Universal Principles of Interior Design

45 Human-Centered Design

A process of discovery that forefronts human perspective.

See Also

Ergonomics

Health, Safety, and Welfare

Inclusivity

Universal Design

Reference

*Mike Cooley, Architect or Bee? The Human/Technology Relationship (South End Press, 1982).

Further Reading

IDEO.org, The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design (IDEO.org, 2015). www.designkit.org.

Human-centered design, first developed by Irish engineer Mike Cooley in 1989, began as an exploration of “human-centered systems, as used in economics, computing and design, that aim to preserve or enhance human skills, in both manual and office work, and in environments in which technology tends to undermine the skills that people use in their work.”*

In interior design, it can ...