"Competent design can always provide adequacy." R.B.F.
"Design is thinking made visual" Saul Bass
Industrial Design is originally the profession of shaping form and function of industrially manufactured products.
However, the separation of physical and non-physical products is continuously becoming obsolete. New approaches such as design thinking, human-centered design or experience design take this development into account broadening the designers professional scope. The latter increasingly becomes an inter-disciplinary facilitator who translates technological feasibilities into products which satisfy a legitimate need and are both easy to use and beautiful.
German UPA
Berufsverband der Deutschen Usability und User Experience Professionals