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Designing for Safe Use
100 Principles for Making Products Safer
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"Having spent the last 30 years of my career designing a wide array of products, I’ve come to view Safe Use design as both an art and a science. Using scientific methods, we can measure the relative safety of our prototype and final products. But creating the safest possible product, to begin with, and convincing others it’s worth the time and money to do it, is an art. Designers, as applied artists, must first create designs that people want to, and will, use. They must also convince their teams (through the art of persuasion) to pursue the safest design option. Every designer should own Designing for Safe Use. It will help them design better products. It will help them convince others that it’s the right thing to do. And in a very artful way, it will provide everyone guidelines for doing it well."
--Scott Stropkay, Partner, Essential Design
"This is the first factors engineering book that clearly and concisely illustrates how to apply best practices and principles to a wide range of real-life product...[It is] a delightful book that has the perfect mix of technical content, graphics, and writing style that makes you want to read more."
--Dr. Bryce G. Rutter, Metaphase Design Group Inc., Founder & CEO
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How do you prevent a critical care nurse from accidentally delivering a morphine overdose to an ill patient? Or ensure that people don't insert their arm into a hydraulic mulcher? And what about enabling trapped airline passengers to escape safely in an emergency?
Product designers and engineers face myriad such questions every day.
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How do you prevent a critical care nurse from accidentally delivering a morphine overdose to an ill patient? Or ensure that people don't insert their arm into a hydraulic mulcher? And what about enabling trapped airline passengers to escape safely in an emergency?
Product designers and engineers face myriad such questions every day. Failure to answer them correctly can result in product designs that lead to injury or even death due to use error. Historically, designers and engineers have searched for answers by sifting through complicated safety standards or obscure industry guidance documents.
Designing for Safe Use is the first comprehensive source of safety-focused design principles for product developers working in any industry.
Inside you'll find 100 principles that help ensure safe interactions with products as varied as baby strollers, stepladders, chainsaws, automobiles, apps, medication packaging, and even airliners. You'll discover how protective features such as blade guards, roll bars, confirmation screens, antimicrobial coatings, and functional groupings can protect against a wide range of dangerous hazards, including sharp edges that can lacerate, top-heavy items that can roll over and crush, fumes that can poison, and small parts that can pose a choking hazard.
Special book features include:
Concise, illustrated descriptions of design principles
Sample product designs that illustrate the book's guidelines and exemplify best practices
Literature references for readers interested in learning more about specific hazards and protective measures
Statistics on the number of injuries that have arisen in the past due to causes that might be eliminated by applying the principles in the book
Despite its serious subject matter, the book's friendly tone, surprising anecdotes, bold visuals, and occasional attempts at dry humor will keep you interested in the art and science of making products safer. Whether you read the book cover-to-cover or jump around, the book's relatable and practical approach will help you learn a lot about making products safe.
Designing for Safe Use is a primer that will spark in readers a strong appreciation for the need to design safety into products. This reference is for designers, engineers, and students who seek a broad knowledge of safe design solutions.
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Product designers and engineers face myriad such questions every day. Failure to answer them correctly can result in product designs that lead to injury or even death due to use error. Historically, designers and engineers have searched for answers by sifting through complicated safety standards or obscure industry guidance documents.
Designing for Safe Use is the first comprehensive source of safety-focused design principles for product developers working in any industry.
Inside you'll find 100 principles that help ensure safe interactions with products as varied as baby strollers, stepladders, chainsaws, automobiles, apps, medication packaging, and even airliners. You'll discover how protective features such as blade guards, roll bars, confirmation screens, antimicrobial coatings, and functional groupings can protect against a wide range of dangerous hazards, including sharp edges that can lacerate, top-heavy items that can roll over and crush, fumes that can poison, and small parts that can pose a choking hazard.
Special book features include:
Concise, illustrated descriptions of design principles
Sample product designs that illustrate the book's guidelines and exemplify best practices
Literature references for readers interested in learning more about specific hazards and protective measures
Statistics on the number of injuries that have arisen in the past due to causes that might be eliminated by applying the principles in the book
Despite its serious subject matter, the book's friendly tone, surprising anecdotes, bold visuals, and occasional attempts at dry humor will keep you interested in the art and science of making products safer. Whether you read the book cover-to-cover or jump around, the book's relatable and practical approach will help you learn a lot about making products safe.
Designing for Safe Use is a primer that will spark in readers a strong appreciation for the need to design safety into products. This reference is for designers, engineers, and students who seek a broad knowledge of safe design solutions.
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- CRC Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 258
- ISBN
- 9781138299177
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 28 x 21 cm
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"Having spent the last 30 years of my career designing a wide array of products, I’ve come to view Safe Use design as both an art and a science. Using scientific methods, we can measure the relative safety of our prototype and final products. But creating the safest possible product, to begin with, and convincing others it’s worth the time and money to do it, is an art. Designers, as applied artists, must first create designs that people want to, and will, use. They must also convince their teams (through the art of persuasion) to pursue the safest design option. Every designer should own Designing for Safe Use. It will help them design better products. It will help them convince others that it’s the right thing to do. And in a very artful way, it will provide everyone guidelines for doing it well."
--Scott Stropkay, Partner, Essential Design
"This is the first factors engineering book that clearly and concisely illustrates how to apply best practices and principles to a wide range of real-life product...[It is] a delightful book that has the perfect mix of technical content, graphics, and writing style that makes you want to read more."
--Dr. Bryce G. Rutter, Metaphase Design Group Inc., Founder & CEO
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