The role of user models in product design for assessment of user needs

Design Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-33

  Hasdoǧan, Gülay ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Design methods; Ergonomics; Human factors; Product design; User models

Indexed keywords

EID: 13544262821     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-694X(95)00007-E     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. The Law Commission Consumer Protection Act, 1987 HMSO, London (1987)
2. BS 5750 Quality Systems British Standards Institution, London (1987)
3. Hasdoǧan, G 'The nature and limitations of user models in the household product design process' unpublished PhD dissertation, Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, London (1993)
4. Porter, J M, Case, K and Bonney, M C 'Computer work-space modelling' in J R Wilson and E N Corlett (eds) Evaluation of human work Taylor & Francis, London (1990) pp 472-99
5. Holt, K 'Does the engineer forget the user?' Design Studies Vol 10 No 3 (1989) pp 163-168
6. Drury, C G 'New methods of consumer product accident investigation' in P Roydar (ed) Human factors and industrial design in consumer products: proceedings of the symposium, Tufts University, MA (1980) pp 196-299