Human-Centric Design
Human-Centric Design
In recent years, office design trends have shifted from flashy spaces that impress clients or boost the CEO's ego, to focusing on the needs of employees.
Workplaces are now being designed to create spaces where employees genuinely want to spend their time. The latest office designs aim to provide employees with a unique, holistic, and inspiring experience, going beyond merely being functional spaces.
Looking back at times when a human-centric approach was not as prominent or almost disregarded, we see that many things were done despite the human factor. In human-centric design, which emerged in the early 1990s and has become more widely implemented in the last decade, users' desires and needs are considered at every stage of the design process.
Considering the fact that employees spend most of their time during the day at their workplaces, human-centric design becomes even more significant. The design of office chairs, furniture, and seating groups suitable for workplaces that meet the needs and expectations of employees is a result of this human-centric approach. Human-centric design is a design process where the needs of the users are prioritized while developing any product.
The goal of human-centric design is to discover users' real needs and develop products - like office chairs - that make their lives easier, solve their daily problems, and make them happy. Listening to users, learning from their experiences and needs is the next phase in the design process, ensuring that the product is suitable for its environment, purpose, and user.
A designer who better understands their user always creates a product that is more appreciated and satisfies user needs. A product with a positive user experience, which extends its life cycle, brings more financial gain to its producer. The satisfaction created by the product during its use not only ensures product loyalty but also increases brand loyalty.
Human-centric design, aligned with user needs and expectations, increases product sales, the rate of acquiring new customers, and engagement. It improves product quality while also shortening the time it takes for users to become accustomed to and learn the product.
Human-centric design aims to fully meet users' needs and involves designing 'with' the end-user, not just 'for' them.
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