Product Intervention
eBook - ePub

Product Intervention

User-Centric Design to Fabrication

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Product Intervention

User-Centric Design to Fabrication

About this book

This book covers all aspects of design thinking and its intervention as needed for developing products for the elderly. The book deals with the Universal Principles of Design and how they can be included with Technological Interventions for showcasing the product lifecycle.

The main technical features include the Anthropometry calculations, Design Thinking approach on the healthcare products, and selection of target group which is elderly in the presented context. Further, the complete product development cycle, the choice of materials, assessment of the designs, prototyping phases and the final product are all discussed in detail. The various fabrication strategies to reduce the cost of the product, ideation stages and Feedback and Assessment right from design to product development stage are discussed.

All the Anthropometry details are included specifically for the target group chosen; its mathematical understanding, error, etc. are all discussed in the book. The ideations, rendering and conceptualization based on Cognitive Ergonomics or Hawthorne and various other effects are also discussed in detail.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Author
  9. 1 Introduction to Design and Technology
  10. 2 Health Care Products for the Elderly
  11. 3 Re-design Issues of the Walking Stick for the Elderly
  12. 4 Technology Intervention in the Designs of the Walking Stick
  13. 5 Re-design Issues of the Umbrella for the Elderly
  14. 6 Technology Intervention in the Designs of the Umbrella
  15. 7 Technology Inputs to Design for Products
  16. Index