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The Measure of Man – Human Factors in Design (1966) [pdf]
- diesign 8y agoReally interesting podcast about this from a design perspective here - https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/on-average/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/on-average/ It explores some unexpected impacts of this research and of the idea that we can ever design for an 'average' user
- el_don_almighty 8y agouh oh, according to this I am the 97 percintile height but 127% the weight... Does anyone have this information for American in the 2000s? We can call it the McDonald's effect...
- jschwartzi 8y agoIf anyone is interested in a modern evolution of this handbook, take a look at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Design Handbook. It's loaded with information about how to engineer things for humans. https://www.amazon.com/Human-Factors-Ergonomics-Design-Handbook-ebook/dp/B01EITUJ5Y/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Human+Factors+and+Design+Handbook&qid=1553556873&s=gateway&sr=8-3 https://www.amazon.com/Human-Factors-Ergonomics-Design-Handb...
- wvaughan 8y agoR.S. Bridger's Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics provides a fantastic overview of all things ergonomics. The 2nd or 3rd edition are relatively up to date if you want to save some money https://smile.amazon.com/Introduction-Factors-Ergonomics-Robert-Bridger/dp/1498795943/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?keywords=rs+bridger+human+factors&qid=1553559109&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmr1 https://smile.amazon.com/Introduction-Factors-Ergonomics-Rob...
- mariefred 8y agoThe "bible" of Architects was, and still is, Neufert. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architects%27_Data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architects%27_Data