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Product design ergonomics research how people interact with products and how to optimize those interactions to make them more efficient and comfortable. In the case of Product Design, it can involve everything from how people hold and use a product, to how easy it is to access and use its various features and controls in a fast but safe manner.

Ergonomics

Poka-Yoke: Best Tips for Error-Proof Processes

Did you know poka-yoke can greatly reduce defect rates and improve product quality? It does more than just lower mistakes. Poka-yoke boosts productivity, lifts worker morale, and saves money on scrap and inspections. In today's competitive manufacturing world, minor...

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GUI Design: the Fundamentals of Intuitive Interfaces

In the 1990s, Nielsen and Molich created 10 user interface guidelines. These guidelines are key in how we design graphic user interfaces today. They help us make interfaces that are easy to use and understand, improving how users interact...

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Information Architecture (IA): Tips for Effective Information Structuring

Have you ever wondered why some websites are so easy to use and others are not? It often comes down to a critical element: information architecture. Creating a user-friendly website or app depends heavily on its information architecture. This ensures...

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Formative vs Summative Usability Studies Explained

Have you ever wondered why some products are a joy to use while others aren't? It all boils down to usability research. Before a product hits the market, it should be thoroughly tested for user experience. This ensures it...

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Customer Experience (CX) vs User Experience (UX) in Product Design

Designers: do you know the difference between customer experience (CX) and user experience (UX) design? While this could be the learning of a full life, here are some basics. The impact that understanding the two distinct yet interconnected concepts...

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Forms Follow Function … in Product Design Especially

"Forms Follow Function" is an old key design concept that started in architecture in the mid of the XX's. Modern product design, so as value analysis and ergonomics on one side, and modern CAD system ability to design almost...

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Ikea Parody: the Ergonomics Lesson

An ergonomics lesson provided by an Ikea video, promoting their paper catalog (the "bookbook™") is fantastic from many points of view. It became viral because of making fun of Apple product introduction. It could also be a self-mockery about...

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