When we mention anthropometry nowadays it looks a pre-historian subject. Nevertheless people complains about dimensional errors in products and workstation with problems to the user comfort and to the system safety. The data are available - a lot of research with different population -; what is the problem? In this paper the results of interviews with designers are presented as an attempt to explain the reason for the misuse of anthropometric data and the most common errors applying anthropometry to design of products and workstation.
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