Office Furniture Design for Wheelchair User

There are an estimated 1.19 million wheelchair users in Spain. People use wheelchairs for a variety of reasons, the most common one is paralysis from spinal cord injuries. Current estimates indicate there are around 504,000 people alive in Spain with spinal cord injuries. Among other reasons for using wheelchairs are： fatigue from multiple sclerosis, muscle weakness from muscular dystrophy, lower limb spasticity from cerebral palsy, and missing limbs due to amputation. People who use wheelchairs may encounter a variety of obstacles at their workstations depending on their limitations. Some possible accommodations could be adjustable height desk or table for a person who cannot work comfortably at an existing desk, accessible filing system or office supplies, and frequently used materials on most accessible shelves or drawers for a person who cannot reach upper and lower shelves and drawers. This paper presents the graphical design of a workstation for wheelchair users, in this case, technical, anthropometric, ergonomic, aesthetics and scientists aspects have been analyzed. The design of composite structure conduct to explicit safety constraints applied to office furniture requirements kept continuously current and updated as part of innovation. Finally, results are showed in a three-dimensional model.

Research on Furniture Design Methods Based on Sustainable Design Theory

Environmental awareness is going deeply into the hearts of people in nowadays. Interior environment design of buildings is one of the manifestations of life quality, and furniture is one of the important elements composing interior design. In order to realize using the lowest cost to enjoy the best home life, the paper discusses sustainable design methods from different perspectives, and uses science and technology to integrate art, culture and nature. For the development status of furniture market, the paper researches how to solve the problems faced by furniture market by sustainable design, for achieving continuable, recycle and recoverable objective to control cost and enrich home life of consumer.

Study on Traditional Furniture Design Using Emotionalism Theory

In face to the phenomenon of program, indifference and lack of emotion in furniture design. In this paper, through the analysis of various factors that trigger users＇ emotional experience, research the specific point of the emotional design classification. According to the furniture design propose the traditional furniture design creative model and design method for the modem life. From the perspective of the specific case, gives the detailed process of modem furniture design and implementation methods, for obtain the results of outstanding design put forward specific ways.

Research on the Man-Machine Engineering Theory and the Applications on Furniture Design and Interior Decoration Design

In this paper, we conduct research on the man-machine engineering theory and the applications on furniture design and interior decoration design. Furniture is one of the important media, contacts and relationships between building it by their own different shape and size provide comfortable environment for people. Ergonomics is the study of human activity and the claim size on the surrounding environment, how to make furniture to better serve people＇ s life and work. Our research proposed novel paradigm of the man-machine engineering theory which is meaningful.

Furniture Innovative Design with Earthquake Self-rescue Function： From Furniture Form and Structure Perspective

Firstly, the background of earthquake disasters occurred recently and the necessity of furniture design with earthquake emergency self-rescue function were analyzed. Then the research situation on furniture design with earthquake emergency self-rescue function were summarized, and the rethinking on functional design of furniture, especially design on form and structure, were conducted based on analysis of theoretical basis of furniture design with earthquake emergency self-rescue function. Finally, bedside tables were designed as demonstration, which provides a new approach to furniture design with earthquake emergency self-rescue function.

Primary Research on Emergency Self-Rescue Furniture Design for Natural Disasters

In recent years, a large number of natural disasters happened in China, which caused heavy casualties, property losses and destruction of social order. Emergency self-rescue furniture design for natural disasters was taken as the research object in this paper. The definition and meanings of emergency self-rescue furniture were discussed, then the design principles of emergency self-rescue furniture were analyzed, validity of emergency self-rescue furniture design principles and methods for earthquake and flood were verified through demonstrations, finally.

The influence of the designing styles of the furniture in the Ming Dynasty on the modern furniture

As the development of the current building activities continues to become mature, now the requirements on the indoor design activities will also be promoted. Compared with the interior design activities, the furniture is one of the important factors in the process of the interior decoration. The choice of the appropriate furniture not only can effectively improve the quality of the interior design activities, but also can fully meet the specific application needs of the people. This paper starts from the analysis of the specific requirements on the design and production of the modern furniture. And combined with the analysis of the specific characteristics and the connotation of the design styles of the furniture in the Ming Dynasty, the author further explores the specific influence of the design styles of the Ming Dynasty furniture on the modern furniture.

Additive Manufacturing： Is It a New Era for Furniture Production？

The purpose of this study is to make a review and or definition of AM （additive manufacturing）, and an evaluation of its use in furniture production within a few projects to provide industry-specific awareness. AM can be considered as one of the latest innovative processes, as a state-of-the-art development, in manufacturing industries. AM is expressed as the future of the products and localization of the manufacturing processes in some studies. Innovation is a key factor both for firms and consumer products or service output. And, in today＇s competitive environment, it compels all the partners for R ＆ D activities to provide technological development. But, all the partners come to a parting of the ways of disruptive or sustainable innovation. It can be said that furniture manufacturing by AM method is relatively new. Non-industrial use of the AM in furniture production can be stated as one of the latest innovative development. Thereby, this study reviews how AM is used to produce furniture within applied projects, which materials and methods are used for production and suggests its future impact.

Xenia Hotels in Greece： A Holistic Approach to Modern Cultural Heritage

In the early 1950s, the Greek National Tourism Organization made a nation-wide attempt to develop tourism in Greece. For a period of two decades, it developed the hotel buildings＇ substructure, a project known as the ＂Xenia project＂. During this period, Greek architects, devoted to modernism, designed and supervised 53 hotel compounds, which spread throughout the country. Today, the Xenia Hotels are internationally recognized as part of Greece＇s modern cultural heritage, based on the simplicity, the definition of the form and the truth in materials use, besides the integration of the buildings in the natural environment, components which reveal themselves as a unique venture. This paper aims to reveal that, despite the efforts to retain the Xenia Hotels, these procedures remain incomplete. They rightly focus on architectural shells, morphological and functional standardization, proper utilization of the Greek environmental conditions, and the use of authentic local materials. However, the cultural evaluation of these settlements can only be completed by their holistic design, which also comprises their interior spaces, lightening and furniture design, all these detailed aspects that form an organic entirety and which are not included in these efforts.