Framework of awareness: For the analysis of ergonomics in design

The present paper introduces the Framework of Awarenessto the analysis of ergonomics in design. The framework is part of a doctoral research that took the Lean Thinking perspective by adopting the concept of MUDA and its set of principles as dimensions to study designers’ behaviour in industry.Results were integrated into a Framework of...

World, environment, umwelt, and inner-world: A biological perspective on visual awareness

The world is all physical reality (Higgs bosons, and so forth), the environment is a geographical locality (your city, . . . ), the "Umwelt" is the totality of possible actions of the environment on the sensitive body surface of an agent (you, your dog, . . . ) and the possible actions of the agent on the environment (mechanical, chemical, . . ....

Creating awareness on natural fibre composites in design