Abstract:

The daily needs of design students studying in fields such as Architecture, Interior Architecture, Industrial Design and Graphic Design differ from students studying in other branches. In the field of design, manual and digital design practices are carried out together. While students are drawing by hand, they also prepare visualizations or presentations in the computer environment. These processes also require using body positions suitable for the job and creating a suitable working environment. Many students provide these arrangements in their work environments. The distance education system, which was passed due to the Covid-19 epidemic in April 2020, required many of the practices in face-to-face education to change. In this study, ergonomic changes experienced by design students with the transition to distance education during the COVID-19 epidemic were examined. 147 students who received undergraduate education at ESTU Interior Architecture department participated in the research and the relationship between the conditions of the design students in different classes, different gender, age, height, and weight in the place where they receive distance education and newly emerging health problems was discussed. In addition, the role of space, furniture and digital tools used in the distance education process in the formation of health problems has been examined. In terms of design education, the advantages of formal education and distance education and the disadvantages related to ergonomics in terms of health have been tried to be revealed.

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