Methods and techniques

Methods for Consumer Products Design Techniques to Translate Design Research into Useful, Usable, and Desirable Products, Elizabeth Mauer and Corinna Proctor Manufacturing Attractive Products Logically by Using Human Design Technology: A Case of Japanese Methodology, Toshiki Yamaoka Persona: A Method to Produce Representations Focused on Consumers' Needs, Eric Brangier and Corinne Bornet Model-Based Framework for Influencing Consumer Products Conceptual Designs, Serge N. Sala-Diakanda and Marcelo M. Soares Smarter Products User-Centered Systems Engineering, Tareq Ahram, Waldemar Karwowski, and Marcelo M. Soares Design Process Supply and Demand: Perspectives on Mental Workload with Consumer Products, Mark S. Young and Neville A. Stanton Intelligence, Creativity, and Decisions in Product Design, Raymy Kate O'Flynn and Thomas Waldmann Role of Standards in Design, Magdalen Galley-Taylor, Anne Ferguson, and Gordon Hayward Addressing Human Factors and Ergonomics in Design Process, Product Life Cycle, and Innovation: Trends in Consumer Product Design, Gabriel Garcia Acosta, Karen Lange Morales, David Ernesto Puentes Lagos, and Manuel Ricardo Ruiz Ortiz Integration of Ergonomics in the Design Process: Conceptual, Methodological, and Practical Foundations, Luz Mercedes Saenz Zapata Design, Usability, and Maintainability of Consumer Products, Lawrence J. H. Schulze Assembly Complexity and the Design of Self-Assembly Products, Miles Richardson Proposed Framework for Integrating Environmental Issues in Ergonomics to Product Development, Alma Maria Jennifer A. Gutierrez and Rosemary R. Seva Cultural Ergonomics Issues in Consumer Product Design, Tonya L. Smith-Jackson, Hardianto Iridiastadi, and Chang Geun Oh Affective Design and Consumer Response, Rosemary R. Seva and Martin G. Helander Universal Design: Empathy and Affinity, George Edward Torrens Integration of Elderly Users into Product Development Processes: Senior Research Groups as Organizational and Methodical Approach, Sebastian Glende and Wolfgang Friesdorf IEA EQUID Template for Cooperation between Product Designers and Ergonomists, Michel Nael Digital Design Behavior Video: A Methodology and Tool to Measure Human Behavior Examples in Product Evaluation, Francisco Rebelo, Ernesto Filgueiras, and Marcelo M. Soares Digital Human Modeling in the User-Centered Design Process, Stephen J. Summerskill and Russell Marshall Digital Human Modeling in Product Evaluation, Maria Lucia Leite Ribeiro Okimoto Three-Dimensional Foot Imaging: Axial Alignment Theory in Footwear Design, Fit, and Function, Anette Leonor Telmo Thompson, Bernhard Zipfel, and Saramarie Eagleton Science of Footwear Design, Ravindra S. Goonetilleke, Channa P. Witana, and Shuping Xiong Virtual Reality in Consumer Product Design: Methods and Applications, Francisco Rebelo, Emilia Duarte, Paulo Noriega, and Marcelo M. Soares User-Centered Design of Consumer Products Product Design: User-Centered versus a Task-Based Approach, Martin Groen and Jan Noyes Needs Analysis: Or, How Do You Capture, Represent, and Validate User Requirements in a Formal Manner/Notation before Design, K. Tara Smith Users' Interactions with Design Models, M.J. Rooden and H. Kanis Eco-Design: The Evolution of Dishwasher Design and the Potential for a More User-Centered Approach, Elies Dekoninck and Edward W. A. Elias User-Centered Design Method to Attend Users' Needs during Product Design Process: A Case Study in a Public Hospital in Brazil, Raimundo Lopes Diniz and Marcelo M. Soares Index