Officers
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Chair ERMINIA ATTAIANESE, Arch. Eur-Erg Researcher and Professor, Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Architettura EMail: erminia.attaianese@unina.it |
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Past Chair Arch. ISABELLA TIZIANA STEFFAN Studio Steffan-Design and Research, Milano Email: info@studiosteffan.it |
(for newsletters, see below)
Why a TC on Ergonomics and Design for All?
Human factors or Ergonomics is applied every day to improve the design and functioning of systems (products, services, environments) that people interact with. The IEA, as the official voice of the Ergonomics discipline, should express its views, opinions and expertise regarding this crossing and strategical field of application of ergonomics.
Design for All (called also Universal Design or Inclusive Design) is a transversal design approach that can be applied to communication systems, environments, public services and fast-moving consumer goods, so that each environment/product can be used by as broad a range of population as possible. It tends to identify a person-centred design, not a design for categories of people, that includes also the unexpressed needs of the broadest possible number of people, as well as their expectations, through a participatory process involving final users and decision-makers.
Real people/ users, are very different from each other’s, all of them should be considered and involved since the beginning of the process.
The TC on EinDfA can become the reference point for practitioners and researchers in the fields of ergonomics and design for industry and for users.
The TC will serve the needs of practicing ergonomists who are concerned with user interaction of environments, products, services show the effectiveness of the application of ergonomics knowledge and ergonomics principles to designers and demonstrate the importance and benefits of implementing ergonomics in the design for All process to any stakeholders (such as public institutions, public and private companies and their managers, etc).
Objectives
1. To promote ergonomics in the process of Design for All (called also Universal Design or Inclusive Design)
– To improve and increase the ergonomics knowledge for application in Design for All
– To promote basic and applied ergonomic research as well as best ergonomic practice within the domain of Design for All
2. To promote global collaboration among members and organizations within the field of Design for All
– To facilitate cross-disciplinary communication among professionals all over the world with an interest in Design for All
– To improve the relationship between ergonomists and other actors involved in Design for All architects and engineers, product designers, interaction designers, marketers, stake holders, real users, firms, etc.
Domains of Interest
The main domains of interest of the TC on EinDfA are:
1. Ergonomic role and contribution for involvement of real users in the design process:
– development of methods/methodologies for incorporating ergonomics in the design process
– implementation of ergonomic knowledge;
2. Ergonomic knowledge on human abilities and design goals:
– human abilities: sensory, physical, cognitive, emotional
– design goals: usability, accessibility, comfort, global and cultural user experiences, etc.
3. Application in all fields of design:
– urban design, transportation, architecture, interior design, product design, graphic design, communication design, ICT, tools, devices, web, computing, signage, etc.
Organizational Structure
The Technical Committee is a peer group of researchers, practitioners and educators without a hierarchical substructure.
Click below to download the list of TC members:
Achievements
Since 2006: Many events at regional/national/international level (e.g. round tables and Special Sessions within the Italian national Congresses)
February 2012: two talks on “Ergonomics and Design for All” (Tosi, F., Steffan, I.T.) and “Sustainability and accessibility: the Design for All approach” (Steffan, I.T) at the IEA World Congress Recife, Brazil.These papers have been published on Work. A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, n.41, supplement 1/2012, IOS Press, USA and can be accessed at: http://content.iospress.com/search?q=steffan&published_between=&from_year=&to
August 2015: one special session on “Ergonomics and Design for All” (A. Kong, J. Long, A. Petersen, I. Steffan, F. Tosi) and one talk on “Innovation and creativity in Design for All” (I.Steffan) were held at the 19th IEA World Congress Melbourne, AustraliaThese papers can be accessed at http://ergonomics.uq.edu.au/iea/proceedings/Index_files/papers/2018.pdf; and http://ergonomics.uq.edu.au/iea/proceedings/Index_files/papers/887.pdf
References
Steffan I.T., Klenovec M.A. (2019). “EU Standardization. Mandate 420 – Accessibility in the Built Environment following a Design for All Approach”. In S. Bagnara, R. Tartaglia, S. Albolino, T. Alexander, & Y. Fujita (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Congress of International Ergonomics Association – IEA 2018: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (vol 824, 1506–1515), Cham: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96071-5_154;
Steffan I., Denninghaus M. (2019). Awards as tools to implement inclusion and accessibility in the Built Environment. In: S. Bagnara, R. Tartaglia, S. Albolino, T. Alexander, & Y. Fujita (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Congress of International Ergonomics Association – IEA 2018: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (vol 824, 1516-1523), Cham: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96071-5_155;
Steffan I., Feigusch G. (2019). Accessibility and Visual Contrast: a proposal for a better evaluation of this physical quantity. In: S. Bagnara, R. Tartaglia, S. Albolino, T. Alexander, & Y. Fujita (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Congress of International Ergonomics Association – IEA 2018: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (vol 824, 1642-1648), Cham: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96071-5_168.
