Human Factors in Product Design - Current Practice and Future Trends

Human factors in product design has emerged as a major competitive issue in manufacturing.

Sommario

Introduction: Ergonomics, Usability and Product Development. Essential Conditions for the Acceptance of User Trialing as a Design Tool. Designing for Usability: Input of Ergonomics Information at an Appropriate Point, and Appropriate Form, in the Design Process. Product Evaluation Methods and Their Importance in Designing Interactive Artifacts. Design Centered Research into User Activities. Designing Scenarios and Tasks for User Trials of Home Electronic Devices. Implications for Using Intelligence in Consumer Products. Representations of Smart Product Concepts in User Interface Design. Ergonomics and Safety in Consumer Product Design. Usability & Product Design: A Case Study. User Trials as a Design Directive Strategy. The User Interface Design of the Fizz and Spark GSM Telephones. Usability Testing Under Time-Pressure Design Practice Case. Spoken Help for a Car Stereo: An Exploratory Study. Prototypes on Trial. Best Practice isn't Always Good Enough. Inclusive Design - Design for All. Inclusive Design. Personal Reader Systems for the Blind. Designing Domestic Appliances for Everyone. Transgenerational Guidelines. Pleasure With Products: Human Factors for Body, Mind and Soul. Understanding Person-Product Relationships - a Design Perspective. Kansei Engineering Design. The Ergonomics of Pleasure. Discussion and Conclusion.

Info autore

W. S. Green , P. W. Jordan

Riassunto

Human factors in product design has emerged as a major competitive issue in manufacturing.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: W. Jordan Green
• Con la collaborazione di: W. Green (Editore), Green W. (Editore), Patrick W Jordan (Editore), Patrick W. Jordan (Editore), Jordan Patrick W. (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367399504
• ISBN: 978-0-367-39950-4
• Pagine: 268
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Meccanica, tecnica di produzione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura d'interni, design; Product Design, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, environmental science, engineering & technology, Mechanical Engineering, Production engineering, Engineering: general, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Production and industrial engineering, Ergonomics