Ergonomics is the science of human fit. It decreases fatigue and discomfort through product design. Its aim is to achieve co-ordination between man and machine. Application of ergonomics in the design of office furniture, by taking into consideration, how the products can be designed to fit the people that are using them. This thesis includes the problems faced by the students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, while using the tabloid chair, designed earlier.

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... Our objective is to identify ergonomic problems and the effects of using the tabloid chair that was design earlier. A survey was conducted on 100 students who took part in the previous tabloid chair design and have used the tabloid chair that was designed earlier for at least one hour at a time. This survey mainly focuses on the discomfort of the users. The results show that 14, 16 & 23 of the users felt discomfort at their neck, lower back & shoulder respectively. A new design was proposed for tabloid chair, by analyzing the survey results and using anthropometric data taken from 150 students who took part in the previous study. So the users may not face further problems. Taking cost of materials and other factors into consideration a tabloid chair was fabricated using ergonomics design concepts. Then, a comparison was done between the fabricated tabloid chair and the existing tabloid chair, which is shown in the final chapter.