The document discusses human-centered design, a problem-solving approach that incorporates human perspectives in design and management. It provides examples of everyday products like kids' toothbrushes, music players, ketchup bottles, modern TV remotes, ring pull caps, and Lay's Stax packaging, highlighting specific design challenges and solutions for each. Overall, the document emphasizes the importance of making products more user-friendly and accessible.

1. Explained with examples
of everyday products.
Human-Centered
Design

2. It is an approach of problem
solving mostly used in design and
management sectors by involving
human perspectives in all steps
of the problem-solving process.
What is human-
centered design?
HUMAN-
CENTERED
DESIGN

3. Everyday products that were built
using human-centered design.
• Kids toothbrush
• Music player
• Ketchup bottle
• Modern TV remote
• Ring pull cap
• Lay’s stax package

4. Kids toothbrush

5. • Kid’s hands are small.
• They hold toothbrushes
inside their fist while
adults use their fingers to
hold a toothbrush.
• Dislike brushing their
teeth.
• Made the handle fat and
squishy.
• Introduced small bristles.
• Introduced cartoon
characters to the handle.
• Created cute accessories
for toothbrush.
Problems Solutions

6. Music player - iPod

7. • Inaccessible buttons.
• Too many features leading
to confusion.
• Difficult to carry it.
• Simple and accessible
buttons.
• Comes with a clip.
• Reduced complexity with
sleek design.
Problems Solutions

8. Ketchup bottle

9. • Hard to get full ketchup
out of the bottle.
• Hard to handle the bottle
with one hand.
• Designed inverted
standing bottle.
• Designed bottle for easy
handling with one hand.
Problems Solutions

10. Modern TV remote

11. • Too many options increase
confusion.
• Difficult to hold the
remote each time they try
to do an action.
• Frequently used buttons
were made bigger.
• Introduced IR sensor for
easy operation.
Problems Solutions

12. Ring pull cap

13. • Hard to open: needed a
bottle opener to open
the cap.
• Designed a pull ring for
easy opening.
Problems Solutions

14. Lay’s Stax packaging

15. • Normal package can’t be
reused.
• Product wastage is high.
• Designed a round pillar
package.
• Introduced a drawer for
easy access of
the product.
• Snack size was reduced.
Now the person can finish
it in 2 bites.
Problems Solutions