User-centred design of a portable fire extinguisher

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User-centred design of a portable fire extinguisher

This case study documents the process followed to produce an alternative design of fire extinguisher. The work focuses on how informative data can be gathered for an ethically challenging product scenario through the use of a range of user-centred research methods, including: literature review; prod...

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Main Authors:	Amos, Mary, Lawson, Glyn
Format:	Article
Published:	SAGE 2017
Subjects:	Fire extinguisher User-centred design Ergonomics Industrial design User testing Design process
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42560/

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