Green furniture design should follow what principles

Abstract: The purpose of the concept of environmental protection is the ecological balance of nature, the sustainable development of society and people's health and hygiene, it is built on the mutual relationship between man and nature environmental protection is a mainstream concept put forward by today's society. Furniture and people are closely related, furniture products must be people-oriented; environmentally friendly furniture is the most important concept in the development of modern furniture. Environmental protection furniture design green furniture design should follow which principles of environmental protection furniture design concept

Green furniture design should follow which principles

1, people-oriented home

Britain since the Industrial Revolution, the West formed the pursuit of unlimited wealth, unlimited enjoyment of the purpose of life values, which gave rise to the efficiency and profit as a typical representative of the way the value concept, in the Under this value concept, the formation of "machine-based design. The machine is endowed with definite values," meaning "entrepreneur", "unlimited profit", "taking care of the workers", "taking care of the workers", "taking care of the workers", "taking care of the workers", "taking care of the workers", "taking care of the workers", "taking care of the workers", "the worker," "war," and so on. Representative ideas include Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations", Kibris's behaviorist psychology, the British and American machine-centered anthropomorphism and so on. In response to the "drawbacks" of the "machine-oriented" thinking, the "human-centered" design thinking. His typical representative in the 19th century was the Arts and Crafts Movement, which aimed to restore the positive meaning of labor, and the meaning of "art" was to "purify the concept of labor," "self-sufficiency," "make the people self-sufficient," and "make the world a better place. "Art" means "purifying the concept of labor", "self-sufficiency", "making labor pleasant", "justice" and "friendliness". The main representatives of the "human-centered" design idea are: the modern design idea represented by the Bauhaus Institute and the neo-modern design idea represented by Italy. Relying on the humanistic philosophy and humanitarian thought, the new mass living is developed through industrial design, and technical beauty is proposed, including geometrical beauty, material beauty, surface mechanism beauty and process technology beauty. However, the various traditional "human-centered" ideas have a ****same defect: they mainly focus on the "normal thinking" and "normal behavior" of human beings. And human behavior is irrational in many cases: limited ability to perceive, limited cognitive ability, affected by emotions. The design idea of "human-centered" is to try to establish an irrational user mode, so that the machine adapts to the behavioral characteristics of human beings, adapts to perception and cognition, adapts to the characteristics of human movement, reduces the burden of human brain power, and provides natural thinking and behavioral conditions for human beings through the design to make up for the human's deficiencies. More than one hundred years of historical experience has proved that the traditional "human-oriented" design thinking can only change the negative effects caused by the "machine-oriented" design, but it is far from being able to fundamentally solve the damage to the natural environment caused by the latter. Since the 1970s and 1980s, regenerative design and eco-design ideas have emerged, which can be summarized as "human-centered" ideas. For the sustainable survival and development of human beings, it is necessary to reconsider the way of thinking and behavior since the industrial revolution. Human beings are only a part of the natural environment, and maintaining the cycle of natural ecology is a prerequisite for the survival of human beings; unlimited affluence and unlimited enjoyment will eventually lead to irreversible results. Human beings must start from the ecological worldview to re-plan the concepts of human life, work, city, energy, transportation, communication, consumption, and so on. We must redesign everything on the basis of this idea.

2, an advocate of green home China's furniture products

From July 1, 2002 to the mandatory implementation of the national furniture environmental standards, which is undoubtedly a challenge and opportunity for the furniture and related industries, for the majority of home furnishings consumers is a gospel, which indicates that: furniture - this kind of information related to people's lives. -This traditional products related to people's life information, will be given a new connotation. The purpose of the concept of environmental protection is the ecological balance of nature, the sustainable development of society and people's health and hygiene, which is based on the mutual relationship between man and nature, depending on people's knowledge of nature, understanding and attitude, therefore, it involves the scope of the relevant society, history, culture, technology and even the human nature itself. The understanding of green furniture is no exception. The concept of home design is the renewal of green furniture and the development of the existence of the pilot design is increasingly valued by the people, because it is in the production and consumption of the pioneering role of the increasingly obvious, and more importantly, it can induce people's concepts of renewal of the environment has been y rooted in people's minds, foreign green furniture has also long been attached importance to the green furniture, along with China's people's standard of living has improved, the green furniture also Rightfully on the agenda. In line with this, the concept of home design will be the first to take the brunt of the update, specifically reflected in the following aspects. ① "Function first" modern design concept into the connotation of human health factors. That is, in addition to meet the ergonomics principle of the physiological relationship between people and things, should pay more attention to the nature of the relationship between people and things. ② "low entropy design" concept is further deepened. This is in addition to emphasizing the production process, transportation process and other aspects of low energy consumption, more emphasis on product durability and end-of-life renewability. Here the concept of the pursuit of fashion is limited, good durability, classic shape of the product to regain attention; "moderate ownership", "moderate consumption" of consciousness to be strengthened, a variety of profligate design is questioned, concise and multi-functional these products can effectively reduce the degree of luxury and ownership of furniture. Furniture luxury and ownership of the product will be favored again, practical and aesthetic relationship will be readjusted. The science of design will be further emphasized. Computer technology in the design of the application field will be greatly broadened, such as the mechanical properties of furniture research and calculation, for the use of reasonable furniture parts size will provide more practical and save data, which is to protect resources, saving raw materials have great practical significance and far-reaching historical significance.

