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Figure 2: OXO Good Grips

Figure 6 Diffrient, N., Tilley, A.R. and Bardagjy, J.C. ‘Humanscale 1/2/3: A portfolio of information’, 1974, MIT Press

Figure 10 Helen Hamlyn Research Centre and B&Q

Figure 13 Buur, J., ‘Mechatronics Design in Japan’, 1989, Denmark, Technical University of Denmark

Figure 14 Segway™ LLC

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