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The â€Material and Design Studio†at Chalmers University of Technology was established with the aim of developing an approach allowing experts in material science, structural mechanics, aesthetics and manufacturing to combine their efforts, with use of IT support, in the designing of new furniture.
The long-range goal of this endeavor is to increase the competitiveness
of the Swedish furniture industry in various ways: by improving the effectiveness of the designing process, optimizing the use of materials, determining the effects of new combinations of materials, reducing customer complaints and responding more quickly to the needs of the market.
The work carried out is being followed with interest by a number of furniture manufacturers, as well as by the Swedish Product Testing and Research Institute and the Swedish Association of Furniture Manufacturers.
In one project, supported by Vinnova (a project entitled â€Innovative Use of IT in an Occupational Setting with the Aim of Creating a Good Working Environmentâ€), several case studies have been conducted.These aim at developing different forms of integrated, IT-supported methods for furniture design and to investigate how a working place where such methods are employed can best be conceived and organized.
The present report is concerned primarily with describing an integrated furniture design procedure of this type and discussing continuing efforts being made to develop and implement new tools and methods for use in furniture design. The report consists of four parts. The first takes up the background of the work. The second part describes an integrated design project that was carried out.The third part presents an example of how the IT support tools that have been created were used to solve concrete problems in two separate furniture companies. In the fourth and final part, the overall results of the projects thus far and the need for future work and research in this area are discussed.
Download Free PDF Ebooks New tools and methods in furniture design
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