Human factors in consumer products / / edited by Neville Stanton

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Taylor & Francis, , 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Disciplina: 745.2/019
• Soggetto topico: Industrial design - Psychological aspects; Consumer goods - Psychological aspects; Human engineering
• Altri autori: StantonNeville <1960->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 worldwide ; Author indexSubject index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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 de
• Titolo autorizzato: Human factors in consumer products
• ISBN: 0-429-18264-3; 1-4822-7288-1; 1-280-40576-7; 9786610405763; 0-203-48368-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779909703321
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