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工業デザイン (こうぎょうデザイン) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

工こう業ぎょうデザイン

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Meanings

1

industrial design

Refers to the professional field of designing manufactured products, combining aesthetics, function, and usability.

彼かれは大だい学がくで工こう業ぎょうデザインを専せん攻こうした。

He majored in industrial design at university.

この製せい品ひんの工こう業ぎょうデザインは非ひ常じょうに優すぐれている。

The industrial design of this product is outstanding.

Kanji

工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
業business, vocation, arts

Related words

プロダクトデザイン
Often used interchangeably, but プロダクトデザイン may emphasize the design of individual consumer products, while 工業デザイン can encompass a broader engineering and manufacturing context.
意い匠しょう
A more traditional term for design, often used in legal contexts (e.g., 意匠権, design right) or for ornamental design, whereas 工業デザイン is the modern term for industrial design.

Built from

工こう業ぎょう+デザイン

Etymology

Compound of 工業 (こうぎょう, 'industry') and デザイン ('design'), a loanword from English. The term entered Japanese as a direct borrowing of the English phrase 'industrial design'.