Research On The Design Of Furniture Products Integrating Human And Pet Based On Emotional Interaction

With the acceleration of the pace of modern life,the surge of social competition pressure,the change of marriage concept and other factors,prompted the change of people’s living habits.More and more people live alone,and the number of empty-nest youth is also increasing substantially.They are generally lonely and anxious.In order to alleviate this problem,they take the initiative to seek emotional comfort.According to the investigation,an important way for empty-nesters to solve the problem of emotional companionship is to raise pets and be willing to invest more emotions.The ideal pet that conforms to their behavior characteristics is pet cat,which plays the role of family or friends of empty-nesters.With the change of the way people and pets get along,the pet industry of clothing,food,housing and transportation is on the rise.A large number of pet supplies appear in the living space of empty-nesters,aggravating the pressure on their living space.How to reasonably plan the space and achieve harmonious coexistence between empty-nesters and pet cats while meeting the emotional interaction needs of empty-nesters and pet cats is a difficult problem that needs to be solved at present.This study mainly analyzes the furniture and pet cat furniture in the living space of empty-nesters,and combines their current situation of getting along with pet cats to improve and design related furniture products,so as to solve the problem of emotional interaction and reasonable space planning between empty-nesters and pet cats.Firstly,emotional interaction theory,empty-nest youth,pet cats and related furniture concepts are analyzed and summarized to provide a feasible theoretical basis for further research.Secondly,the pet market,furniture market and target users are investigated and analyzed,and user needs are summarized to provide data support for the subsequent design practice.Then,on the basis of affective interaction theory,design principles and strategies are expounded combined with research data,which provides a deeper theoretical support for design practice.Finally,put the theory into practice,combined with the design principles and strategies,designed a series of emotional interaction based on the integration of furniture products.The purpose of this study is to help pets create better interaction conditions in the limited space through integrated furniture design,which reflects the humanistic care for empty-nest youth and pets.The relationship between people,pets,furniture and space is constantly changing and developing,which is worth further exploration.