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industrial design

Design of products made by large-scale industry for mass distribution. Among the considerations for such products are structure, operation, appearance, and conformance to production, distribution, and selling procedures; appearance is the principal consideration in industrial design. The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design was founded in London in 1957 and within 25 years had members in more than 40 countries. Two significant trends have persisted: streamlining, a design principle pioneered by Raymond Loewy and others in the 1930s; and planned obsolescence, design changes that tempt owners to replace goods with new purchases more frequently than would normally be necessary.
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MDI previously won an Industrial Design Excellence Award for the original Magnum tractor.
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The 34th Street Partnership, a business improvement district in Midtown Manhattan, has received a Bronze 2006 Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) for its custom-designed outdoor tourist information carts.
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