3, furniture green materials used and production of environmental protection

The raw materials for furniture production is the key to green furniture wood as a renewable natural resource without any toxicity, will undoubtedly continue to be the object of attention of the furniture industry, but the limitations of this resource in the number of future research will provide more topics. The basic prerequisites for the widespread and sustainable use of wood are "small wood, big use", "bad wood, high quality" and "good wood, high value-added". Around this topic, such as finger-joined timber, wood modification, thin wood and micro-thin wood development and utilization of research projects, its basis is more adequate, the prospect is more promising. All kinds of wood-based panel materials will continue to be the main material for furniture manufacturing. This is in addition to its own characteristics of resource conservation, superior performance has been recognized. In addition, the study of the regeneration of wood-based panel materials after the end of life should also attract our attention enough. At present, the research on non-toxic artificial board has certain technical difficulties, then its surface cover technology is particularly important. The toxicity of glue and paint is also one of the main factors affecting the environmental performance of household products. This effect exists not only in the furniture production process, but also in the furniture use process. For the choice of the type of adhesive, the current research on water-based coatings carried out by most paint manufacturers illustrates this point. The development of alternative materials to wood is equally important due to the impact on wood resources. Steel, plastic, although in a short period of time to ease the demand for wood, but they seek not have the resources on the renewability. Bamboo is a fast-growing material that can replace wood, and its development and utilization is of special importance. The development and utilization of various wood fiber materials should also draw our attention. The production process of environmental awareness is not to be ignored. Environmental issues in the production process is mainly reflected in two aspects: First, the environmental factors in the factory production environment, such as noise, dust, a variety of toxic gases on the operation of the impact of workers. The second is the furniture enterprise "three wastes" governance, such as for the comprehensive utilization of wood residues, waste gas and wastewater emissions, etc.. Although in this before not for people enough attention, but it will be with the establishment of environmental standards for furniture products and gradually into the scope of environmental protection system engineering.

4, the huge space of green furniture

The consumer market is the green furniture on the survival and development of the soil. China is a developing country, other industries in the environmental protection practice has fully proved: people's understanding of the concept of environmental protection is the key to effective and sustainable environmental protection work. Although the introduction of green furniture is a business opportunity for enterprises, but only when consumers recognize air pollution, ecological balance of the same level of awareness to recognize the green furniture, is the green furniture related measures can be properly implemented. Science and technology is to promote the development of environmentally friendly furniture is the decisive force if the development of green furniture is a conceptual change, then science and technology will be the direct impetus for this change, like the production side to promote the development of society and change, it will play other work can not be replaced. This is mainly reflected in several aspects: ① Improve the utilization of materials. Scientific and reasonable design can effectively reduce the size of wooden furniture parts, thereby reducing the number of wood used; man-made board sets cut technology can effectively improve the utilization of man-made boards; improve the processing accuracy to reduce the processing allowance and thus reduce the waste of materials in the processing; material modification technology to improve the quality of the material; small diameter grade material and the rational use of poor-quality material. Control the content of toxic substances in products. Reduce the use of toxic organic solvents; take a variety of ways to reduce the volatilization of free formaldehyde; in the treatment of wood, such as preservation, anti-blue, anti-insect process to reduce the penetration of toxic substances; strengthen the development of water-soluble solvents and water-soluble coatings; for the absorption of toxic substances, transformation, closure and treatment and so on. ③ Reduce environmental pollution in the production process, the production workshop of the first level of dust removal and production plant of the second level of dust removal; woodworking machine tool noise and safety protection; especially advanced curing technology and finishing technology and so on. ④Advanced testing instruments and equipment and testing technology. ⑤ Advanced standardization system. ⑥ Basic scientific research and the popularization and application of its achievements in production.

