The Measure of Man and Woman, 2nd Edition by Henry Dreyfuss Associates - ISBN: 9780471099550
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Design for human comfort: unlock measurements for better, safer creations.

The Measure of Man and Woman, 2nd Edition

Human Factors in Design

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  • Hardcover

    98 pages

  • Release Date

    16 December 2001

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Summary

Human factors research impacts everything from the height of kitchen counters to the placement of automobile pedals to a book’s type size. And in this updated and expanded version of the original landmark work, you’ll find the research information necessary to create designs that better accommodate human need.

Featuring more than 200 anthropometric drawings, this handbook is filled with all of the essential measurements of the human body and its relationship to the designed environmen…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780471099550
ISBN-10:0471099554
Author:Henry Dreyfuss Associates, Henry Dreyfuss
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons
Imprint:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:98
Edition:2nd
Release Date:16 December 2001
Weight:454g
Dimensions:206mm x 257mm x 10mm
About The Author

Henry Dreyfuss Associates

HENRY DREYFUSS ASSOCIATES, a leading New York design firm, has been a major developer of anthropometric data for more than seventy years, gathering and publishing all the essential measurements of the human body and its relationship to the designed environment.

ALVIN R. TILLEY (1914-93), the firm’s specialist in human engineering for forty years, was recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on human factors. The compiler of the data presented in this volume, Tilley was coauthor of Humanscale and a major contributor to this book’s predecessor, The Measure of Man.

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