Best ergonomic data source?

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Posted by kevin kelly (Questions: 65, Answers: 54)
Asked on November 26, 2012 4:22 pm
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Looking for a good book or website that supplies ergonomic figures for all kinds of activities: best table height, diameter of tool handle, space needed for steering wheel, height to put swicthes, etc.

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Posted by mr_s (Questions: 0, Answers: 1)
Answered On November 26, 2012 5:29 pm

Henry Dreyfuss and his office spent more time measuring humans for industrial design purposes than anyone else, so I think their text is still the gold standard: The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design

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Posted by neilgg (Questions: 0, Answers: 1)
Answered On November 26, 2012 5:35 pm

Try MIL-STD-1472 "This standard establishes general human engineering design criteria for military systems, subsystems, equipment and facilities." This is the guide that military hardware is designed to.

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Posted by dbourbon (Questions: 0, Answers: 1)
Answered On November 26, 2012 6:02 pm
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Posted by gamercer (Questions: 0, Answers: 1)
Answered On November 26, 2012 7:48 pm

This is only for buildings (thus no steering wheel,etc.), but I love it:

Materials, Structures, and Standards: All the Details Architects Need to Know But Can Never Find by Julia McMorrough

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Posted by kevin kelly (Questions: 65, Answers: 54)
Answered On November 26, 2012 7:57 pm

OK, I got four great answers! Is anyone familar with all four sources and can suggest which of them is more complete, more useable, than the others?

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Posted by freds4hb (Questions: 0, Answers: 1)
Answered On November 26, 2012 8:53 pm

The Measure of Man is spectacular and is a book that is a standard to work from. It's also gorgeous. #industrialdesigner http://www.amazon.com/The-Measure-Man-Factors-Design/dp/B0007EB84G

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Posted by eric moore (Questions: 0, Answers: 1)
Answered On November 26, 2012 11:06 pm
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Posted by ninetek (Questions: 0, Answers: 1)
Answered On November 27, 2012 8:22 am

I second The Measure of Man (which is now called The Measure of Man and Woman). It's very comprehensive and a true pleasure to look at.

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Posted by jasonforjustice (Questions: 0, Answers: 1)
Answered On November 27, 2012 7:43 pm

Nomadic Furniture 1 and 2 by Hennessee and Papanek: (http://www.weareheavyduty.com/2008/08/04/nomadic-furniture-book-diy-cardboard-chair/)

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Posted by jhom (Questions: 0, Answers: 1)
Answered On November 30, 2012 12:15 pm

I liked Woodson's book Human Factors Design Handbook when I was in school. But it's from that era (showing my age), and really hasn't kept up with the times. But then again, what HF book has? Multitouch, anyone?

NASA's Man-Systems Integration Standards are freely available on the web: http://msis.jsc.nasa.gov/. Very interesting stuff--how to make a graspable handle in zero g, that sort of thing.

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