Ergonomi i ett hemmakontor under en pandemi

Sammanfattning: Covid-19 is an ongoing pandemic that has affected everyone all around the world. As a result of that, everyone has experienced a new normal. Now more than ever, people have begun to study and work from home and with that, ergonomics in the home has a new importance. The purpose of the study is to understand how people study or work from home and incorporate ergonomics in the home office. With the gathered information a design solution is presented with the main purpose to improve the ergonomics of the user. Through the use of several different theories and methods such as user centered design, ergonomics, cumulative trauma disorder, observation and prototyping a result is presented that brings light to how actually people work/studie from home. The Kitt that contains five ergonomic aids should improve and hopefully prevent future injuries. This product should also make it easier for the user to define the ergonomic problems in its own home and solve them.