A importância da inovação, para o desenvolvimento socioeconômico de uma região, reside na capacidade de transformação econômica, porém é necessário que a empresa adote a inovação como parte de sua estratégia e que isto esteja atrelado a um padrão setorial de comportamento inovador para ampliar a capacidade competitiva da organização, neste sentido o Arranjo Produtivo local (APL) tem um papel fundamental no desenvolvimento das empresas e da região. A inovação tem sido tema de estudos em vários setores da atividade econômica, emergindo como resposta à melhoria da performance competitiva das organizações. As empresas, na busca de uma melhor posição no mercado, se valem da inovação, utilizando e desenvolvendo novas tecnologias, produtos, serviços e métodos de gestão. A indústria moveleira do Rio Grande do Sul tem seu principal APL situado na Serra Gaúcha. Neste contexto do setor moveleiro, a utilização racional de recursos estratégicos e a geração de .inovações têm sido usados como meio de manter e ampliar a posição de mercado das organizações, portanto o tema fundamental desta Tese é a inovação de produto e os recursos estratégicos sob a ótica da resource based view, em uma perspectiva destes tornarem-se fonte geradora de vantagem competitiva sustentável. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo geral mensurar e analisar a relação entre a inovação de produto e os recursos utilizados pelas empresas da indústria moveleira, na perspectiva da vantagem competitiva. A metodologia utilizada nesta pesquisa é um estudo do tipo quantitativo, descritivo, através de uma survey. Os meios de investigação utilizados para a coleta de dados ocorreu por meio de uma entrevista estruturada, com um questionário aplicado a 423 empresas. Para a análise dos dados utilizou-se a Modelagem de Equações Estruturais (Structural Equation Modeling). Através de resultados aferidos nesta pesquisa, obteve-se a análise da relação entre a inovação de produto e os recursos utilizados pelas empresas no APL Moveleiro da Serra Gaúcha. A contribuição para as pesquisas acadêmicas deste estudo reside nos resultados obtidos para avaliar a relação entre os recursos específicos (Sistema de Informação, Pessoas, Gestão do Conhecimento, Aliança) com a inovação de produto e deste com o Sucesso do Novo Produto. No estudo empírico observou-se que a inovação de produto é resultado do uso de recursos, os quais configuram antecedentes da inovação. A comunidade empresarial encontra neste estudo um método para avaliar os antecedentes de inovação de produto, considerando que as empresas possuem recursos capazes de produzir inovações e impactar na performance frente a outras organizações. Neste estudo as empresas da indústria moveleira encontram informações relativas ao uso de recursos estratégicos, que ampliam a capacidade inovativa. / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, CAPES. / The importance of innovation to socio-economic development of a region, lies in the ability of economic transformation; but it is necessary that a company adopt innovation as part of its strategy and that this is linked to an industry standard for innovative behavior, to expand its competitive capacity. In this sense a Local Productive Arrangement (LPA). Has a key role in the development of the enterprises and the region. Innovation has been the subject of stuc\ies in various sectors ofthe economic activity, emerging as a response to improve the competitive performance of organizations. The companies, in search of a better market position, believe that innovation is worth using and develop new technologies, products, services and management methods. The furniture industry of Rio Grande do Sul has its rnain LPA located in Serra Gaúcha. In the context of the furniture sector, the rational use of strategic resources and the generation of innovations has been used as a means to maintain and expand the 'market position of organizations; so the fundamental theme of this thesis is to study product innovation and strategic resources from the perspective of resource based view, as a source of sustainable competitive advantage. This research aims to measure and analyze the overall relationship between product innovation and the resources used by companies in APL Furniture Serra Gaúcha, from the perspective of competitive advantage. The methodology used in this research is a quantitative and descriptive study, through a survey. Means of investigation used for data collection occurred through' structured interviews with a questionnaire to 423 companies. For data analysis, was used Structural Equation Modeling methods. Through the results, was obtained the analysis of lhe relationship between product innovation and the resources used by companies of the furniture industry. The contribution of this study for future academic research lies in the results obtained to assess the relationship between specific resources (System lnformation, Human Resource, Knowledge Management, Alliance) with product innovation and with New Product Development Success. The empirical study showed that product innovation is a result of the use of resources, which constitute the conditions for innovation. The business community will find from this study a new method to evaluate the history of product innovation, considering that companies have resources capable of producing innovations and impact performance against other organizations. From this study, the firm's furniture industry finds information on the use of strategic resources, which increase the innovative capacity.

I studien undersöks det hur teorier från slow food och slow fashion genom olika designprocesser kan överföras till nya produktkategorier, i detta fall har möbler valts ut som kategori. Syftet med denna studie har varit skapa medvetenhet och synliggöra möjligheter för produktdesigners att arbeta med slow principer i kombination med kritisk design på nya produktkategorier. Detta för att främja hållbar utveckling och vår miljö. Det teoretiska ramverket ligger som grund för studien och innefattar slow fashion, Slow food, kritisk design och slow design. Som metoder har det bland annat samlats in information genom funktionsanalys, fokusgrupper och intervjuer.Resultatet blev en hylla vars hyllplan monteras på i takt med att dess ramar i form av träd växer. Detta ska skapa ett kritiskt tänkande hos betraktaren angående snabb produktion och miljön. / The study examines how theories of slow food and slow fashion can be transferred to new product categories through different design processes. In this case furniture has been selected as a category. The purpose of this study is to create awareness and make opportunities visible for product designers to work with slow principles in combination with critical design on new product categories. This is to encourage sustainable development and benefit our environment. The theoretical framework forms the basis of the study and includes slow fashion, slow food, critical design and slow design. As methods, among other things, information has been collected through function analysis, focus groups and interviews.The result is a shelf whose shelves are mounted on progressively as its frame in the form of trees grows. This should create a critical thinking on the part of the viewer regarding fast production and the environment.

