Italy displays new dimensions

SizeITALY, the representative Italian serial measurement survey programme, is a joint project of the Human Solutions Group, several partners from the Italian apparel industry and Sistemi Assyst, the Italian member of the Human Solutions Group on site in Lainate. Human Solutions is one of the worlds leading manufacturers in body scanning. Summary of the SizeITALY project: From August 2012 until the end of December 2013, the body dimensions of more than 6,000 men, women and children aged between 6 and 75 were acquired at 18 measuring sites throughout Italy. Measurement was carried out in four postures, one sitting and three standing. Cutting-edge 3D scanner technology was used for the procedure, which is contact-free.

An electronic twin (scan) of the participant based on a single cycles measuring points – numbering around half a million – is created on the PC. 44 dimensions like height, chest and waist circumference were acquired from this twin for the apparel industry. The data acquired remains anonymous, but it does include socio-demographic information like gender and age and all of this, data is available at any time for additional analyses. Participating companies can use the Online Portal (portal.i-size.net) to access this wealth of data for target group and company-specific analyses.