Industrial Designand Human-Centered Design
Design that connects people, machines and the environment
Designing industrial products is complicated because it inevitably involves mechanisms and software. What if you have to place many small buttons in a small space? If the buttons are too small you may not be able to push them or even find the right one. Our laboratory analyzes the relationships between humans and ever more complex industrial products, and uses the results to reconfigure these relations into systems for creating optimal designs.
This lab is for this SDG activity:
STUDY FIELDS
- Mechanical engineering
- Engineering and design
FOR SOCIETY
Our research has been useful in designing machines and interfaces, to consider ways to make it easer for humans to manipulate machines, and in studying the compatibility of machines with the human body, various lifestyles and the environment.
RESEARCH THEMES
- Research on human-machine interfaces
- Promotion of traditional craftworks
- Research on media design