{"ID":2835060,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00279","arxiv_id":"2512.00279","title":"The Professional Challenges of Industrial Designer in Industry 4.0","abstract":"The Industry 4.0 refers to a industrial ecology which will merge the information system, physical system and service system into an integrate platform. Since now the industrial designers either conceive the physical part of products, or design the User Interfaces of computer systems, the new industrial ecology will give them a chance to redefine their roles in R\u0026D work-flow. In this paper we discussed the required qualities of industrial designer in the new era, according to an investigation among Chinese enterprises. Additionally, how to promote these qualities though educational program.","short_abstract":"The Industry 4.0 refers to a industrial ecology which will merge the information system, physical system and service system into an integrate platform. Since now the industrial designers either conceive the physical part of products, or design the User Interfaces of computer systems, the new industrial ecology will giv...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00279","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.00279v1","authors":"[\"Meng Li\",\"Yu Zhang\",\"Leshan Li\"]","published":"2025-11-29T02:08:38Z","proceeding":"cs.HC","tasks":"[\"cs.HC\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}