Competencies and qualifications for industrial design jobs: Implications for design practice, education, and student career guidance

Design Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-189

  Yang, Ming Ying ^a   You, Manlai ^a   Chen, Fei Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Design education; Design practice; Industrial design

Indexed keywords

CAREER GUIDANCE; DESIGN EDUCATION; DESIGN PRACTICE; INTEGRATED PROFESSION;

COMPETITION; EDUCATION; ERGONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; VISUALIZATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 11244313943     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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