Niels Diffrient

Niels Diffrient
Niels Diffrient

Niels Diffrient (1928 en Star, Misisipí, Estados Unidos - ) es un diseñador industrial estadounidense, se desempeña principalmente en la ergonomía del asiento. Sus diseños más recientes y conocidos son los asientos Liberty y Freedom, fabricados por Humanscale. Estudió ingeniería en Detroit, al egresar se unió al estudio de diseño milanés de Marco Zanuso entre 1954 y 1955, y entre 1946 y 1951 en el de Eero Saarinen. En 1952 se incorporó a Henry Dreyfuss Associates, del cual fue socio en 1956. Allí realizó un trabajo de investigación en antropometría que luego fue publicado bajo el nombre de Humanscale, en 3 volúmenes.

Bibliografía

  • Fiell, Charlotte & Peter (2001). El diseño industrial de la A a la Z. Köln: TASCHEN GmbH.. p. 175. ISBN 3-8228-5055-1. 

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