THE RESULTS

Common Job Titles:

• Industrial Designer
• Product Designer
• Display Designer
• Exhibit Designer
• Model Maker

Types of Projects and Work:

• Appliances
• Clothing accessories
• Computer equipment
• Electronics
• Entertainment products
• Furniture
• Housewares
• Lighting
• Medical products
• Models
• Office products
• Scientific products
• Sports products
• Tools
• Toys
• Vehicles

Types of Businesses Hiring:

• Display/exhibit design firms
• Furniture
• Manufacturers:
• consumer products
• medical and scientific
• office products
• transportation
• Model making
• Product (industrial) design firm

MIAD industrial design graduates have worked for the following companies:

Allsteel Inc.; Muscatine, Iowa
manufacturer, contract furniture

Bit 7
industrial design firm

Brooks Stevens Design Associates, Inc.
industrial design firm

Buell Motorcycles
sport motorcycle design

Daewoo Electronics Corporation; South Korea
manufacturer, consumer electronics

DCI Marketing
display, point-of-purchase design; marketing

Derse Exhibits
exhibit design

Discovery World Museum
museum

Fiskars Manufacturer
office products

Frank Mayer & Associates, Inc.
point of purchase, display design

GE Medical Systems
manufacturer, medical equipment

General Motors Design Center; Detroit
manufacturer; automobiles

GM Powertrain Europe; Germany
manufacturer; automobiles

Harley-Davidson Motor Company
manufacturer; motorcycles

Huffy Sports
manufacturer, sporting goods

Johnson Health Tech. NA.
marketing, engineering, industrial design

KI - Krueger International
manufacturer contract furniture

Kohler Company
manufacturer, durable plumbing

Koss Corporation
manufacturer, stereo headphones

LEGO Company; Denmark
manufacturer, toys

Master Lock Company
manufacturer; locks & security products

Maytag Appliances; Newton, Iowa
appliance company

Milsco Manufacturing Company
manufacturer; motorcycle components

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
manufacturer; electric tools

Motorola; Chicago
manufacturer; communication electronics

Patch Products, Inc.
toy development, design

Porsche; Germany
manufacturer, sports car

Renquist Associates, Inc.
industrial, graphic design firm

Rockwell Automation
industrial electronic automation products

S C Johnson & Son Inc.
commercial and home cleaning products

Sram Corporation; Chicago
manufacturer; bicycle specialty

Target Corporation; Minneapolis
corporation; retail

Trek Bicycle Corporation
manufacturer, bicycles

Veterans Administration
government; veterans assistance

Whirlpool Corporation; Benton Harbor, Michigan
manufacturer; appliances

Ziba Design; Portland, Oregon
product design & development firm