Furniture Design Ideas

3.4.6.1 Dimensional Requirements Sleep and rest are an indispensable condition for the proper course of all life processes. While sleeping, the muscles and the skeletal system relax, as does the nervous system and many other processes relevant from the point of view of physiology. The proper conduct of all these processes is primarily dependent on […]

According to McCormick (1957), a person is more comfortable in a seated position if two basic conditions are met: • The weight of the body is adequately distributed between the seat and the backrest and • muscle tension necessary to maintain a seated position is as small as possible. Fig. 3.39 The dimensions of space […]

3.4.5.1 Dimensional Requirements Scientific progress in the field of analysing the seated position and adjusting fur­niture to the physiological characteristics of a human being began from Staffel’s claim (Izrael Abraham Staffel 1814-1884), that: chairs are almost without excep­tion constructed more for the eye, for the beautiful form, than for the back. It was at that […]

In accordance with the Ordinance of the Minister of Economy of the 5th of July 2001, only safe furniture can be entered onto the market. This means that the manufactured furniture piece, in ordinary or other reasonably anticipated conditions of its use, does not pose any danger to the user. Hence, a safe furniture piece […]

In contrast to designing home, school and office furniture, where operational space can be developed freely along with the migration of furniture, designing kitchen furniture requires taking into account its inseparable relation to the walls of the building. Therefore, when designing kitchen furniture all kinds of problems arising Fig. 3.35 Availability of kitchen furniture cupboards: […]

3.4.4.1 Dimensional Requirements The kitchen in a home should be organised as a sterile workshop, where all the tools are at hand, and at the same time, they do not interfere in carrying out tasks. In order for work in the kitchen not to require overcoming significant distances, household appliances should be arranged in accordance […]

The fulfilment of ergonomics requirements by school furniture still does not entitle them to be placed in a classroom. It is important that the product meets the expected usable requirements, which the specifics of schoolrooms and the nature of the pupil environment are presented with. Therefore, during the design process, it needs to be made […]

3.4.3.1 Dimensional Requirements In school children, there is a conflict between the natural tendency to unrestricted physical movement and the need to maintain a seated position for a longer period of time (Troussier et al. 1999). Headache, knee pain, back pain and attention deficit are among the most common adverse effects of prolonged sitting (Drozynska […]

Specific quality characteristics attributed to this group of furniture, which distin­guish them from other types, are conditioned by the nature of use and certain external factors, which in the practice of approval tests is called exposures and operational loads of the furniture. In considering the movable element, e. g. a drawer of an office container, […]

3.4.2.1 Dimensional Requirements Designing office space requires attention to the proper arrangement of individual and group workstations. Firstly, the availability of the workstation must be taken into account, i. e. the possibility of free access of workers to workstations. Office space is a social and group space; therefore, it needs to be remembered that the […]