Effects of Mismatch of Anthropometric Measurements on School Furniture among Primary School Children in Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Zulkifli Romli; Muhammad Aqif Abdul Aziz

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI9.4278

Authors

Zulkifli Romli College of Creative Arts, Universiti Teknologi MARA 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Muhammad Aqif Abdul Aziz College of Creative Arts, Universiti Teknologi MARA 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI9.4278

Keywords:

Effects of Mismatch, Anthropometric Measurements, School Furniture, Primary School

Abstract

The project is an improvement and innovation of newly redesigned school furniture for the primary school. It is now made to provide comfort and user-friendly activities for the user which is small children. It has an adjustable mechanism that helps to provide the height of the desk according to their preference. Aside from that, the desk is not redesigned to be more visually appealing to fit the narrative of a new modern design for the school. Concerning this, we seek to create furniture that takes into account these new trends and formats, emphasizing the characteristics of the educational equipment of public institutions: intensive use, difficulties in replacement and maintenance, etc. This resulted in an individual desk, which allows the possibility of varying the layout of the students in the classroom, robust and User-friendly.

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