Value Creation by Industrial Design

- An Empirical Analysis of Copier as a Case Study -

Abstract

Recently, as industrial design has expanded its scope of activities, its importance was recognized in creating the value of products. In order to prove this, this research first extracts and classifies industrial design attributes out of products that received “Good design award”, to systematizes value of industrial design. And it validates generality of the aforementioned system by applying it to several other products. Then it proves that the scope of industrial design has expanded and contributed to create value of products through a historical analysis of the industrial design in copier industry as an example. Further, it clarifies that a suitable design and functional layout for the user and the place of use is the most important factor to create value in industrial design. The results of this research are expected to be applied to the management of industrial design.