The Elderly Furniture Safety Design

Nowadays most countries all over the world to or has entered the aging society, accordingto the statistics in China from2010to2012the national aging population, the proportion ofthe total12.3%surge to31.1%. Sixty years old population will be over200million, thenumber of old age more than the sum of the whole European aging population, China willgradually into the " An aging country ". In such a background, the consumer goods marketwill gradually by the young tend to old age group, at the same time also more urgent we needto design a more suitable for old applicable consumer goods. The elderly because of the socialrole, physical condition, economic status, etc in the face conditions of the change, the homebecome the old main rest activity space, and the market for old people to use furnitureproducts are less poor. Many furniture whether in function or form are not suitable for oldpeople to use, and this paper is on the basis of the above the problems, and put forwardsolutions are designed for senior people use of old age security furniture.Based on the old age security furniture design as the research object, this paper discussesthe old age security furniture design, in according to the old people’s physical andpsychological make corresponding design, but also enrich the old furniture market, domesticold household design is also a kind of has the positive significance of exploration anddiscovery. To make the domestic old furniture industry development also has a positivemeaning, and the later old furniture design personnel play a certain reference. It is designedfor old people to use and customize, carries on the design of household products. Accordingto the old this particular age stage, the user’s physical and psychological feeling and theoccurrence of the change of the position of the social role. In the physical due to old age anddisease problems; Old people tend to produce the emotional loneliness, emotional easy tobecome irritable produce mean, indifference, withdrawn and negative emotions. By retirementand produce social status changes, more easy to make old people have lost, frustration andmore need to relative friend care. At the same time they wish to be more social identity, wantto be respected, hope the old have in providing. Based on the above various factors determinethe demand, old furniture relatively similar other products has many different needs. Inconclusion of all sorts of reasons old stage people have special demand, are appropriate set inold age security furniture design in the category.The research object of the paper old age security furniture, first in safety design conceptthat introduced. For safety design of the evolution and applicable people introduced, for the safety of product design research and further exploration. In this paper the scope ofapplication, this paper the importance of old age security furniture design.Secondly this paper research object has a clear positioning, from a careful study of thephysiological and psychological state. And then analysis to influence the old furniture designthe various elements was summarized analysis, it has specific design practice significance.Once again about the old age security furniture design subject of research and analysis,according to our country existing old human body measurement data, and now than oldpeople living habits, physiological and behavioral characteristics, in accordance with theabove design a suitable for old human actual size.In addition, in view of the old furniture, old people defined according to the physical andpsychological characteristics and safety design, it is concluded that the idea of old agesecurity furniture design principle, and applied to furniture design to. According to the actualsituation and application of the design concept, and to design the old use seat as an example,in practice verify the proposed viewpoint.