Improving visual and auditory design of products and displays – new ISO standards

Issue 25 – March 2011

Two new ISO Standards will help make products, signs, and displays more accessible to older persons and those with disabilities – and the rest of us. The Standards offer technical information, data, and ergonomic know-how for visual and auditory design to address the needs of these often overlooked members of the population.

Ergonomics – Accessible design – Sound pressure levels of auditory signals for consumer products, ISO 24501:2010

75th IEC General Meeting

Issue 25 – March 2011

Standards Australia will host the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) General Meeting in 2011, which was last held in Australia in Sydney in 1993.

The 75th General Meeting will take place in Melbourne from 24 to 28 October 2011. Technical Committee and Subcommittee meetings will start on 20 October 2011 and continue until 29 October 2011.

Meetings will be held at the following venues:

Director-General of the World Trade Organization talks to ISO about international Standards

Issue 25 – March 2011

The January 2011 ISO Focus+ features an interview with Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the organisation whose agreements encourage the use of international Standards. This interview is reproduced with permission from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

New videos answer the 'international Standards? So what?' question

Issue 25 – March 2011

ISO has released two new videos – one for the general public and the other for business and government audiences. The videos communicate how Standards help people in all aspects of daily life and provide tools to assist organisations to improve all aspects of their operations.

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