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  • About Us
    • Definition of Industrial Design
    • History
    • Jobs
    • Professional Practice
    • Vision and Mission
      • Core Values
      • UN Sustainable Development Goals
      • 60 Years
  • Our Communities
    • Members
    • Partners
    • People
      • Board
      • Senate
      • Regional Advisors & Community Liaisons
      • Secretariat Team
  • Our Work
    • Interdesign
      • World Design Challenge
    • President’s Award
    • World Design Congress
    • World Design Capital
    • World Design Corporate Circles
    • World Design Impact Prize
    • World Design Protopolis
    • World Industrial Design Day
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Learning the language of design

Design terms can seem like jargon to non designers, which can lead to miscommunication. This resource helps clarify the meanings of common design terms through definitions and examples.

  • Behaviour change
  • Biodegradable
  • Biomimicry
  • Brainstorming
  • Carbon footprint
  • Carbon handprint
  • Carbon neutral
  • Charette
  • Circular economy
  • Climate action
  • Closed Loop
  • Co-design
  • Collective action
  • Cradle-to-cradle
  • Design research
  • Design sprint
  • Design thinking
  • End user
  • eWaste
  • Fast fashion
  • Greenwashing
  • Human-centred design
  • Industrial design
  • Innovation
  • Iterative design
  • Life Cycle Analysis
  • Material
  • Minimum viable product
  • Participatory design
  • Prototype
  • Recycling
  • Regenerative Design
  • Responsible consumption
  • Responsible production and consumption
  • Service design
  • Social impact design
  • Social innovation
  • Sustainability
  • Transdisciplinary
  • Triple bottom line
  • Upcycling
  • Upcycling
  • Urban design
  • User experience design
  • Visual design
  • Zero waste

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