Ariane Prin Air Hair Machine, 2009 As part of my survey, I visited many hairdressers and I was able to observe that they use the hairdryer for approximately 4.5 hours a day but that this was not very well adapted. I have learned that this object has to be smaller, lighter, that they often use the same nozzle, and that the switch allowing distinct levels of power is useless because the hairdressers only use the maximum mode.
The most impressive thing is the fact that a majority of hairdressers do not use the handle because they cannot be precise, then efficient, then rapid, then have a lot of clients, and earn a lot of money. They hold it by the body of the object even if this is the hottest part.
At the end of their career, 70% of the hairdressers have wrist and shoulder articulation problems; this is why I have started to work on the ergonomics of the hairdryer. I researched different shapes in blue foam and then went back to the hairdressers to decide together what could be the three best shapes.
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