The Measure of Man and Woman Revised Edition - Human Factor in Design

Alvin R. Tilley, Henry Dreyfuss Associates

Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

2001

104 páginas

3h 28m

ISBN-10: 0471099554

The revised edition of this essential reference for designers of products and environments used by humans contains new information on the digital workplace and measurements for ADA compliance. In a new introduction, Stephen Wilcox (the founder of a consulting firm in user research and human factors analysis) describes recent innovations in traditional data sets, body scanning, human modeling software, and user testing. The remainder of the text contains detailed discussion and precise diagrams of human dimensions of different sizes in all sorts of environments, with consideration given to the elderly, differently abled, and those who use wheelchairs. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR