Ergi
Human-friendly dimensions for design, engineering & display
How high should I hang this picture? How wide should I design this worktable? How tall should I make that bookshelf?
We live in a world that doesn't always fit us—or our customers, our visitors, our students, our family members—as well as it could. Measurement data exists that we could use to make our environment more comfortable, more accessible, and more functional. But it hasn't always been easy to find.
Ergi changes all of that.
In an instant, Ergi provides targeted human body measurements that allow you to customize everything from the layout of your standing desk to the exhibit designs for a museum blockbuster. No matter what your project is, Ergi gives you the human-friendly dimensions that make design, engineering, and display work.
We live in a world that doesn't always fit us—or our customers, our visitors, our students, our family members—as well as it could. Measurement data exists that we could use to make our environment more comfortable, more accessible, and more functional. But it hasn't always been easy to find.
Ergi changes all of that.
In an instant, Ergi provides targeted human body measurements that allow you to customize everything from the layout of your standing desk to the exhibit designs for a museum blockbuster. No matter what your project is, Ergi gives you the human-friendly dimensions that make design, engineering, and display work.
How does Ergi work?
Ergi's interface is simple, intuitive and fast. First, select your Criteria: sex (male or female), age (4 to adult), build (small, average or tall), and units (inches or centimeters). Next, choose Standing or Sitting. Each screen immediately shows you seven critical design dimensions for the criteria you've chosen. Easily flip back and forth to change your criteria as needed.
A "Standards" section also provides a quick pocket guide to basic, average measurements used commonly in design and engineering for those projects in which fine-tuned measurements aren't isn't required.
Ergi's interface is simple, intuitive and fast. First, select your Criteria: sex (male or female), age (4 to adult), build (small, average or tall), and units (inches or centimeters). Next, choose Standing or Sitting. Each screen immediately shows you seven critical design dimensions for the criteria you've chosen. Easily flip back and forth to change your criteria as needed.
A "Standards" section also provides a quick pocket guide to basic, average measurements used commonly in design and engineering for those projects in which fine-tuned measurements aren't isn't required.
Where do Ergi's measurements come from?
They're compiled from large-scale population studies conducted and published by U.S. government agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), as well as the human engineering data compiled and organized by Henry Dreyfuss and his associates in their groundbreaking work on ergonomics and anthropometrics for industrial design. The diversity of the U.S. population makes it an informative average of measurements for multiple design and engineering purposes around the globe.
"Builds" in Ergi are determined by looking at measurements for the entire population and choosing measurements for the smallest 3rd percentile ("short"), the median 50th percentile ("average") and the tallest 97th percentile ("tall"). All measurements are averages for the entire population. Depending on how specific your design needs to be, keep in mind that individuals can vary.
They're compiled from large-scale population studies conducted and published by U.S. government agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), as well as the human engineering data compiled and organized by Henry Dreyfuss and his associates in their groundbreaking work on ergonomics and anthropometrics for industrial design. The diversity of the U.S. population makes it an informative average of measurements for multiple design and engineering purposes around the globe.
"Builds" in Ergi are determined by looking at measurements for the entire population and choosing measurements for the smallest 3rd percentile ("short"), the median 50th percentile ("average") and the tallest 97th percentile ("tall"). All measurements are averages for the entire population. Depending on how specific your design needs to be, keep in mind that individuals can vary.
Who can use Ergi?
Ergi is currently designed to run on iOS only. Follow Handymakes for updates on releases for other platforms.
Ergi is currently designed to run on iOS only. Follow Handymakes for updates on releases for other platforms.
If people are made safer, more comfortable, more eager to purchase, more efficient—or just plain happier—the designer has succeeded.
Henry Dreyfuss