Human-Centered Design has a long
history from the past. There are three figures like Dreyfuss,
Doblin, and Norman. They represent the physical, social &
cultural, cognitive human factor respectively.
Physical Human
Factor
Henry Dreyfuss(1904-1972) US
industrial designer or father of Industrial Design. He won a
"phone of the future" competition by Bell Laboratories
in 1921. The term of "ergonomics" was coined in the
early 1950s to describe the new profession focused on the study
of human-equipment interaction. He believed that machine adapts
to people would be the most efficent.
Social and
Cultural Human Factor
Jay Doblin (1920-1989) US industrial
designer and educator. He became director of the Illinois Institute
of Technology (IIT), Institute of Design from 1947 to 1952. His
expertise is in user research and design method. His study is
influence to the study of social and cultural human factor at
Institute of Design until today.
Cognitive
Human Factor
Don A. Norman is a professor
of Computer Science and Psychology at Northwestern University.
He was named as a father of Interface Design. He was a vice president
of Advanced Technology at Apple Computer and co-founder of the
Nielsen Norman Group. One of his goal is to impact the world
of technology and society through human-centered design.
