Lídia Lemos

I work in a multidisciplinary field that brings together people, technology and processes to optimise how they function as a whole is referred to as ergonomics and human factors. This includes usability experience (UX), usercentred design (UCD), user interface design (UID), human-computer interaction (HCI), human systems integration (HSI), interaction design (IxD), humancentric work and cognitive engineering. In short, all aspects of user interaction and the entire product experience in order to create intuitive and efficient experiences.

Human factors engineering is design-focused; specifically the design of work practices, tools, products, machines and equipment that people use designing . This includes the design of the workplace and design of the organisation of work. The goal is to proactively intervene to prevent things from going wrong in the first place, although it is sometimes necessary to fix things that have already gone wrong.