What is Product Design

What is Product Design: Part I - Issues by Laura Slack

Product design is "the creation of an object that originates from design ideas - in the form of drawings, sketches, prototypes, or models - through a process of design that can extend into the object's production, logistics and marketing."

Slack asks the question, "Is it the a designer's responsibility to be designing for our future and to find new and effective ways of producing what people want?"

A timeline chart of the history of design shows how it is directly related to worldwide economic development. (p. 14-15)

Part I also highlights hybrid products, functionality, decoration, and design as a statement.