Furniture Design Ideas

Several large furniture companies produce furnishings and equipment specifically for those who need assistance. Healthcare equipment includes wheelchairs, rollaway carts, lift chairs, and adjustable tables to help people with disabilities or those requiring hos­pitalization. Generally, healthcare equipment and furnishings are mass produced; however, architects, designers, and artisans have also focused on designing limited-run, custom furnishings. […]

Partitioning space is another determinant of function. Space can be subdivided or unified through the location and use of built-in furnishings, privacy screens, and shelving systems. Consider how built-in and partitioned pews have influenced the perception of interior space in many older churches and cathedrals across Europe (Figure 2.25). At the other end of the […]

and Organizing Storing, displaying, and organizing items are determinants of func­tion. Storing and displaying are separate functions that can occur simultaneously, as in a jeweler’s display case. Boxlike furniture such as chests of drawers, dressers, bookcases, storage units, and buffets are case goods (Figure 2.21). Case goods are freestanding ele­ments, generally made of wood. The […]

and Writing People depend on furniture to perform a variety of activities. Furniture influences how one experiences a meal, reads a book, types a report, works at a computer, or writes at a desk, though the relationships between the form, material, and activity need to be studied fur­ther. The ability to identify the measurable and […]

Squatting is considered by many to be the first and most natural means of sitting and is especially prevalent in nomadic, African, and Eastern societ­ies. Squatting works a variety of muscles and places the body close to the ground (Figure 2.12). Today, out of the tens of thousands of chairs avail­able, stools and inflated therapy […]

The best of today’s furniture provides for many human needs and desires, revealing the latest conceptions of function and social use. In this chapter, function and social use are interpreted broadly to include matters of comfort, performance, intended purpose, activity, structural integrity, spatial order, and aesthetics (Figures 2.1 and 2.2). Primary categories of function and […]

A chart, two – or four-axis model, or matrix can indicate quantitative and qualitative relation­ships within a general or specific framework. An example of a two – or four-axis model might indicate the number and concentration of expensive/inexpensive furniture pieces relative to a cross-axis indicating volume of sales or some other quantitative measure (see Figures […]

Maps, line graphs, Venn diagrams, matrixes, and charts are common methods used to graphically visualize research-based data. Recently, data visualization has developed in sev­eral directions: ■ Theoretical ■ Methodological ■ New technological areas Advances include the development of a grammar of graphics, deeper understanding of human perception and implications for graphical layout, better approaches to […]

The primary intention of combining the terms furniture and design together is to articu­late an emerging discipline in the combined synthesis of the two terms. The phrase furniture design establishes a framework for an emerging discipline that is comparable to interior design, industrial design, fashion design, or graphic design—a discipline that is co-dependent with other […]

furniture • noun 1. the movable articles that are used to make a room or building suitable for living or working in, such as tables, chairs, or desks. 2. the small accessories or fittings that are required for a particular task or function: door furniture.2 By many accounts, furniture includes a broad range of moveable […]