Few high school students will be involved in design or technical education, but someday they may have to understand what design and the application of technology can do for them, either personally or professionally. This article is a first look at how this may be accomplished. Over the last ten or so years, there have been many higher education attempts to create interdisciplinary courses of product design and development. Taking into consideration all of the communication efforts and literature to promote industrial design within the corporate product community, there are several aspects that may have been overlooked by these efforts and/or organizations that are highlighted in this article. Other topics discussed include: a proposed solution; studio methods; understanding of design research; design action; evaluation techniques; and two models for implementation.