SHEER GRATIFICATION...!!!!!

By Athira Elssa Johnson -
THE ERGONOMIC CONCLAVE..!!!




The Department of Design conducted a session for students of the same department to let them fulfill with the ideas of ERGONOMICS ; to study on the efficiency of the work environment. 

 The workshop was held on 2nd September 2016 in the design block of LPU, Punjab.

 THE SESSION ON_GLOBALIZATION...!!!

 The lecture segment by the faculty member of the design dept; Mr. Raghuram, spoke on the event highlighting on the topic :GLOBALIZATION. The major setbacks in the economic reforms and breakthrough of globalization and integration of the world economy with the country's and related fragments of the topic.The session was in the slot of 9.00am  to 12.00pm.
THE ERGO_CLASS
The lecture on ERGONOMICS was lectured by faculty member Ms. Anuradha. The lecture mentioned about main components, elements and need of ergonomics and the importance of the topic which every designer should know. 12.00pm - 1.00pm was the slot for this lecture.
REFRESHMENT BREAK: 
1.00 pm  to 2.00 pm  break  was given to students to refresh and energize for the upcoming sessions.

 PRACTICAL SECT:
2.00pm to 5.00pm was the practical session were students practically implied the lesson they were taught in the previous sessions about spacing, utilization of resources, storage, personal spacing. ,model making. etc..

 ASSIGNED DUTIES

 Students were segmented into different groups assigned with  distinct  tasks. 

 RESULTS

 Students were able to design and plan on a residential space. To design a  part of a residence ergonomically with proper research, mood boards, sketches etc.. were practiced by students with much ease. They submitted the sketch and data like measurements and other queries.The market research was collected by the teams.

 -ATHIRA ELSSA JOHNSON
ERGONOMICS :
(a science that deals with designing and arranging things so that people can use them easily and safely
: the parts or qualities of something's design that make it easy to use.
an applied science concerned with designing and arranging things people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safely —called also biotechnology, human engineering, human factors.

 :  the design characteristics of an object resulting especially from the application of the science of ergonomics)
                                    Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
" I believe in the power of lived experiences and documenting stories . I try to survive amidst the stigma, hate and act against any means / system of oppression. Considers intersectionality as to be the most important in politics and elsewhere. Trying to learn, relearn and unlearn as a journalist. My beat is health and I pursue it with understanding of communities "

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