在我国经济进入转型期之际,如何发挥工业设计作用,如何利用工业设计为产业升级提供智力支持等都是值得思考的问题。本文对历史上工业设计的发展进行梳理,对其作用进行再认识,以期获得对工业设计的全面认识,为更好地利用和发展工业设计奠定认识基础。 As China’s economy enters a transitional period, it is worth considering how to give play to the role of industrial design and how to use industrial design to provide intellectual support for industrial upgrading. This paper sorts out the history of industrial design development and re-understanding of its role in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of industrial design and lay a good foundation for better utilization and development of industrial design.