Caon M., Steffan, I.T., Rinaldi A. Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Technologies for Inclusion, In: IEA 2021 Congress Proceedings, N. L. Black et al., Springer, pp.205–208, ISBN: 978-3-030-74604-9, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74605-6_25
Attaianese E., Steffan, I.T., Tosi F. (2021), From Accessibility to Inclusion in People Centered Design. In: IEA 2021 Congress Proceedings, N. L. Black et al. (Eds.): pp. 357–366, Springer, pp. 357-366, ISBN: 978-3-030-74604-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74605-6_45
Feigusch G., Steffan, I.T., Ossberger D. (2021), Good Lighting and Visual Contrast to Improve Accessibility in the Built Environment-A Literature Study. In:
IEA 2021 Congress Proceedings, N. L. Black et al., Springer, pp. 367–375, Springer, pp. 367–375, ISBN: 978-3-030-74604-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74605-6_46
Steffan, I.T., (2020) – edited by – “Covid-19 and beyond it”, Design for All Institute of India Newsletter N.15/2020, New Delhi, India. ISSN 2582-8304 (http://designforall.in/)
European Commission, Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG (2010) Standardisation mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI to include “design for all” in relevant standardisation initiatives, M473.
Gheerawo R., Eikhaug O., (2010) “Innovating with people – The business of Inclusive Design” The Norwegian Design Council, Oslo, Norway.
Preiser, Wolfgang (2010) Universal Design handbook McGraw Hill, New York.
Steffan, I.T – edited by – (2014) “Design for All – The project for everyone. Methods, tools, applications. First part”, pp.249, (https://www.maggiolieditore.it/design-for-all-the-project-for-everyone-first-part.html) Ed. Maggioli, Santarcangelo di Romagna (Rimini)
Steffan, I.T – edited by – (2014) “Design for All – The project for everyone. Methods, tools, applications. Second part”, pp.234, (https://www.maggiolieditore.it/design-for-all-the-project-for-everyone-second-part.html) Ed. Maggioli, Santarcangelo di Romagna (Rimini)
Steffan, I.T – guest editor -(2014) “Design for All” Newsletter n.10 Vol. 9 del Design for All Institute of India, pp.280, Ed. Shri L.K. Das Former Head Industrial Design Center, Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi (INDIA), http://www.designforall.in/newsletter.html
Various authors, (2007) “Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of International Association for Universal Design (IAUD) in Kyoto”, IAUD Tokyo, Japan.
General meeting, 23rd June 2022
Chair Report, Isabella Steffan
20 years of ISOIEC Guide 71, Ken Sagawa
Newsletters
Action Plan
| Activities | Description | Responsible | Milestones /Timeline |
Deliverable /Timeline |
| Organize parallel sessions/workshops for the IEA World Congress in 2018 – Florence, Italy | Planning and review of session proposals | Chair and co-chair | According to congress specifications | 2016-2018 |
| Organize parallel sessions/workshops for the IEA World Congress in 2021 – Vancouver, Canada | Planning and review of session proposals | Chair and co-chair | According to congress specifications | 2019-2021 |
| Editing newsletter | 3 newsletters per year are planned and send via mail to people interested in this issue | Chair | Articles/news to be gathered by middle of February, June, October | March, July, November |
Members
IEA Design for All and Ergonomics Technical Committee ‐ List of members (as of 4 July 2022)
There are currently three active members of the executive of the IEA Design for All and Ergonomics TC (see above).
The following members have given their permission to be listed below
| Executive | ||
| Name | Country | Affiliation – Role |
| ATTAIANESE Erminia, Arch. Eur-Erg
Chair since 23 June 2022 |
ITALY | Member of SIE- Società Italiana di Ergonomia e Fattori Umani
Researcher and Professor,Università degli studi di Napoli federico II, Dipartimento di Architettura; LEAS Lab of Applied Ergonomics |
| STEFFAN Isabella Tiziana
Arch. Eur-Erg IEA TC EinDfA Chair 2016-2022 |
ITALY | Member of SIE- Società Italiana di Ergonomia e Fattori Umani
www.societadiergonomia.it/ President of NAB, the Eur-Erg National Assessment Board, Italy 2018-ongoing Member of Scientific Committee IEA 2021 Chair of IEA TC EinDfA 2016-2022 personal affiliation: Studio Steffan-Design and Research, Milano |
| Members | ||
| Name | Country | Affiliation– Role |
| ALFONSETTI Federico, Dr. Arch. | ITALY | EasyReading Multimedia Srl
roles: chair |
| BAGNATO Emma, Dr.ssa | ITALY | Member of SIE- Società Italiana di Ergonomia e Fattori Umani |
| BAPTISTA JACINTO Rita, Arch. Dr. | PORTUGAL | Lisbon City Council
Roles: Programme Manager, Ergonomist, at the Pedestrian Accessibility Plan |
| BELL Alison, Dr. (Certified Professional Ergonomist) | AUSTRALIA | HFESA: Human Factors & Ergonomics Association of Australia
https://www.ergonomics.org.au/ roles: HFESA rep on the Australian Occupational Health & Safety Education Accreditation Board personal affiliation: University of Wollongong |
| BIGAZZI Riccardo, Dr. | ITALY | Member of SIE- Società Italiana di Ergonomia e Fattori Umani www.societadiergonomia.it/ |
| BOON, Mei-Ying | AUSTRALIA | personal affiliations: Associate Professor at the University of Canberra |
| BOWMAN Richard | AUSTRALIA | HFESA – Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia – Member
https://www.ergonomics.org.au/ IEA STF Committee – Chair Intertile Research Pty Ltd |
| BRADTMILLER Bruce Dr. | USA | Anthrotech, Inc.
