what is the difference between industrial and product design

industrial design is more diverse than product design.
an industrial deisgner is expected to know the whole process of how a product is produced, including basic market research, manufacturing process, knowledge on material, product design, marketing, ergonomic and a bit on project management.

product design is more "form" base - form follow function, a product designer might not know too much on manufacturing and marketing.

For industrial designer, its more about ''function + form" . Not only to design a product, but to actually design for a specific market to suit their need.

I'm a industrial design student, thus my comment might be a bit bias

2006-11-13 14:02:43 補充：
for more detail u can look it up at www.wikipedia.comjust search for product design and industrial design