From idea to product. Designing Scandinavian furniture
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Kinnarps approach to furniture design, our design philosophy and two examples of our products
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From idea to product. Designing Scandinavian furniture
- 2. From idea to product. Designing Scandinavian furniture Alexander Gifford BEng MA(RCA)
- 4. Education, office and Care
- 5. Design Philosophy Places user at centre of all product development • In Sweden the wellbeing of workers has traditionally had much importance placed on it. • Understands the impact of demographic shifts and the importance of designing products that include users of all abilities. • Product development is routed in detailed research Affordable ergonomics – Lower cost of well designed ergonomic solutions – Reduce costs that don’t add to the product • Logistics • In sourcing • Materials • Economies of scale Understand range of work styles across the world
- 6. Design Philosophy • Minimise environmental impact – Power consumption – Logistics – Packaging – Efficient production – Materials
- 7. Objectives Create work place furniture that is: • Responds to changes in the workplace • Helps the client to evolve their organisation • Ergonomically viable • Environmentally sound More "quality" for personal area. A highly functional workstation on less space.
- 8. The assortment, research and development team
- 9. European Product Managers Product Assortment Managers Prototype Design engineer Design engineer Design engineer A, R&D Team Researchers & Experts Conceptual designers * * Projects
- 10. Recent Projects
- 11. Bench for
- 12. Bench for • Modern variable density bench • Overcome ergonomic issues • Fit with Arup global needs • Low environmental impact
- 13. 13 Laminate
- 14. 14 Lamine™ (white) 1. Beech lipping 2. Chip board 3. Water laquer (white) 4. 1 layer of filler 5. White ceramic laquer 6. 2 layers of filler 7. 2 layers of colour (white) 8. ’Egg shell’ finish
- 15. 15 Amount of CO2 from production Total (kg CO2/m2) For production of surface layer 8,3 0,65 0,42 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Laminate Lamine TM Veneer KgCO2/m2
- 16. Dufalite
- 19. Cable management
- 20. Storage
- 23. Bench F
- 26. Arup London 2008
- 30. Brief • Create soft spaces for people to have informal meetings in open plan areas • Same functionality as meeting room • Reduced logistic costs • Do not copy competition!
- 31. Past Products
- 32. Rezon Screens
- 33. Recofelt
- 34. Recofelt
- 35. Early research
- 36. ideas
- 37. Upholstered panel • Recofelt • Fabric • Chipboard frame • Recycled paper • Solid timber lip • Recofelt • Fabric • Chipboard frame • Recycled paper • Solid timber lip
- 38. Meeting pod By adding a 800mm wide panel Meeting pods can be created. A Series F ‘top hat’ insert would be used to mount a 30” LCD screen, with a VGA cable running to a surface mounted combined VGA and power outlet. Power fly lead would continue through Dufalite board to floor box or grommet below. The 30mm gaps between upper sections allow passers-by to see whether a sofa/pod is occupied. This solves a very real problem of people needing to go right up to the pod to see if its free, and thus disturbing the people in it!
- 40. Large pod Adding a second panel allow for a larger pod to be created, which would feature a table. Based on the cube table this would be hung at one end from the screen cubicle walls. Cubicle walls attach to one another and the sofa sides using some of the large Pin and Cam assemblies we have been looking at recently
- 41. High back Basic proportions are arround the Scandinavia sofa, with the upper panels being added or removed as required. The outer shell is made from 50mm veneered or Lamine dufalite board. Model shown give privacy on a par with other models on the market, such as those from Vitra and Klaessons Wall street
- 42. Medium back Lower back model gives user some sense of privacy though can be overlooked
Editor's Notes
- Introduce Kinnarps Manufacturer of ergonomic work furniture Family owned since 1943 Largest in Scandinavia, 3rd or 5th in Europe €300 million turnover
- Hi My name is Alex Gifford and I work for Kinnarps in both the UK and in Sweden I’m an industrial designer and engineer by training and have worked as a designer in the office interiors industry for 11 years, working in interior design, design management and product design. I’m going to talk to you about Kinnarps design philosophy and give you some examples of how this manifests itself in our products.
- OK, so this picture is a bit cheesy, but it does illustrate very well the way we see furniture Working furniture covers not just office furniture but also education and care. We see the boundaries between these as being very fluid – E.g.. Office furniture in schools, training furniture in offices, care furniture (i.e.. Cleo) in offices
- Office furniture
- Places user at centre of all product development In Sweden the wellbeing of workers has traditionally had much importance placed on it. Understands the impact of demographic shifts and the importance of designing products that include users of all abilities. Product development is routed in detailed research Affordable ergonomics Lower cost of well designed ergonomic solutions Reduce costs that don’t add to the product Logistics In sourcing Materials Economies of scale Understand range of work styles across the world Different countries use office space in very different ways Respond to cultural variations whilst remaining true to principals
- I’ve deliberately not spoken about trends in the workplace here as I don’t want to steal Vivian’s thunder…
- Product development at Kinnarps take place in The A, R&D team, based predominantly in Kinnarp, Sweden, but with members in other production plants and in other countries – such as the UK.
- The team consists of design engineers, materials specialists, market information experts, prototyping technicians and procurement and is pulled together by project managers and project leaders. As well as long term development the team deals with special products live client projects which can be a very useful way of testing ideas Conceptual design is often done by external designers to keep ideas fresh, but it is also done in house by people such as me. Three types of design engineer – specialising in wood, metal and upholstery based in their respective factories
- Wide range of colours Convienient to fabricate Made from Phenol….
- Hard surface on outside Use dufalite to reduce weight Modular so shipping is efficent Modular so that it can be added to in the future Use acoustic materials to increase performance It should be possible to see if anyone is inside – so that they aren’t disturbed
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