With Children in Mind…

• Main Author: D'Alessandro, Elena
• Other Authors: Industrial Design
• Format: Others
• Published: Virginia Tech 2014
• Subjects: made of plastic; pediatric exam table; transformable from exam table to chair; desinged for children
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35085; http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09172003-161512/

<p>Industrial design is meant to improve the design of mass produced objects and by doing so to contribute to improve the users' quality of life. The designer's challenge is to balance functionality, aesthetic appeal and ease of use to create a successful market product. This industrial design thesis presents a pediatric examination table. </p><p> Within the context of the new trends for healthcare design, it looks forward to contributing to the pediatric healthcare quality with an innovative product. Thus its design criteria must respond in both physical and emotional terms, to the users' needs and especially to their dreams. The pediatric examination table must be functional, aesthetically appealing, mechanically simple, and economic. And it can't just happen to be for children it must be designed with children in mind.</p> === Master of Science