www.anthrotech.net role: Senior Consulting Scientist |
| BRINGOLF Jane, Dr | AUSTRALIA | Chair, Centre for Universal Design Australia
Web: http://universaldesignaustralia.net.au Other affiliations: Member AAATE (Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology Europe) Member Association of Consultants in Access, Australia Member ARATA (Australian Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Association) Member ANUHD (Australian Network for Universal Housing Design) |
| BRISCHETTO Alessia, Dott.ssa | ITALY | Member of SIE- Società Italiana di Ergonomia e Fattori Umani
Laboratory of Ergonomics and Design (LED), Department of Architecture (DIDA), Firenze |
| CAON Maurizio, Prof. Dr. | SWITZERLAND | University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland |
| CASUCCI Marco, PhD | ITALY | Member of SIE- Società Italiana di Ergonomia e Fattori Umani
OPL – Ordine degli Psicologi della Lombardia, n. 15773 Whirlpool Corporation – Sr. User Experience Designer |
| DION Betty | CANADA | Founder and Past President, The Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments. www.gaates.org
President, Betty Dion Enterprises Ltd. www.bdel.com |
| DUFFETT Alan, Mr. | AUSTRALIA | Senior Ergonomist
Improvement Programs & Specialist Services , WorkSafe Victoria |
| DUGUÉ Bernard, Dr. | FRANCE | Member of SELF- Société d’Ergonomie de Langue Française
President of CREE- Centre for Registration of European Ergonomist Researcher and Professor in ergonomics, Bordeaux-INP |
| EDWIN Marion | NEW ZEALAND | Director/Principal Ergonomist, Optimise Limited (ergonomics consultancy)
Current Chairperson, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of New Zealand |
| FEIGUSCH Gregorio, Ing. | ITALY | Member of SIE- Società Italiana di Ergonomia e Fattori Umani www.societadiergonomia.it/
personal affiliation: SEL Consulting S.r.l. |
| FROHM Jorgen, Dr. | SWEDEN | EHSS – Ergonomi och Human Factors Sällskapet Sverige
Member of the Swedish board personal affiliation: Swedish Transport Administration |
| FROYEN, Hubert, em. prof. architect | BELGIUM | Hasselt University, Facult. of Arch.
Guest professor Universal Design UDWoonlabo. Universal Design Living Lab for Housing & Accommodation Research Associate |
| GOMES José Orlando, Dr. | BRAZIL | Board member of the Brazilian Ergonomics Association
Board member of ULAERGO Professor of Ergonomics, Cognitive Systems Engineering, Resilience Engineering, at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro |
| HELLAND Magne, Mr. | NORWAY | Docent / Optometrist
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Optometry and Visual Science |
| HOMEM DE GOUVEIA, Pedro, Arch. | PORTUGAL | City of Lisbon
roles: division chief, Pedestrian Accessibility Plan personal affiliation: UIA – Architecture for All WG –National representative |
| ITOH Nana, Dr. (Ph.D.) | JAPAN | Member of JES- Japan Ergonomics Society
Senior researcher at National institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Human Informatics Research Institute, |
| JIMÉNEZ Delfín, Arch. Dr. | SPAIN | Personal affiliation: EQAR, SL (architectural accessibility consultancy) |
| LODER Nicholas, B. Arch.
