What is industrial design all about am how it connects with textile technology
Industrial Design is more of what is made from the industry. Say, automobiles, products, applicances, etc. The term "Industrial Design" is very broad and you can say more specifically what field. Say "Automobile Design". This one focuses on automobiles and related motorized vehicles such as trucks, vans, SUVs, even motorcycles. Product Design is you design things like computer (the shell part as I call that or hardware, not the software or boards in the computers--they are part of Electrical Design or Computer Engineering). Another example of Product Design is say, your flashlight. That is very simple part. The Mechanical Engineer who test the flashlight designed the componets in the flashlight such as wires, light bulb, the beam part, how it shines, things like that.
Designers do work with two other departments: Drafters and Engineers although now Drafters these days are merging into Engineers by trim out Drafters or CAD Drafters they use these days. Designers like myself use more of creativity part as Drafters draw out dimensions from renderings Designers illustrate.
You want to know more what Industrial Design is all about, check websites like core77 and cardesignnews and they can show you their work. Not to forget to mention coroflot. That is another Industrial Design website.