What are the particular challenges that face women designers in the male-dominated field of industrial design?
I think clients are more willing to hire female designers than ever before. The women’s movement helped design, too! I think at work and interoffice relationships there are different codes of behavior for male and female designers. Male bosses tend to be harsher on women designers with sexist jargon, for example: she’s not good at detail work!Bad design has no gender! If anything women are better and more observant consumers than men–being the traditional caretakers of tribes, households and families. They can contribute to better product analysis, greater ideation skills, purer form !
I think clients are more willing to hire female designers than ever before. The women’s movement helped design, too! I think at work and interoffice relationships there are different codes of behavior for male and female designers. Male bosses tend to be harsher on women designers with sexist jargon, for example: she’s not good at detail work! Bad design has no gender! If anything women are better and more observant consumers than men–being the traditional caretakers of tribes, households and families. They can contribute to better product analysis, greater ideation skills, purer form !
