Course Overview
302225 Investigation of human physical characteristics and limitations with respect to the environment as related to visual communications of text and graphics.302225 Ergonomics as applied to visual-legibility studies. Use of eye movement recorder in visual analysis.302225 Environmental conditions of illumination- study of figure and ground relationships.302225 Ergonomics of readability issues with respect to static and dynamic text at short and long viewing distance. Ergonomics related to readability issues on display devices.302225 Research methods in ergonomic data generation.302225 Human Perception related to Visual Design applications.
| Total Credits | 4.0 |
| Type | Theory |
| Lecture | 1.0 |
| Practical | 2.0 |
| Half Semester | N |
| Text Reference | 302225 Woodson Wesley E, Human Factors Design Handbook, McGraw-Hill Education; 2 edition (January 22, 1992)302225 Norman, Donald: A Design of Everyday Things, Basic Books; Reprint edition (September 19, 2002).302225 Nielsen, Jakob, Usability Engineering, Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition (September 23, 1993)302225 Deborah J. Mayhew, The Usability Engineering Lifecycle: A Practitioner302222s Handbook for User Interface Design, Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition (April 5, 1999)302225 Marie , Anne; Barry Seward; Visual Intelligence: Perception, Image, and Manipulation in Visual Communication, Publisher: State University of New York Press (July 1, 1997) |
About Instructor
Prof. Sadhu N.
Prof. Sadhu N teaches Innovation by Design at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay. He has set up the Shenoy Innovation Studio at IITB, where students and young designers are given the opportunity to work on live projects and benefit from expertise in a range of interrelated fields. Prof. Chakravarthy works closely with other academics engaged in cutting-edge research at IIT Bombay and has played a key role in translating such research into products that reach the hands of users. ‘A Collaborative Model for New Product Innovation’, an outcome of Prof. Chakravarthy’s doctoral research, has had wide application in the industry. Prof. Chakravarthy has also worked frequently with government departments and occupational communities engaged in essential services.
