Design of consumer products: a user-centered approach.

The design of consumer products has become a growing research field over trecent years. This is largely due to the economic importance of the field, as the market of consumer products represents a substantial share of the economic output. However, compared to other fields of ergonomic research, the overall quantity of published research may still be considered to moderate. This may be partly due to the fact that a substantial amount of work has been carried out in industry, which is largely inaccessible to the scientific community. unknown unknown