The definition of ergonomics was adopted by the IEA. It is, in short, “the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of the interactions, and the profession to design a system that optimizes well-being and system performance.” There is no objection to this content, but it is not necessarily obvious that ergonomics, which has contributed to society as an interdisciplinary field, can be a specific scientific discipline. In order for ergonomics to become a specific scientific discipline, it is necessary to develop a transdisciplinary concept. When the unique concept as ergonomics is constituted, it will contribute to the development of the field and education. As a first step, I propose to develop the framework for the interaction, which has been schematized from the perspective of activities, and to organize the concept based on that.

As social issues become increasingly complex, it is necessary to emphasize well-being not only in policies and measures, but also in research and technological development. For this purpose, the human-centered approach that has been practiced in the field of ergonomics is effective. This paper reports on a case study of an activity to reframe issues by using design thinking from the perspective of human-centered design, and to contribute to measures to realize the concept of well-being. The process of the human resource development program conducted in the case study was introduced, and the three points of focus obtained for the implementation of the measures were discussed.

Although Human Factors and Ergonomics （HFE） is regarded an academic discipline to understand interaction between human and system, a theory for understanding the interaction has not yet been established. For the aim of understanding interaction in terms of task demand and performance, we examined concepts developed in related disciplines, and tried to integrate them into a HFE framework. Key concepts of this idea are task demand, performance, demand control, balancing between demand and performance and its appraisal, range of balanced zone and its expansion, and resource and resource management. This framework provides a comprehensive view of human activities and a systematic understanding of various mental states such as fatigue, workload, emotion and motivation, and mental stress.

The purpose of this study is to examine appropriate parameters for basic of design education and graphic design beginners to express the intended impressions by referring to Wassily Kandinsky’s concept of “dots/lines/surfaces”. First， the impression expression parameters were investigated and organized from several previous studies including Kandinsky. Twelve figures corresponding of “line” concept and twelve figures adding components of “surface” concept were created using the parameters selected based on the investigation by Russell’s Circumplex Model. The examination has shown the effective in eliciting emotion of figures based on the “line” and “surface” concept of “dots/lines/surfaces”. The result has shown the necessity for improvement of figures based on the “line”. On the other hand，figures adding components of “surface” concept were correctly placed in the four quadrants of Russell’s Circumplex Model.