Emphasizing the Roll of Ergonomics in Industrial Design and its Wide Application in the Media Industry

Abstract:

Today’s industrial design has gone beyond the traditional product design. China is in the transfer process from the world's manufacturing plant to the world's manufacturing center. Chinese manufacturing industry is transiting from mass production and mass marketing to brand competition and design competition; China’s industrial design is moving from design for products and design for industrial enterprises to design for the market and users, and from basic industries- and technology-oriented model to sales- and marketing-oriented and brand- and user-oriented model. The importance of implementing user-friendly design principles and applying ergonomic principles to sustainable design in Industrial design is increasingly becoming the consensus of the industries. In today's information society, the media industry is charged with an irreplaceable task of information manufacture and dissemination. A variety of devices (including electronic, optical, mechanical equipment and instruments, and even household facilities and equipment, etc.) used by the modern media industry need the direct contact, operation or use of the operator. Design and manufacture of these devices need to apply modern ergonomic design theory and research results. In this paper, the importance of ergonomics, the features and research aspects of modern ergonomics, developing trends of ergonomics, and the application of ergonomics in the media industry are described.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 71-78)
• Pages: 2063-2067
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.71-78.2063
• Online since: July 2011
• Authors: Chang Xian Cheng
• Keywords: Ergonomics, Green Design, Industrial Design, Media Industry

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DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.71-78.3433