ANTHROPOMETRY & ERGONOMICS Aditya Jayadas Dept. of Design, Housing & Merchandising Oklahoma State University “Solving Human Problems & Enhancing Human lives”

NEWS Have marines gotten bigger? https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/07/29/have-marines- gotten-bigger-corps-prepares-new-body-survey.html TakeAseat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWBLx1_TfE4 Ergonomic guidelines – Grocery Store https://www.osha.gov/ergonomics/guidelines/retailgrocery/retailgroce ry.html David Kelly https://www.ted.com/talks/david_kelley_on_human_centered_desig n?language=en

Barbara Beskind

Anthropometry, Ergonomics & Design

Ergonomics & Human Factors Ergo + Nomics = Laws of work Matching capabilities & limitations of individuals to demands of task Human Factors Study of how humans behave physically and psychologically in relation to particular environments, products, or servi ~https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/human-factors-ergonomics

Anthropometry Definition Study of dimensions & physical characteristics of the human body Mass & Length primarily

People do vary Age, Gender, Ethnicity

So? How do you account for variation b/w individuals? How does this variation influence design? Could anthropometry be used to address design issues taking into account variation b/w individuals?

Measurement Devices

So what am I measuring? Length? Height? Mass? Depends Clearly define what you are measuring & how you are going to do it Device Identification of landmarks A thorough understanding of the outcome is essential

Sample Anthropometric Data

That looks like a lot of data Is there a simpler process? Yes

What do people think of anthropometry & ergonomics? Five fallacies Design is satisfactory for me, it will therefore be satisfactory for everybody else Design is satisfactory for the average person, it will therefore be satisfactory for everybody else Variability in human beings is so great that it is impossible to cater to everybody, humans are wonderfully adaptable Ergonomics is $$$ Ergonomics is great – it is just common sense – I do not have to use any data

Ok, got the fallacies … So are there some design guidelines that I can follow? Let’s start with design philosophies Design for average Design for extreme Design for adjustability

Design for extreme Define extreme Regardless  $$$ > 99th %ile

Design for range Try to accommodate 95% of the population 5th %ile female to 95th %ile male Adjustability

Design for average Is there an average? However, public facilities are designed for the “average” person

Is anthropometry really important?

I think it is

Applications Biomechanical modeling Clothes Chair & Desk Reach issues – miner Safety restraints for kids We can go on and on …

Older individuals shopping Bending & Reaching

Ergonomics Smart garments Lighting Sitting Design of store environments Vehicles Kitchen https://www.ideo.com/work/envisioning-the-future-kitchen Toilet

Ergonomics & Anthropometry Design for Human Use Good fit Pull up NASA space habitat study

Applications Housing for the displaced Housing the Urban Homeless você sabe quem você é, designer criativo Você sabe quem você é, Applications Shigeru Ban Housing for the displaced Housing the Urban Homeless Housing for Disasters Housing for the Zombie Apocalypse Housing in Space Office pod KWK Promes designer criativo

Designing with People http://designingwithpeople.rca.ac.uk/ http://designingwithpeople.rca.ac.uk/people/peter

Global Research Innovation and Technology (GRIT) http://news.mit.edu/2017/building-the-mountain-bike-of-wheelchairs- 0123 Amost Winter testing his freedom chair as a grad student in East Africa

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Thank you Dr. Tilanka Chandrasekera Dr. Semra Peksoz Virtual Reality Guru on Campus Dr. Semra Peksoz Functional Apparel Design Expert on Campus

Interior Design, DHM, OSU, May 2019 Questions Pablo Picasso: "The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense" Andre Ferreira Interior Design, DHM, OSU, May 2019

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