Furniture Design For The Aging Population Study

By the end of 1997, China has entered an aging society. With the dramatic increase in the total population aging,society is concerned about the degree of this particular group is increasing. In the furniture market, furniture market for the elderly group has just started, belongs to sunrise industries. At present, many furniture companies have started to adjust its business strategy, furniture market tilted toward the elderly.In view of the old age groups furniture is the object of study, embarks according to this special group's physical demand, the comprehensive user, the indoor space, the furniture three factor opposite conduct the research to the old age crowd's indoor furniture design. The present paper research minute obtains from the market present situation investigation, to visit places the first such as Kunming, Chengdu furniture enterprises as well as lives at sells the field, understands in view of the old age group's furniture market present situation, the understanding Production department as well as the development facility regarding the senior citizen furniture research condition. Next conducts the research to the old age group's characteristic, mainly analyzes the senior citizen physiology, psychological and adult's difference, proposes the senior citizen furniture design and the ordinary furniture design difference. The synthesis to the senior citizen characteristic analysis with the senior citizen furniture design particular analysis, proposes in view of the senior citizen furniture design basic principle and the method. Finally the utilization summarizes the principle method, to the kitchen, the bedroom two overall space middle-aged person and old person furniture has carried on the design practice, further consummates the principle which and the method the author proposed.After having carried on above diagnosis practice, obtains principle which as well as design method in the senior citizen furniture design should grasp, each indoor space the chief feature which should have in view of senior citizen's furniture, and hoped that could find one kind by this to carry on the product design in view of the specific crowd the theory and the method.