Organizing engineering / industrial design interface for innovation

Olivier Hirt (1)

1 CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3

This text relates an innovative process carried out jointly by Renault both engineering and industrial design departments, which has showed the possibility of a new form of cooperation, and drawn the outlines of a new model for the design / engineering interface organization. While being a form of rationalization of the design / engineering relationship within new logics of the car development process, this model also constitutes a framework for managing the development of innovative concepts, for other fields but design innovation. We propose the structuring of this model using the "design objects" notion and the organization of "pre-exploration spaces".

Mots clés: industrial design; design management; innovation management; automobile industry; Renault

Domaines: Gestion et management

Olivier Hirt. Organizing engineering / industrial design interface for innovation: Lessons from the Renault "Design Fundamentals" process. 3rd EURAM Conference, Apr 2003, Milano, Italy. ⟨halshs-00742778⟩