Welcome to the Human Factors Professional Interest Section of the   Industrial Designers Society of America website.  This is one of several IDSA professional interest section sites.   

The aims of the HF section are to promote interest, knowledge, and responsibility for the cognitive, ergonomic, and perceptual aspects of product design and use.  The section chair is Stephen Wilcox -  sbw@dscience.com.

What is the role of Human Factors in ID?                              

An introduction to Human Factors in ID from the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Website.

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Recent News:

"Smart Appliances May Seem Silly..."   A report on the development of web-enabled appliances (NYTimes).

Fit for Human Consumption: Observations on methods and technologies of human-centered design.

Human Factors & Ergonomics Society's 2000 conference.

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Ongoing:

The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum presents "Unlimited By Design" an online version of their exhibition on designing for a range of people. 

Bad Human Factors Designs.  The name says it all.

Innovation HF subject index.  Online index of human factors articles from the IDSA magazine.

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Recommended Reading:

Human Factors in Product Design : Current Practice and Future Trends, (Green & Jordan, 1999).

Human Factors in Consumer Products, (Stanton, 1998).

The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Solution,  (Norman, 1998).

Machine Beauty, (Gelernter, 1998).

The Design of Everyday Things, (Norman, 1990).

Human Factors in Industrial Design: The Designer's Companion, (Burgess, 1989).  [out of print, but available]