This report is an investigation into how I, as a furniture designer, can absorb the task of furniture design, with the intention of honoring a brand, by holding it in the highest of esteem, so that it may be revered.  During my three years as a student at Malmstens Bachelor’s Program in furniture design, I have been taught and trained, to be able to to create and design distinguished furniture for the industry, that is worthy of respect.  The report describes how a lounge chair has emerged through a design process in collaboration with Gemla Fabrikers AB. I have been focusing on the history of Gemla as the only furniture manufacturer in Sweden that can tame wood and the challenges that Gemla stands in front of.  The investigation is built on my  onw studies, interviews and a survey.The lounge chair, which is a physical result of this investigation, is partially made of bent wood and is a tribute to the queen in the Swedish furniture bransch. Gemla. / Den här rapporten är en undersökning i hur jag som möbeldesigner kan ta mig an uppgiften att designa en möbel i avsikt att vårda ett varumärke. Under tre års studier på på Malmstens möbeldesignprogram har jag tränats för att kunna designa möbler för möbelindustrin. Rapporten beskriver hur en fåtölj vuxit fram ur en designprocess i samarbete med Gemla Fabrikers AB. Syftet var att skapa en produkt som vårdar Gemlas varumärke. Fokus har lagts på Gemlas historia som är det enda företag i Sverige som kan böja trä och de vägval Gemla står inför. Undersökningen bygger på egna studier, intervjuer och en enkät. Fåtöljen som är det fysiska resultatet av denna undersökning är delvis tillverkad i böjträ och är en hyllning till drottningen i den svenska möbelindustrin. Gemla.

Furniture design in the form of a modular shelf system designed to store and display alcohol bottles. The aim of the work is a combination of traditional liquer cabinet and sector display units.

Visually simple collection of interior equipment, consisting of the design table, light and chair made from wood. Specifically from oak. Designed with the modern aesthetic and technological principles.Collection is designed for a particular company and this design respects their technological facilities and requirements.

This thesis focuses on research in the field of anthropometric measurements of the adult population, its history, basic concepts and research itself, conducted under the author’s leadership of the NIS project at the Mendel University in Brno. The research results and its application in the field of interiors and furniture should be used to revise the architectural patterns and standards dealing with the relations on the axis between man – interior – furniture. It describes the relations of individual parameters, a person's height and weight, their development depending on age and sex, compares the height curve growth in Czech population and in Europe. The results of the work should serve as a basis for revising the existing typological principles and standards with regard to new results; in conclusion the author proposes conceptual changes of the fixed schemes in relations of man and interior.

This thesis builds on my personal connection with Malmstens Linköpings University (MLU). First as a student of furniture conservation and later university adjunc in furniture culture. The project has three parts: an extension, a terraced sunken garden and a musueumbuilding. Malmstens extension is centered on masterstudio, atelié for furniture conservation, new CAD- and FAB-lab, extended storage rooms as well as annexing Carl Malmsten Archive to Campus Lidingö. Through lowering of the garden a receiding terrace gives way to sunlight and allows to transform an unused shaft into panoramic gallery, exhibiting journeyman pieces and thesis projects. Rendering a new residence for The Museum of Furniture Studies as part of the craft and design node on Lidingö, would contribute to the campus with a lecture hall, a reasearch room, a photo studio, its vast collection of 20th century design furniture and a restaurant. I have sought to investigate daylight conditions on the site and with the current detailed developmenty plan as a starting point developed a proposal for extending Malmstens Linköpings University. Beyond the mainframe I imagine repuropsing parking lot south-east from Malmstens for researchers lodges and student housing, raised above the parking level; craft worskhops, studios and offices for creative professions flanking Aga- and Larsbergsvägen in mind.

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Master thesis carried out in collaboration with PS Retail, a retail design company from Jönköping, during the spring semester of 2022 as a part of the Industrial Design Master at Jönköping University. This project describes the process of design, development and construction of a module focused on the bread and bakery department in grocery stores for EveryDay Sweden, a partner of PS Retail. It consists of the development of a new versatile and contemporary assortment of displays that fit the interior of grocery stores, more specifically, for the bread and bakery department. Some of their approaches are to anticipate how supermarkets will evolve over time and design accordingly. In addition, they want the space to be comfortable for everyone, so some ergonomic factors are taken into account. Finally, their goal is to expand to other European markets, so both aesthetics and function must be considered. The final result is a module for bread storage and some proposals on how to fit in different environments. It works similar to a drawer, except that when the customer pulls it, the glass is lifted and the bread is exposed. In addition, the proposals represent how this module would look in different shapes and environments, depending on the capacity of the store.

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