5, ecological home products

Eco-design is based on three historical changes in industrial design thinking, namely, "machine-oriented - people-oriented - nature-oriented " and put forward. When the people's environmental awareness is raised, the concept of life will change and the concept of choosing products will change accordingly. With environmental awareness, people no longer pursue these values. Now, the concept of aesthetics that stimulates purchasing power is gradually abandoned by users, and people no longer pursue fashion, gorgeous products and high-class goods. People's view of material things in the post-modern state has changed to post-material values, which include the following meanings: rediscovering simplicity, moderating complexity, designing for simplicity, rediscovering "slowness", and enjoying a slow-paced life. The notion of "less is more" has gained renewed acceptance. From the intuitive imagination, the meaning of ecological products seems to be clear, but in fact it is difficult to define, the attitude towards tradition and modernity attitude towards tradition and modernity is one of the focal points of modern design thinking research, and also one of the hot issues discussed in the home design industry. The main points of view include the following: first, in the understanding of tradition, fully affirm the value and role of tradition; second, in the attitude towards tradition, advocating the inheritance and interpretation of tradition. Silent tradition, in the depths of history, issued a stubborn light. Chinese traditional furniture has written the most splendid chapter in the history of world furniture, and also left us a valuable spiritual heritage. We choose the center of gravity of the problem on the relationship between Chinese traditional contemporary home design.

ITALIAN DESIGNER ETTORESOTTSASS believes that "preserving tradition is not simply repeating it." Giving cultural significance to furniture is not a problem that can be solved by simply moving a few traditional patterns or attaching a few ancient decorative parts. Thinking about design culture is not a renaissance movement, but a profound revolution in the field of social and philosophical thinking in which all the famous races reconceptualize their own culture, reconceptualize nature, and reconceptualize the relationship between man and nature. Treatment of traditional Chinese furniture, we should take the protection and inheritance, abandonment and innovation attitude, which will be a dynamic and long-term process. The focus of various products is not the same, and the long-term effect of some products is often not visible for a while. In general, eco-products should be friendly to people and friendly to the environment. Human-friendly means physiological, psychological and social aspects, which should be conducive to the physical and mental health of human beings, improve interpersonal relations, and improve family relations. It is conducive to the improvement of social relations and to the improvement of mental and psychological problems and social problems.

Eco-products should also be friendly to the environment. German designer Tuerck believes that eco-products contain four layers of meaning. By the product hierarchy theory summarizes the corresponding product design ethics: ① Ethics of use: short-life products should not be designed to deceive ignorant users, hiding side effects is unethical (for popular consumer design); ② Environmental ethics: design must consider calculating the consumption of the environment; ③ Social ethics: evaluation of the new technology must be taken into account when the number of labor positions provided, try not to cause more unemployment; ④ Labor ethics: the design should provide humane labor without causing job specialization and compounding Danish hierarchy; ⑤ Mental health ethics: the requirements of corporate responsibility for developing countries should be expanded to respect human dignity and not deprive these countries of resources; ⑥ Animal ethics: the requirements of human beings should not be exchanged for the consumption of other animals. The main starting point of eco-products is to reduce the consumption of natural raw materials and energy consumption, to reduce waste and garbage, and to prevent the destruction of human beings, living creatures and the natural environment.

6, furniture eco-design

Eco-design since the date of the proposal, by the public's attention and support. In the past on the basis of form and function design design evaluation criteria, and successively produced a number of overall evaluation criteria, the main point is: give priority to the use of adequate sources of self-remembering, fewer parts, simple structure, easy to dismantle and repair, product durability and long life. Specifically, roughly experienced the following aspects and stages: change the process, minimize the environmentally harmful processes, reduce the cost of materials, wastewater, waste gas, recycling and regeneration of waste products, improve the process to improve the detachability. Modification of products. Change the product material, reduce the material that is difficult to recover and recycle, reduce the power consumption of the product; design an ecological product that is harmless to the environment. Since the Industrial Revolution, people have pursued output and efficiency. Traditional engineering design and industrial design is driven by the concept of consumption, market demand as the goal, the pursuit of per capita possession of wealth and energy. However, market demand changes rapidly, and products designed for consumption are not durable, which inevitably produces the problem of resource scarcity over time. The production process produces a variety of harmful substances continue to gather, will have an irreversible impact on the environment.

The concept of sustainable development encompasses the following ideas: looking to the future, considering the needs of future generations, taking into account the basic needs of people and the basic functions of products, and addressing the issue of recyclable energy and materials. It is clear: sustainable development changes the traditional concept of economic development over the centuries, no longer seeking to increase the speed and uncontrolled development of production and quantity, but transformed into a change to improve the quality of life and build a durable economy. The traditional concepts of engineering systems and theories have changed, requiring the creation of new and durable engineering technologies, and systems and production systems must include ecological cycles. Changed the traditional technical values, in order to meet the human survival security and spiritual security needs, the design of the establishment of durable business institutions to ensure the long-term security and stability of social, spiritual and intellectual development. In short, green furniture has been mentioned on the agenda, which is related to the survival and development of the furniture industry, more involved in the sustainable development of society, should cause us enough attention.