Soma design to enhance aircraft passenger comfort

Sharafkhani, Mahnaz; Tennent, Paul; Argyle, Elizabeth; Cobb, Sue

Abstract

Aircraft passengers can become uncomfortable while seated because of the restricted physical space. This work aims to investigate a new strategy for designing interventions that can be used to encourage aircraft passengers to move more while seated and thus to improve their perceived level of comfort. We discuss the utility of applying the 'soma design' methodology to creating these interventions, which aim to target specific body discomfort areas identified in a previous study. In this paper, we report on a series of design activities to address this challenge.

Citation

Sharafkhani, M., Tennent, P., Argyle, E., & Cobb, S. (2021, September). Soma design to enhance aircraft passenger comfort. Presented at Comfort Congress (ICC2021), Nottingham, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: Comfort Congress (ICC2021)
• Start Date: Sep 2, 2021
• End Date: Sep 3, 2021
• Acceptance Date: Jul 1, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Aug 19, 2021
• Publication Date: Aug 19, 2021
• Deposit Date: Nov 19, 2021
• Series Title: Comfort Congress
• Keywords: Comfort; interventions; soma design methodology
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/6738319
• Publisher URL: https://publications.ergonomics.org.uk/publications/soma-design-to-enhance-aircraft-passenger-comfort.html
• Additional Information: Full text free to access: https://publications.ergonomics.org.uk/publications/soma-design-to-enhance-aircraft-passenger-comfort.html