Title: Informing teachers about the importance of correct seating and ergonomic work space. Problem definition: This dissertation addresses Basic and Special School teachers' and Teachers College students' level of awarness about the meaning of Corrected sitting position and their knowledge of suitable ergonomic, educational school furniture and the conditions for achieving the right Corrected sitting position. Reasoning: Children at schools often have problems with corrected sitting and teachers often don't know the aspects of right body-control. They also very often pay no or very little attention to this problem. Corrected sitting position, which is necessary to be applied in schools, is one of the fundamental pre-requisite of right kinetic advancement and creation of premises for school work. Dissertation objectives: Purpose of this dissertation is to find out what is the teachers' level of awareness about the necessity of using Corrected sitting position at schools and aspects of the right body-control and how much they know about the possibilities of using ergonomic educational furniture. Methodology: This dissertation is a analytical study. I work with the findings from questionnaires filled in both by Basic and Special School teachers and Teachers College students. After processing and...

O objetivo geral da dissertação é compreender a vida social na cidade de São Paulo ao longo do século XVIIII e inícios do XIX em suas dinâmicas históricas, tomando as fontes de cultura material como disparadoras das problematizações, especificamente o mobiliário doméstico. Para tanto usamos exames formais e da Arqueometria balizando suas potencialidades com outras categorias de documentos. Considerando o mobiliário como produto e vetor de relações sociais, buscamos informações sobre a sua produção, consumo e circulação, de maneira a compreender o status social de seus artífices, o perfil dos consumidores e as transformações dos espaços domésticos, das sociabilidades e das formas de distinção pelo uso social dos objetos. Desta maneira agregamos informações multidisciplinares à historiografia no esforço de reavaliar visões consolidadas sobre a cidade. / The general objective of this dissertation is to understand the social life in the city of São Paulo through the 18th and the beginnings of the 19th centuries by its historical dynamics, using the material culture resources as the trigger of the problematizations, more specifically the domestic furniture. Therefore we used formal examination and the Archaeometry balancing its potentialities together with other categories of sources. Considering the furniture as products and vectors of social relations, we searched for information about its production, consuming and 10 circulation, comprehending the social status of the artisans, the consumer profiles and the transformation of the domestic environments, of the sociabilities and the distinction by the social use of the objects. In this way we added multidisciplinary information to the historiography in our effort to reevaluate consolidated visions about the city.

O presente estudo apresenta uma caracterização e classificação dos resíduos de madeira gerados no processo de fabricação de móveis de uma das maiores indústrias do pólo moveleiro de Votuporanga-SP, proporcionando um diagnóstico da geração anual dos resíduos de madeira, a participação percentual desses resíduos, a identificação dos resíduos contaminados, realizando uma análise sobre aproveitamento e destinação dos resíduos, além de propor medidas de reciclagem e ações que venham promover a minimização de resíduos na indústria. / The present study shows a characterization and a classification of wood residues produced along the wood furniture manufacturing process in one of the largest wood furniture industries of Votuporanga, state of São Paulo, offering a diagnosis on annual generation of wood residues, on the percentage participation of these residues and on the identification of contaminated residues, having an analysis on the utilization and destination of the residues; moreover, it suggests recycling guidelines and procedures that will promote a reduction in industry residues.

In recent years substantial investment has been made to replace or refurbish state schools in England and Wales and, although research has unsuccessfully sought to prove its contribution, the discipline of Design continues to be identified as a facilitator of educational transformation. Results to date, however, are mixed and there is an evident failing at the design briefing stage to understand how children interact with their educational settings and, notably, an avoidance of direct challenge to the primary school classroom and its practice. In response, this thesis asks how the social and cultural study of children’s relationships with their physical school can suggest a meaningful approach to primary school architecture and furniture design. A model of well-being is developed to clarify misused terminology and to present a realistic expectation of design in which the contradictory goals of inclusion and the development of the individual are appraised. Sitting within a diverse grounded methodology, the concept of belonging is then explored as a basis for evaluating the contribution of different aspects of the physical school to children’s well-being. The primary school environments studied were found to limit the possibilities of a child’s well-being. School architecture through to classroom wall displays were complicit in restricting physical and social expression in favour of school organisation and, furthermore, the central child-teacher relationship was found to be unnecessarily devalued by behavioural concerns derived from the setting. By ethically interpreting the rich variety of children’s voices, priorities for what is coined here as child-teacher centred design are established and a clear relationship between architecture and furniture is offered. The thesis recommends that architecture continues to perform a protective classroom role to support objectives of inclusion whilst school furniture supports more affective, individualistic goals through less prescriptive and more varied settings for learning.

