An assessment of industrial designers' use of human factors criteria in product design evaluation

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-77
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Evaluation ◽  
Industrial Designers

An Assessment of Industrial Designers Use of Human Factors Criteria in Product Design Evaluation

1988 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 420-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamran Abedini
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Design Evaluation ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cad System ◽  
Actual Application ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Industrial Designers

In order to know the pattern of actual application of human factors criteria by industrial designers an experiment was conducted by asking 87 students of industrial design to evaluate a CAD workstation after completing a course in “human factors in design”. The guidelines chosen for the evaluation were those related to design of visual displays, controls and workstation layout on the CAD system. Since the main objective was to see how many of the principles had become part of their “common sense” they were asked to evaluate the equipment without any reference to any books/notes. The subject's responses were compared with the human factors guidelines using a Chi-square test (0.05 significance). The results pointed out that industrial designers readily accepted general criteria such as visibility, operability, and accessibility but interpretability of the display was frequently unrecognized. Such information could be used by industrial designers and human factors experts to improve their cooperation in the design process and thus increase the acceptance and marketability of the product.

Making Effective Contributions to Product Design and Development

1998 ◽  
Vol 42 (10) ◽  
pp. 710-713
Author(s):  
Jane Fulton Suri
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Development Team ◽  
Product Development Team ◽  
Industrial Designers

To work effectively as a consultant in a product development program, the human factors practitioner needs to work effectively with other professionals including product and marketing managers; software, electrical, and mechanical engineers; interaction and industrial designers. Drawing upon examples and experience from several product development programs, the paper considers ways of improving effectiveness including building relationships with colleagues, scoping issues to be addressed, selecting methods for the time available, and communicating with product development team members.

Development of a Civilian 3d Hand Scan Database

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 995-999
Author(s):  
Bethany Juhnke ◽  
Colleen Pokorny ◽  
Linsey Griffin ◽  
Susan Sokolowski
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Human Hand ◽  
Minimal Cost ◽  
Anthropometric Data

Despite the complexity of the human hand, most large-scale anthropometric data for the human hand includes minimal measurements. Anthropometric studies are expensive and time-consuming to conduct, and more efficient methods are needed to capture hand data and build large-scale civilian databases to impact product design and human factors analyses. A first of its kind large-scale 3D hand anthropometric database was the result of this study with 398 unique datasets. This database was created at minimal cost and time to researchers to improve accessibility to data and impact the design of products for hands.

Sustainable Design Method for E- cigarette Products from the International Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1329-1340
Author(s):  
Wang Huajie ◽  
Cheng Jianxin
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Design Method ◽  
New Products ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Design System ◽  
Brand Value ◽  
Design Evaluation ◽  
Design Quality ◽  
Cultural Experience

Objectives: Tobacco companies from various countries are facing pressure to participate in global competition. How to improve the products’ quality is important for the tobacco companies. In this study, based on the international perspective, the scale of E-cigarette product design evaluation is established, the brand value and cultural experience are integrated into the design activities, the design quality of the product is improved, and the culture is sustainable develop. Methods: This article constructs a product design system based on culture, experience and brand value perspectives by studying outstanding design brands product characteristics, using interviews and focus groups. This system includes design content in five aspects: value, aesthetics, function, innovation, and cultural experience. It further summarizes 20 design indicators. Using the analytic hierarchy process, the weight of the 20 design indicators is scored to determine the importance of guiding the design project. Results: In order to prove the effectiveness of the design index, combined with actual cases, in the process of designing a local brand of E-cigarette products in China, combined with relevant design indexes, compared with the index differences of international brands, focusing on 20 indexes The index with high weight value has studied the advanced aspects of international brand and completed the design of new products. The new proposal of the product was re-evaluated according to the design indicators. The new proposal has been significantly improved in all aspects. Conclusion: The actual results show that the established design indicators have certain guiding value for the development of new products. These indicators can be used as reference standards for design practice, and can also be used as standards for product design evaluation. They also have a certain value of new product development in other fields.

Design for Manufacturability

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed A. Azam ◽  
William P. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Concept Development ◽  
Concept Design ◽  
Process Selection ◽  
Cad System ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Industrial Designers

Abstract Research has been carried out at Coventry University Centre for Integrated Design on the concept design process and it is funded by the Coventry University Research Fund. An experiment, simulating product design in industry, was conducted by concept designers which were, in turn, acted by student industrial designers and student engineering designers. In general the product design process is a sequential process. The first part of the process is the conceptual phase. This is followed by the engineering design phases which include all the manufacturing information. In this case the downstream engineering design focuses on designs for manufacture and process selection. Information on the requirements of conceptual designers in these areas was collected from these experiments. The information is ultimately to be incorporated into rules in a knowledge base which can be readily accessed by the industrial designer during concept development via a CAD system.

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