Comfort and Design
Principles and Good Practice
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher CRC Press
- Date of Publication 29 November 2004
- ISBN 9780849328305
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages312 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 566 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 216 Illustrations, black & white; 118 Halftones, black & white; 51 Tables, black & white 0
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Short description:
Linking comfort and design, this book is the first reference to explore the comfort/discomfort paradigm. Comfort and Design: Principles and Good Practice presents cases that demonstrate the success that companies from five countries around the world have enjoyed by engineering products with comfort in mind. The contributors discuss the theory behind comfort design and demonstrate practice by using case examples, presenting these elements together for the first time in one source. The text also explores the costs and benefits associated with reducing discomfort and increasing comfort. This book will serve as a guide to developing and implementing effective design strategies to deal with comfort.
MoreLong description:
With so much attention placed upon comfort in the sale of many goods and in relation to musculoskeletal injuries, it is surprising that there is no generally accepted notion of comfort or discomfort that allow them to be easily incorporated into the design process. Because of this lack of a comfort/discomfort paradigm, industry also lacks a reference linking comfort and design.
Some designers have found that the best way to engineer comfort into their products is to involve the end-user in the process. Comfort and Design: Principles and Good Practice presents cases that demonstrate the success that companies from five countries around the world have enjoyed by engineering products with comfort in mind. The contributors discuss the theory behind ergonomic engineering and demonstrate practice by using case studies, presenting these elements together for the first time in one source. The text also explores the costs and benefits associated with reducing discomfort in the workplace and increasing comfort in product design.
Whether for designing products that will reap higher sales or for designing workstations that will increase productivity and reduce worker injury and discomfort, this book will serve as a guide to develop and implement effective design strategies to deal with comfort.
"?a welcome reference for ergonomists involved in this specialty? Especially interesting are the ideas presented on how the concept of comfort is related to an individual's emotional response to a product, how it influences an individual's perception of comfort, how to measure it, and the importance of including this in the product development process?a useful reference for graduate students, ergonomists, and researchers involved in product development, as well as industrial designers."
-Teresa Bellingar, Ph.D., AEP, Ergonomics in Design, Winter 2007 Issue
Table of Contents:
Theory. Cases on Reducing Discomfort in Work. Cases on Chair Comfort. Cases on Hand Tool Comfort. Cases on Vehicular Interior Comfort. Cost/Benefits.
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