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Industrial Design

Find information about Industrial Design topics, including sustainability, advanced manufacture, interaction design, and sound interfaces and environment.

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Industrial design

Locate print books in the library by browsing the shelves using the following call numbers. Click on the other tabs for additional shelf locations.

  • 600: Technology  
  • 604.2: Design and innovation in technology 
  • 608: Inventions 
  • 620.0042: Engineering design   
  • 658.575: Product planning 
  • 658.827: Product management 
  • 745.2: Industrial design 
  • 745.4: Design theory 

Sustainable design

  • 363.7: Environmental issues and sustainable solutions
  • 620.0046: Sustainable engineering
  • 628: Environmental engineering 
  • 696.182: Energy-efficient buildings
  • 745.2: Sustainable product design

Advanced manufacture

  • 338.4: Manufacturing industries
  • 338.476: Advanced manufacturing industries
  • 620.0042: Engineering design
  • 620.0045: Prototyping in engineering and design
  • 620.11: Engineering materials 
  • 620.5: Materials science and engineering
  • 658.5: Production management
  • 670: Manufacturing 
  • 671-679: Materials manufacturing 
  • 680: Manufacture of products for specific uses

Interaction design

  • 004.019: Human-computer interaction
  • 004.21: User interface design and user experience
  • 005.43: Usability engineering and ergonomics
  • 006.7: Multimedia systems and web design
  • 006.8: Virtual reality and augmented reality
  • 302.23: Digital media and interactive media
  • 720.284: Design of interactive environments in architecture
  • 741.6: Visual communication and graphic design

Soundscape and environment

  • 304.2: Human ecology - interaction between humans and the environment
  • 307.76: Urban soundscape and environmental design
  • 534: Acoustics 
  • 620.2: Acoustic engineering
  • 720.47: Acoustic design in architecture
  • 781.3: Music with environmental sounds / soundscapes.

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