Designing for human use: Examples of kitchen interiors for persons with disability and elderly people

Bonenberg, Agata; Branowski, Bogdan; Kurczewski, P.; Lewandowska, Anna; Sydor, Maciej; Torzyński, Dariusz; Zabłocki, Marek

doi:10.1002/hfm.20772

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“…There are not many research studies dealing with furniture dimensions and construction in connection with overweight population or persons with disabilities [40]. References [41][42][43][44] suggest using anthropometric measurements in the process of designing furniture.…”

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Construction of Wood-Based Lamella for Increased Load on Seating Furniture

Langová

Réh

Igaz

et al. 2019

Forests

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The research on population shows that the count of overweight people has been constantly growing. Therefore, designing and modifying utility items, e.g., furniture should be brought into focus. Indeed, furniture function and safety is associated with the weight of a user. Current processes and standards dealing with the design of seating furniture do not meet the requirements of overweight users. The research is aimed at designing flexible chairs consisting of lamellae using the finite element method (FEM). Three types of glued lamellae based on wood with different number of layers and thickness were made and subsequently, their mechanical properties were tested. Values for modulus of elasticity and modulus of rupture were used to determine stress and deformation applying the FEM method for modelling flexible chairs. In this research, the methodology for evaluating the ultimate state of flexible chairs used to analyse deformation and stability was defined. The analysis confirms that several designed constructions meet the requirements of actual standards (valid for the weight of a user up to 110 kg) but fail to meet the requirements for weight gain of a population.

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Construction of Wood-Based Lamella for Increased Load on Seating Furniture

Langová

Réh

Igaz

et al. 2019

Forests

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“…However, the lack of sufficient examples of interior yacht designs for the disabled and seniors necessitates references to the literature on interior building design. Examples such as the design of an inclusive kitchen in a flat [2,23,24,25] provide some insight into how a kitchen needs to be adapted on a yacht. Because such works do not take into account factors such as deck swaying, high humidity, wet deck and transfer of water to the deck (e.g.…”

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Selected Issues in Universal Design of Yachts for People with Disabilities

Branowski

Zabłocki

Kurczewski

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Polish Maritime Research

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This paper presents the general principles of building a sailing yacht designed for people with multiple disabilities. Specific requirements for the crew on such vessels have been stressed. A lot of attention has been given to the possible disabilities of the design subjects and accessibility of the new yacht. The universal design method has been adopted to enable meeting ergonomic and rehabilitation requirements. We discuss selected stages of the design process: problem analysis, yacht construction and equipment. We discuss the influence of the type of disability on yacht use, in detail. Two tasks have been combined, that of a sailor with disabilities and that of a yacht. Both of them need to be taken into account in the socio-technical ‘sailor with disabilities - yacht’ system. A set of required yacht adaptations has been developed to meet the relationships in this system. Typical dangers in sailing on the Empatia 60 FD yacht are further enumerated. We provide a set of design rules for constructing dedicated yachts for the disabled and their practical use.

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“…Figure 5 illustrates how the method can be used to analyze the accessibility of a kitchen for a senior citizen or person with disabilities. The choice of furniture is based on requirements, mainly derived from the end user’s demands and wishes [ 24 , 25 , 26 ]. However, in the furniture available on the market, these requirements are determined mainly by the subjective feelings of the customer.…”

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A Method for Modeling the Individual Convenient Zone of a Human

Branowski

Zabłocki

Kurczewski

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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When designing products to fit a specific user, it is essential to know the user’s upper limb range and strength capabilities at each point of the range space. This is particularly relevant when those capabilities are atypical, e.g., in cases of nonstandard body dimensions, disability, or old age. In this paper, we describe a new method to measure and model the strength capabilities at each point of any person’s upper limb range and then present this information in the form of an Individual Convenient Zone (ICZ) model, which is helpful in virtual product prototyping (CAD) for a specific user. The proposed new method includes creating a database of multiple, detailed, spatial-force characteristics, quickly identifying and modeling the ICZ of any human, and analyzing the ergonomics of a product using a digital human model in combination with the ICZ model. The paper also describes an example of how the proposed methodology can be used to customize kitchen furniture design to the ICZ of a specific senior. The expected result of incorporating ICZ into the design is a better fit between the designed product and the user’s needs, supporting user-centered design methodology. Using ICZ enables the involvement of end-users in product design (participatory design). This is particularly important when designing for people with mobility impairments who are more sensitive to nonergonomic solutions. The ICZ modeling method described in this article may have broader applications beyond kitchen furniture design; it could be used to design workspaces and other similar areas where humans reside and perform manipulation activities.

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Designing for human use: Examples of kitchen interiors for persons with disability and elderly people

Cited by 23 publications

References 5 publications

Construction of Wood-Based Lamella for Increased Load on Seating Furniture

Construction of Wood-Based Lamella for Increased Load on Seating Furniture

Selected Issues in Universal Design of Yachts for People with Disabilities

A Method for Modeling the Individual Convenient Zone of a Human

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