Learn in the textbookFundamentals of Interface Design and Input Operations
DefinitionHuman-centered design (人間中心設計) is a way of designing that starts from real users and their context of use, evaluates design proposals from the user's standpoint, and repeats improvement until the requirements are met.
ExplanationThe specification is not fixed on the developers' assumptions alone; evaluation results feed into the next round of design. For example, the team cycles through understanding the context of use, specifying requirements, producing designs and evaluating them, and returns to an earlier activity when an evaluation falls short.
AnalogyIt resembles a tailor who measures the customer, has them try on a basted fitting, alters it, and keeps adjusting until it fits perfectly.
Memory hookIt is abbreviated HCD. The person standing at the center of the design loop is the user, not the maker.