03723oam 2200673I 450 991045467030332120200520144314.00-429-18264-31-4822-7288-11-280-40576-797866104057630-203-48368-510.1201/b17108 (CKB)111056486520528(EBL)170298(OCoLC)437078795(SSID)ssj0000174858(PQKBManifestationID)11163796(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000174858(PQKBWorkID)10196143(PQKB)11425788(MiAaPQ)EBC170298(Au-PeEL)EBL170298(CaPaEBR)ebr10056015(CaONFJC)MIL40576(OCoLC)1000426206(EXLCZ)9911105648652052820180331d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHuman factors in consumer products /edited by Neville StantonLondon :Taylor & Francis,1998.1 online resource (306 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7484-0602-6 0-7484-0603-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Product design with people in mind; Methods in product design; Ergonomics methods in consumer product design and evaluation; Evaluation of product safety using the BeSafe method; A systems analysis of consumer products; Ergonomics and the evaluation of consumer products: surveys of evaluation practices; Institutions involved in design and evaluation of consumer products; Application of ergonomics and consumer feedback to product design at Whirlpool; Consumer products; more by accident than design?Enhancing the quality of use: human factors at PhilipsConsumer product evaluation: which method is best? A guide to human factors at Consumers' Association; Guidance on and examples of product design; Developing an qualitative sense; Applying ergonomics methods during the industrial design of consumer products; Design of hand-operated devices; Development of comprehensible warning symbols for use on child-care products; Towards consumer product interface design guidelines; Key topics; Key topics in consumer products; Appendix Human factors and ergonomics society contacts worldwideAuthor indexSubject indexThe design of consumer products has a central role in its potential for contributing to a healthier living and working space. However, too often consumers are only aware of the designers' role when bad practice manifestly exacerbates the easy application of basic functionality. This important book places human factors perspective firmly at the centre of good practice in consumer product design, encouraging rigorous human factors evaluation and methodology as an essential component of the design process.The book's central theme is to introduce human factors techniques to consumer product deIndustrial designPsychological aspectsConsumer goodsPsychological aspectsHuman engineeringElectronic books.Industrial designPsychological aspects.Consumer goodsPsychological aspects.Human engineering.745.2/019Stanton Neville1960-885672FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910454670303321Human factors in consumer products1977727UNINA