
In industry, a design team for large projects is usually composed of a number of different types of designers and specialists. In education, the methods of teaching or the program and theories followed vary according to schools and field of study.

Part of a designer's job is to get to know the audience they intend on serving. Using design methods and design thinking to resolve problems and create new solutions are the most important aspects of being a designer. Despite the variety of specializations within the design industry, all of them have similarities in terms of the approach, skills, and methods of working. The classical areas are now subdivided into smaller and more specialized domains of design (landscape design, urban design, interior design, industrial design, furniture design, fashion design, and much more) according to the product designed or perhaps its means of production. With the increasing complexity in industrial design of today's society, and due to the needs of mass production where more time is usually associated with more cost, the production methods became more complex and with them, the way designs and their production are created. The design of clothing, furniture, and other common artifacts were left mostly to tradition or artisans specializing in hand making them. Historically, the main area of design was regarded as only architecture, which was understood as the major art.


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