OLDER PEOPLE AND FOOD PACKAGING

EVALUATION OF ERGONOMIC DESIGN INFORMATION

Authors

  • Vanessa Dantas Barbosa Mestranda em Design de Comunicação, Faculdade de Arquitectura - TULisbon
  • Luis Carlos Paschoarelli Livre Docente em Design Ergonômico, PPGDesign-UNESP
  • Fernando Moreira da Silva Professor Associado, Faculdade de Arquitectura - TULisbon
  • Vanessa Dantas Barbosa TULisbon
  • Luis Carlos Paschoarelli UNESP
  • Fernando Moreira da Silva TULisbon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22570/ergodesignhci.v1i1.45

Abstract

The packaging often presents faults that difficult the communication between product and consumer. The aim of this research is to study the interaction between a group of elderly people with five food packagings, that being illinterpreted, can bring them health problems. The results of this study evidence the importance of ergonomics in graphic design for food packaging.

Published

2013-06-30