Humans

Humans, as the most dominant form of animal life on the planet, are beings whose properties, dimensions, and traits have the most direct impact on the qualities of the built environment. Connected to the known standard measurements and sizes of the human body, the designed objects that constitute our everyday spaces are created to best support use by human beings. The following guides have been put together for you as overviews covering a variety of physical and social standards of human existence that include shapes, sizes, growth stages, movements, postures, and group dynamics. These collections will continue to grow through our ongoing efforts in illustrating and documenting the many anthropometric details of humans.

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Sitting

Sitting - Female (Plan)

Assorted drawings of women in various sitting postures represented in plan/top view. Representing activities and poses that include casual sitting, reading, working, and relaxing, these drawings of women sitting can be used for adding human scale to drawings.

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Human Poses

Human Poses is a subcategory which illustrates the various positions that a wide variety of human bodies employ during daily, extraordinary or celebratory circumstances. As individuals, our daily poses differ widely depending on our environments, sex, careers, and climate. As a whole, our simplest poses include standing, sitting, walking and sleeping. On a more diverse range, our poses can range from a ballerina's dancing pose or a head chef standing over an open flame during a dinner rush. The following collections have been organized to better understand and browse humans by poses.