The importance of ergonomics in the design and manufacture of crafts. The ergonomic aspect is very continuous to produce ready-to-use products. Ergonomics creates comfort for its users.
Ergonomics itself comes from engineering, which means work. It also comes from ergon which means work and nomos which means norm or natural law or rule. Broadly speaking, ergonomics is a scientific field that aims to optimize the human work system and the work tools used especially craftsmanship products. So what causes the importance of ergonomics in crafting products? Check out the details here.
Ergonomics of Crafts in Handicraft Products
Ergonomics has an important role in craft crafts that are synonymous with the term craft. Craft and ergonomics have the same meaning, namely work. Where humans as craftsmen are people who produce art products.
Products themselves are tangible results made by humans, such as chairs, tables, beds, whiteboards, and others. Comfort is needed including shape, posture, and human movement. This is related to the mechanics of human movement called Kinesiology. An approach to the skeletal system of muscles and tissues of the human body is also needed called biomechanics.
The most important thing in the application of product design is anthropometry. Anthropometry is the science of human size and proportion to obtain product sizes according to human movement. Humans carry out daily activities such as sitting, standing, and lying down. This activity becomes an object also in the manufacture of a craft product.
The role of ergonomics in the product design process also prioritizes aesthetic value or beauty. This is to beautify the resulting product. Balancing between design and ergonomics as design principles. Here are the principles that should be considered in the manufacture of products:
1. Principle of Usability
Craft products that are created can certainly have functions for users according to their needs. For example, creating a table. The table can function as a supporting medium for other objects such as glasses, books, plates, and others.
3. Principle of Comfort
Convenience becomes a major factor in the creation of a product. The reason is, that the product created can be used safely by the wearer and does not harm. For example, the table has a smooth texture so that it can support objects safely. If the table has a spiked texture, it will endanger the user.
4. Security Principles
Product safety is the main factor for users because it creates products that are safe for users. For example, a table. If the table is designed with a rough and prickly texture, it can injure the wearer.
5. Principle of Flexibility
The product created must be adapted to its wearable function. This creates the value of flexibility and harmony.
6. Aesthetic Principles
Aesthetics plays a role in the attractiveness of a product created. Aesthetics can be expressed in the form of design, laying, etc. to attract the view of the wearer.
Craft Product Creation Guidelines
To obtain the results of the conformity between the products produced and human activities, it is necessary to conform to the size of human dimensions. Anthropometry used as a guideline for the creation of handicraft products is as follows:
- Dimensions of the human body in an upright standing position
- Eye height in an upright standing position
- Shoulder height in an upright standing position
- Elbow height in an upright standing position
- The height of the outstretched fist stood upright
- Body height in a sitting position (buttocks to head)
- Eye height in a sitting position
- Shoulder height sitting position
- Elbow height sitting position
- Thigh thickness or width
- Thigh length (buttocks to knee tips)
- Thigh length (buttocks to the back of the knees/calves)
- Knee height (sitting or standing position)
- Height, sitting position (floor to thigh)
- Wide shoulders sitting or standing position
- Hip width
- Chest width in a puffed state
- Abdominal width
- Elbow length (elbow to tip perpendicular fingers)
- Head width
- Hand length from wrist to fingertips
- Palm width
- The width of the hand in the hand position is spread wide to the right-left side
- Reach height in a standing upright position to a straight-up hand reach
- Reach height in an upright sitting position
- Extended forward reach distance (shoulder to fingertip)
- Reach height in an upright sitting position
- Hand reach distance extended forward (shoulder to fingertip)
Anthropometric Measuring Instruments are Available For Product Creation
The following anthropometric measuring instruments are used in product creation, namely the Anthropometric Chair and Portable Complete Set Series Anthropometry. This tool can measure the dimensions of the human body in various positions, reaching the face area, standing position, and sitting position. This tool can be used in product design laboratories.
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