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Antonio Erlindo Braga Jr. Universidade do Estado do Pará Ana Cristina Lopes Braga Universidade da Amazônia The industrial design used as a development economic factor This work presents the activities developed in the State of Pará (Amazônia - BRAZIL) looking for the value aggregation to the locally manufactured products using as main tool the Industrial Design. To reach this objective, several institutions (public and private) develop specific actions in the areas established now as strategic to Pará: furniture and jewel. These areas were defined by the local characteristics as: raw material readiness, previous know-how, growth possibility and needs of the local and foreign market. ← back | download 8 Kb pg439.zip