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Is an Online Industrial Design Education Possible?

Yes! Penn Foster College is an accredited US institution offering programs to train individuals to become outstanding industrial designers, commercial designers, architecture designers, designers, etc. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, at present there are 65,460 people employed as industrial engineering technicians alone in America, and their average annual salary is $49,030. Graphic designers make on average $47,820 per year and there are about 200,870 of them employed today. Online schools like Penn Foster College have been proven to help successfully launch workers into this field.

• combining functionality with design
• making new ideas come to life
• partnering with engineers
• improving existing devices
• drawing out designs
• contemplating aesthetics
• producing designs
• marketing products
• developing a brand name
• working towards mass production

• Industrial Design Journals »
• International Journal of Design »
• Product Design Journals & Magazines »
• IDSA's Quarterly Design Journal »
• The Journal of Sustainable Product Design »
• Product Design and Development »
• Metals Industry Journals & Magazines »
• Food Product Design »
• International Directory of Design »
• An Overview Of The Industrial Design Curriculum »

• Industrial Designers Society of America »
• Design Business Association »
• Chinese Leather Association »
• Copper Development Association »
• European Textile and Apparel Organization »
• Produce Marketing Association »
• European Tissue Symposium »
• The Design Management Institute »
• International Wool Textile Organization »
• International Facility Management Association »

• Commercial and Industrial Designer
• Professional Industrial Designer
• Craft Artist
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• Textile Industrial Designer
• Design Manager
• Industrial Design Manager
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• Interior Design and Decorating -BA
• Drama and Theater Arts -BA
• Fine Arts and Studio Art -BA
• Musical Arts -BA
• Photography Film and Video -BA
• Graphic Design -BA
• Fashion Design Studies -BA
• General Visual Communications Design Studies -BA
• Graphic Design -BA
• Illustration and Drawing -BA

• Industrial Design
• Ergonomics
• History of Industrial Design
• Production Materials and Processes
• Industrial Design Theory and Criticism
• Independant Study
• Design Led Futures
• Design Research
• Special Topic: Solar Decathlon: Stage 1
• Product Design BSc(Hons)