(M. Built Environment) |
NSW AUSTRALIA | Senior Project Officer
Technical Standards, Operational Policy and Standards NSW Land and Housing Corporation personal affiliations: Chair, NSW Branch Committee, Australasian Housing Institute (Affordable Housing) |
| LONG Jennifer, Dr. | AUSTRALIA | Past President of HFESA
personal affiliation: Australia Jennifer Long Visual Ergonomics, Katoomba School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales |
| LONGHI DE OLIVEIRA
Suelyn Maria, Arch. and Dr. |
BRAZIL | personal affiliation: Federal University of technology of Parana – UTFPR |
| MARINO Sonia, Arch. | ITALY | Member of SIE- Società Italiana di Ergonomia e Fattori Umani www.societadiergonomia.it/
personal affiliation: Architect, President Integronomia – EIS ergonomics innovation sustainability |
| MASALI Melchiorre, Prof. | Honorary member of SIE- Società Italiana di Ergonomia e Fattori Umani
(retired professor still active in) Dept. of Life Sciences and System Biology |
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| MORA Cristina Prof. Eng. | ITALY | Associate Professor at University of Bologna |
| MRUGALSKA
Beata, Assoc. Prof. |
POLAND |
Polish Ergonomics Society (PES) –
Polskie Towarzystwo Ergonomiczne (PTErg) role: member personal affiliations: Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering Management |
| OCCHIPINTI Enrico, Dr. Eur-Erg | ITALY | Member of SIE- Società Italiana di Ergonomia e Fattori Umani www.societadiergonomia.it/
Professor at School of Occupational Health-University of Milano (IT)- Research Unit EPM (Ergonomics of Posture and Movement) |
| PENZ Hans-Jürgen, Arch. /Dr/ etc | GERMANY | DGUV-Sachgebiet
„Barrierefreie Arbeitsgestaltung“roles: Head of subject areaStatuary Insurance; Company |
| PETERSEN Andrew Dr. | AUSTRALIA | HFESA – Human Factor & Ergonomics Society of Australia inc.
www.ergonomics.org.au/ personal affiliation: WELL Australia, Queensland |
| PISTOLESI Mattia, Dr. (Ph.D)
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ITALY | Member of SIE-Società Italiana di Ergonomia e Fattori Umani
Laboratory of Ergonomics and Design (LED), Dept. of Architecture DIDA, Florence |
| POMPEU Nathália | BRAZIL | Universidade Federal Fluminense |
| RINALDI Alessandra, Arch. | ITALY | Member of SIE- Società Italiana di Ergonomia e Fattori Umani www.societadiergonomia.it/
Professor of Industrial Design at Department of Architecture, University of Florence |
| ROENNFELDT Angela | AUSTRALIA | VMCH General Manager Property and Development
www.vmch.com.au |
| ROSSI Emilio, Dr. | UK
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Lincoln School of Design, College of Arts
University of Lincoln www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/lsd/ https://staff.lincoln.ac.uk/erossi Senior Lecturer in Product Design |
| SAGAWA Ken
Dr. and Emeritus Researcher of AIST |
JAPAN | JES- Japan Ergonomics Society
www.ergonomics.jp/ Co-chair of IEA TC EinDfA 2016-2022 (retired professor still active in) National institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) IEA TC EinDfA Co-chair 2016-2022 |
| SCATAGLINI Sofia | BE | University of Antwerp, Belgium
Visiting Professor Co-Chair TC DHM and Simulation (IEA) Member of Scientific Committee IEA 2021 Member of Belgian Ergonomic Society (BES) |
| SCHLACHT Irene Lia, Dr. | ITALY GERMANY |
Human Factors Design for Isolation Researcher and Teacher – Universitá Torino (Team Masali, Micheletti Cremasco) – HMKW Berlin (Facolty Psychology) (PhD TU-Berlin) |
| SICKLINGER Andreas, Arch. | ITALY | Università di Bologna
Professor in Industrial Design |
| SIRGE Triinu, Eur.Erg. | ESTONIA | Ergoway OÜ www.ergoway.ee Estonian Ergonomics company, founder and CEO
University of Tartu, PhD student NPO ErgoEst, Estonian Ergonomics Society, member Finnish Ergonomics Society, member |
| SPITERI Joseph, Dr. | MALTA | Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability (Malta)
roles: (Consultant) University of Malta, Faculty for the Built |
| STEWART Tom (Mr) | UK | Founder System Concepts (www.system-concepts.com)
Deputy Chair Council for Work and Health (https://www.councilforworkandhealth.org.uk) Former President CIEHF |
| TORRENS George Edward, Dr MCSD | UK | Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design and Assistive Products, School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University |
| TOSI Francesca, Arch. | ITALY | Past President of SIE- Società Italiana di Ergonomia e Fattori Umani www.societadiergonomia.it/
Professor of Industrial Design at Department of Architecture, University of Florence |
| WEBER Harald, Dr. (PhD) | GERMANY | Member of the Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft (GfA)
www.gesellschaft-fuer-arbeitswissenschaft.de Personal Affiliation: Institut für Technologie und Arbeit (ITA) e.V. |
| WHITNEY Gill, Mrs. | UK | Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Middlesex University
personal affiliation: Member of IET – Institution of Engineering and Technology; Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy ; Expert of ANEC: The European consumer voice in standardisation; Member of British Standards Consumer and Public Interest Network |
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