Abstract: with the development of economy, people's living standards improve, the demand for high quality, comfortable office furniture products also has become more and more intense. The office furniture design in this industry have mushroomed all over in the corner of each city. And the rapid development of the furniture industry will also result in many problems of produce, this paper in KUKKAPURO furniture design in functionalism thought characteristics were based on a brief analysis of the, points out the application perspective of functionalism in modern office furniture design, and strive to find ways for the design of office furniture in China. Key words: functional theory; ERGONOMICS; office furniture
No. in the chart classification: J022 document code: A article number: 2095-4115 (2014) 08-124-1
A functional design related KUKKAPURO views
Design master Cuca Polo's design to a certain extent affected by the impact of the design of Finland, the hometown of Santa Claus is famous in the world of Finland. Design atmosphere and environment has the characteristics of simplicity, innovation and maturity. Compared with other countries in northern Europe, Finland's innovative awareness is more prominent, while the design of more avant-garde ideas [1]. Under its influence, in the modern furniture design master -- KUKKAPURO, "a book, KUKKAPURO once said:" the shape of a chair should reflect in the shape of the body, like the human body as soft. At the same time, also has the aesthetic feeling. " [2] so in his view, suitable for human form, is the form of beauty. He also believes that furniture is a service, its design must be fully considering the needs of users. This is not a new concept, a number of senior designers understand this, but really threw himself from the human body engineering staff completely from the point of view of the user to design the furniture designer is not much, but KUKKAPURO is one of the most outstanding.
The author thinks that the design master KUKKAPURO as a functionalist who, in the design of the chair must the adjustable model, and make the tests with different postures of repeated testing, to adjust to the most comfortable state, can be carried out under the stage production of the product. Function should not only meet the physiological needs, but also to meet the pure aesthetic requirements, so he tends to be clear and purposeful use of product modeling and color. For example, he was developed in the early 80's Sirkus series of chairs, this chair can be used in the office and at home. Designers focus on the special needs of the chair when people eat: easy to clean, less occupied space, service lines must be clear, and make the table is very comfortable. By changing the composition of the chair legs, can be used in waiting area, office and other office space. And he designed the PK series of chairs. In each piece of furniture design, Cuca Polo on the structure of the chair and the surface treatment of special considerations, the final chair to undergo a rigorous test, and to prove that all aspects of performance are very good.
Two, the guiding significance of China's contemporary furniture design industry
In China's long historical and cultural system, furniture and people's living culture is closely related to the cultural elements, has an important position and role of [3]. Under the current social conditions, work occupies most part of our life. Office furniture and our connection is most closely, looking back on the history, Chinese furniture once proud; reflect the present situation, we shoulder the shoulders heavy responsibilities of the mission; looking to the future, we should carry forward the Chinese furniture. In order to achieve this mission, Chinese contemporary office furniture design industry must change the vice of contemporary plagiarism, pay attention to the inheritance of local culture and carry forward the, from system of culture and education, enterprise's attitude and competition system needs to start to change. As Finland's Cuca Polo, a master of the masters, said: "if it is not to meet the needs of the function, I am afraid that it will not be designed." [4] in "Orio Kukaporo furniture design research" in the article, the author advocates the proposal is more pertinent and the reality. Design workers should be the local excellent culture into the design of modern office furniture, and continue to absorb the outstanding creative ideas in modern design, in succession to innovation, in the innovation to develop [5]. To express the purpose and concept of design, so as to create a modern design road with Chinese cultural characteristics.
Three, summary
Since 1980, China's office furniture design field gradually adopt the design idea of "people-oriented", however "people-oriented" philosophy has remained mostly in the shallow stage, the design did not change specific and truly implemented. The author believes that the development of China's office furniture design in the future should pay attention to the following aspects of the problem:
First of all, we should work closely with human engineering in the design of modern office furniture, only such products will be suitable for users. In addition, it must be based on the size of the human body and functional scale, to explore the human activities in the indoor space to coordinate with each other, to reduce physical and time losses and improve work efficiency.
Second, pay special attention to the use of materials and mix, can replace the color, as well as the use of removable and generic connections. In recent years, the bamboo with its advantages are more and more widely applied to the design of office furniture, at the same time, because of the material of the "new" also leads to designers not its potential fully excavated, we also need to explore.
Finally, should pay attention to the mutual integration of national traditional culture and foreign culture. Reference in KUKKAPURO master participated in the design of "East and West series chair", able to learn is combination of master design experience and traditional Chinese furniture design elements and the production process and to seek the road of "traditional and modern fusion and symbiosis". To sum up, I think, in the face of office furniture market demand of different space, can make use of the idea of Functionalism to the our country modern office furniture design, guidance office furniture design industry to the broader space to develop.
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Author introduction:
Wan Hao, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, graduate student in the Graduate School of design;
Yang Min, female, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, graduate student, major in design.