Product Design Books

New and Published Books

1. Designing for Situation Awareness

   An Approach to User-Centered Design, Second Edition

   By Mica R. Endsley

   Liberally illustrated with actual design examples, this book demonstrates how people acquire and interpret information and examines the factors that undermine this process. The first edition successfully filled a significant gap in the market, presenting a core set of principles and a methodology...

   Published December 18th 2011 by CRC Press
2. Ergonomics in the Automotive Design Process

   By Vivek D. Bhise

   The auto industry is facing tough competition and severe economic constraints. Their products need to be designed "right the first time" with the right combinations of features that not only satisfy the customers but continually please and delight them by providing increased functionality, comfort,...

   Published September 14th 2011 by CRC Press
3. Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design

   Edited by Waldemar Karwowski, Marcelo Soares, Neville A. Stanton

   Series: Ergonomics Design & Mgmt. Theory & Applications

   Every day we interact with thousands of consumer products. We not only expect them to perform their functions safely, reliably, and efficiently, but also to do it so seamlessly that we don’t even think about it. However, with the many factors involved in consumer product design, from the...

   Published June 21st 2011 by CRC Press
4. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design

   Methods and Techniques

   Edited by Waldemar Karwowski, Marcelo M. Soares, Neville A. Stanton

   Series: Handbook of Human Factors in Consumer Product Design

   Every day we interact with thousands of consumer products. We not only expect them to perform their functions safely, reliably, and efficiently, but also to do it so seamlessly that we don’t even think about it. However, with the many factors involved in consumer product design, from the...

   Published June 21st 2011 by CRC Press
5. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design

   Uses and Applications

   Edited by Waldemar Karwowski, Marcelo M. Soares, Neville A. Stanton

   Series: Handbook of Human Factors in Consumer Product Design

   Every day we interact with thousands of consumer products. We not only expect them to perform their functions safely, reliably, and efficiently, but also to do it so seamlessly that we don’t even think about it. However, with the many factors involved in consumer product design, from the...

   Published June 21st 2011 by CRC Press
6. Aircraft Interior Comfort and Design

   By Peter Vink

   Series: Ergonomics Design & Mgmt. Theory & Applications

   What should every airline and manufacturer know about comfort?What can we learn from studies in the scientific literature?What do most passengers know about comfort and how can we translate that into interior design?Where can I find the latest knowledge and research useful for designing aircraft...

   Published March 21st 2011 by CRC Press
7. Display and Interface Design

   Subtle Science, Exact Art

   By Kevin B. Bennett, John M. Flach

   Technological advances in hardware and software provide powerful tools with the potential to design interfaces that are powerful and easy to use. Yet, the frustrations and convoluted "work-arounds" often encountered make it clear that there is substantial room for improvement. Drawn from more than...

   Published March 8th 2011 by CRC Press
8. Usability Testing of Medical Devices

   By Michael E. Wiklund, Jonathan Kendler, Allison Y. Strochlic

   To paraphrase a popular saying, usability testing should be done early and often. However, it doesn’t have to be an onerous process. Informative, practical, and engaging, Usability Testing of Medical Devices provides a simple, easy to implement general understanding of usability testing. It offers...

   Published December 19th 2010 by CRC Press
9. Handbook of Human Factors in Medical Device Design

   Edited by Matthew Bret Weinger, Michael E. Wiklund, Daryle Jean Gardner-Bonneau

   Developed to promote the design of safe, effective, and usable medical devices, Handbook of Human Factors in Medical Device Design provides a single convenient source of authoritative information to support evidence-based design and evaluation of medical device user interfaces using rigorous human...

   Published December 12th 2010 by CRC Press
10. Ergonomics for All: Celebrating PPCOE's 20 years of Excellence

    Selected Papers of the Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics, 7-10 November 2010, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Edited by Dyi-Yih Michael Lin, Hsieh-Ching Chen

    This book contains the selected papers presented at the 20th anniversary meeting of the Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics organized by the Ergonomics Society of Taiwan. PPCOE 2010 is an international forum aimed to bring together scholars and practitioners from around the world to...

    Published September 28th 2010 by CRC Press