
HOW INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS USE DATA DURING
A POWER TOOL DESIGN PROCESS
Jiangjun Zhang
1
, Hua Dong
1,2
& Long Liu
1
1
College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
2
School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, UK
When designing, industrial designers process a variety of data in
order to achieve an appropriate design. This paper describes a study
focusing on how industrial designers use data during a power tool
design process. A survey was conducted with paper-and-pencil and
online questionnaire, followed by structured interviews with pro-
fessional industrial designers with power tool design experiences.
A design flow analysis