Print Email Facebook Twitter Comfort in using hand tools: Theory, design and evaluation Title Comfort in using hand tools: Theory, design and evaluation Author Kuijt-Evers, L.F.M. Contributor Vink, P. (promotor) de Looze, M.P. (promotor) Faculty Industrial Design Engineering Date 2007-01-19 Abstract Everyone uses hand tools in their daily life, like knife and fork. Moreover, many people use hand tools in their profession as well as during leisure time. It is important that they can work with hand tools that provide comfort. Until now, the avoidance of discomfort was emphasized during the design process of hand tools, like screwdrivers, hand saws and paint brushes. In the near future, the focus will shift towards providing comfort. However, some questions need to be answered to make this shift, like: What does the end-user mean with comfort in using hand tools? How can we translate this into hand tool design and the design proces? How can we evaluate hand tools on comfort? These questions are answered in the current thesis. Subject comfortdiscomfortdesignhand tools To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c3fcf850-7423-4fb1-95c5-d92da8993210 Publisher TNO Kwaliteit van Leven ISBN 978-90-5986-218-X Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2007 L.F.M. Kuijt-Evers Files PDF ide_kuijt_20070119.pdf 3.08 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c3fcf850-7423-4fb1-95c5-d92da8993210/datastream/OBJ/view