Interface management for industrial design

In this paper interface problem for industrial design is researched. Effective interface management plays an important role in success and efficiency for industrial design and innovation activity of enterprise. Industrial design is a borderline subject intersected by trans-disciplinary and grows up with the development of great industry. Industrial design just like a bond in industry society to connect interactively the subjects of aesthetics, ergonomics, marketing, creativity and technology and form them to an organic whole and translate advanced technology to commodity. The increase of interactions of the subjects should bring management questions at the same time of improving effects of study and development. Based on the intersected characteristics of industrial design, the cases such as origin of interface questions, process of information, mission and characteristics of interface management are discussed from the point of view of design-user interface, design-marketing interface, design-manufacture interface, art engineering knowledge interface and man-machine interface. Specially the knowledge interface for industrial design is discussed and researched.