This presentation tells about human centered thinking or design. To find out problem professionally or in daily life, to find out the solution of that particular problem and finally implementation of the solution all these will be done by humans.

1. HUMAN CENTERED THINKING/DESIGN
(मानव क
े न्द्रित सोच/रचना)
CPDP
B.Pharm. 5th Semester
Winter 2021

2. Human centered design
• In simple terms, it is the
approach for designing
solutions for human problems

3. Human centered design
• Human-centered design is an approach to
problem solving
• Involves the human perspective in all steps of the
problem-solving process.
• Design thinking is a process, mindset, and
approach to solving complex problems.
• Human involvement takes place in
1. observing the problem
2. Brainstorming
3. Conceptualizing
4. Developing
5. implementing the solution

4. EXAMPLES
• Some examples will make clear the concept of
human centered thinking/design
Steps to follow -
1. finding the problem
2. Thinking on that problem to get solution
3. Getting solution
4. Implementation of solution

5. Example - 1. Push/Pull door

6. What is the problem here?
• Whenever we go any office or mall, we face a
common problem when we come infront of a
PUSH/PULL door. What to do?
• Both Push and Pull part of the door are fitted
with handles, this creates confusion in our
brain.

7. What is the solution?

8. • The push part of the door doesn’t need a
handle.
• Door with handles only in the Pull side of the
door.
• Leave the push side with a plain pad.
• We all will push the door automatically if we
don’t see a handle. One can easily understood
to push the door.

9. 2. Kids toothbrush

10. What is the problem?
• Kids’ hands are small and its difficult for them
to hold the toothbrush.
• So small handled toothbrushes will not be a
good fit for kids small hands.
• And they need to be motivated to brush their
teeth daily.

11. What is the solution?

12. What is the solution?
• Make the handles fat.
• So that the kids can hold the toothbrush
easily.
• Adding rubber grips to the handle gives more
grip when brushing the teeth.
• To encourage kids to brush every day the
designers included comic characters on
toothbrush holder.

13. 3. Portable Music player

14. What is the problem?
• Too much of functionalities and complicated
design.
• The control buttons are too close and small
which creates issue in accessibility.
• Most people use portable music players when
they are outside(jogging, gym, gardening etc).
And it was difficult to hold it during activities.

15. What is the solution?

16. • Design a compact design with easily accessible
control buttons.
• Add a clipper to the device so that people can
easily use it while engaging in other activities

17. 4. Ketchup bottle

18. What was the problem?
• Wastage is big problem. Difficulty in getting
full ketchup out of the bottle.
• People feel difficulty in handling and
squeezing the bottle with one hand.
• Its glass bottle, difficulty to handle/carry
because of heavy weight and care is needed
because it is brittle

19. What is the solution?

20. • Plastic container so that it can be squeezed
• Design the bottle to have a hand grip and
holding space.
• And because of its inverted design, the user
will get the last drop from the bottle.

21. 5. Modern TV remote

22. What was the problem?
• The main usage of TV remote is to change
channels and to increase or decrease the
volume.
• With the current design, senior citizens feel
difficulty in finding the exact buttons (Many &
small).
• And holding the remote straight to the TV on
every use is also makes the task more difficult
to complete.

23. What is the solution?

24. • Designed frequently used buttons more visible
and bigger (channel and volume buttons).
• Introduced IR sensing for easy operation. a
slider cap to hide buttons that are not
frequently used and an additional voice search
button is added to the remote were
introduced.

25. 6. Ring pull cap

26. What was the problem?
• Concealed bottles are hard to open.
• It needs an external bottle opener to open the
bottle cap.
• If opener is not available then very difficult to
open using spoon, teeth etc., these can lead
to injury

27. What is the solution?

28. • Designed a bottle cap with a ring pull
functionality.
• So the cap can be removed easily by just
pulling the ring attached to the cap.

29. REFERENCES
• https://uxdesign.cc/human-centered-design-
explained-with-examples-707133acf8b4

30. TAPAN KUMAR MAHATO
tapan.mahato@gmail.com