
    P14541 → 1eOcUr
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → ['h0001469-prumyslovy-design', '0339810-uzitkovy-design']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001469-prumyslovy-design, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
  4. 21w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → industrial arts
    Image last checked license → —
    Image unavailable reason → —
    Subclass of → design, economic activity
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||io, fr */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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