I think we have yet to understand Industrial Design very well. 
Therefore our product managers are using the word "sexier".

It will of course make the end product slightly higher but
it is after all still a German brand (read reliable but expensive).
For example, we need to partially pain the black housing green 
(black is good for optic sensors) to reflect the Corporate
Image of green and the marketing slogan  "P+F is green".

Regards,
Xiaofan

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Xiaofan Chen
R&D Engineer, Photoelectric Sensor Development
Pepperl+Fuchs Singapore
http://www.pepperl-fuchs.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Klingensmith
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 9:07 AM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] Industrial design of electronics product

Is the "industrial" design defined as minimal, uncluttered?
I think most designs could benefit from this as it makes things less
complicated. I believe it really is a "zen" thing, though I don't know
if I'm qualified to use that word :)
Minimalist artistic design (as I would call the "industrial" design)
makes things appear monolithic and superior, though they may not be
functionally.
The design of the iPod is nice imo. The one problem is that the
polycarbonate front scratches VERY easily. Other than that I enjoy it
very much.

I don't see how the "industrial" design fits your applications though
because it would probably make things more expensive to manufacture,
would it not?
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