A pesquisa objetiva estudar o design de móveis e os interiores concebidos por Lina Bo Bardi entre 1947 e 1968, período em que a arquiteta desenvolve projetos que são produto de sua experiência na Itália e no Brasil. Sob esta perspectiva, a investigação de um período anterior a seu traslado para o Brasil é fundamental para resgatar fatos históricos, políticos e sócio-culturais, como também os postulados modernos, a predisposição dos arquitetos de estender suas funções ao design de mobiliário e o advento do neo-realismo italiano que fazem parte da formação de Lina Bo. Imbuída deste contexto e no desejo de configurar uma identidade brasileira, Lina Bo Bardi realiza uma observação antropológica um atento olhar na busca de temas locais que concilia aos conceitos modernos internacionalizados. Ela considera materiais, técnicas, tradições, costumes, natureza, arte, artesanato ou pré-artesanato, cultura e sociedade do país que adota. Esta conduta traduz, para sua arquitetura, interiores e mobiliário, vários tipos de integração edificação e entorno, interior e exterior, móvel e ambiente, vernáculo e móvel, arte e povo , muitas vezes constituindo uma inequívoca mimética, não só entre a arquitetura e seu habitat, como, também, entre o design de móveis e os de elementos da terra. É relevante destacar o desenvolvimento desta postura que confere ao móvel e, conseqüentemente, ao ambiente, uma feição peculiarmente moderna com um caráter de brasilidade, oferecendo uma importante contribuição à nossa cultura material. / The objective of the research is to study the design of the furniture and interiors that were conceived by Lina Bo Bardi between 1947 and 1968, a period during which the architect developed projects that were the result of her experiences in Italy and Brazil. From this perspective the investigation into a period prior to her arrival in Brazil is fundamental when it comes to recovering the historical, political, social and cultural facts, as well as the modern postulates, the predisposition of architects to extend their functions to designing furniture and the rise of Italian neo-realism, all of which form part of the background of Lina Bo. Heavily influenced by this context and with her desire to shape a Brazilian identity Lina Bo Bardi observes in an anthropological way takes a close look in her search for local themes which reconciles the modern internationalized concepts. She considers the materials, techniques, traditions, customs, nature, art, handicrafts or pre-handicrafts, culture and society of the country she adopted. This transfers various types of integration buildings and their surroundings, interiors and exteriors, furniture and the environment, the vernacular and furniture, art and the people -, into her architecture, her interiors and her furniture, which often constitute an unequivocal mimicry, not only between the architecture and its habitat, but also between the design of furniture and the elements from the land. It is important to highlight the development of this posture that provides the piece of furniture and consequently the environment with features that are particularly modern and with a sense of Brazilianity, thus making an important contribution to our material culture.

The landscapes of my home in Connecticut are important to me. When I was young, I went to the woods for seclusion and comfort. While I wandered through the woods, I discovered a passion for storytelling. Now that I no longer live in New England, I miss the familiar landscapes of home. As a way to portray my sentiment, I write poetic narratives and create objects to illustrate natural landscapes. I combine my interests of classic Americana art and literature with brutalist architecture and modern furniture to create immersive installations. I work with concrete and hardwood to materially bridge the unnatural with the natural. A Familiar House is an installation consisting of a concrete jail cell, cathedral windows made of denim and a poetry chapbook. This work stems from my incarcerated brother’s longing to be home. I depict my brother’s prison in the American West through concrete walls and portray our New England home with poetry. A Familiar House represents the desire for the familiar while confined in an isolated landscape.

This is a noticing and a return - a good old-fashioned call and response. An understanding and a becoming. At present, the noticing is on brokenness and the response on reparation. The work is filtered and guided through my background in traditional woodworking and furniture design. A lifetime love of comic books, storytelling, and illustration refuses silence, and it escapes in bursts as I work intuitively through design and material. A newly discovered love of writing finds meaning in that intuition. It’s impossible, even irresponsible, for me to notice and question the brokenness around me without questioning the brokenness within me. It’s cyclical. The noticing becomes self-examination; the response becomes self-discovery. By leaving my surroundings in a more secure, joyful state than I found them, I am assured of the following: They have been revived; given the opportunity to thrive once more in my absence. I am leaving better too.

TumbleTime is a children's customizable play area that is both fun and educational. Planned to be produced in foam and vinyl fabric, TumbleTime resembles a gymnastic mat. The design is involved geometry that allows children to discover geometric relationships while playing with their furniture. TumbleTime has thousands of configurations demonstrated by 3D computer renderings and animations produced using Autodesk 3ds Max.

<p><strong>Background:</strong> The customer relationship is becoming more important for companies within the Swedish furniture design industry due to competition for market shares. The market is getting more crammed while the interest for furniture design amongst people is increasing, therefore furniture design companies need to find effective ways to attract loyal customers. Research has been made to show the importance of collaboration between companies and this is something that can increase the market share for the involved partners and reach a greater customer base. To maintain these customers it is essential to establish the right communication at the right time. Another area that will most likely increase and that companies can gain by communicating to potential customers is Green thinking. By marketing a company’s environmental work it can develop a stronger relationship with its customers. These areas might have significance in maintaining loyal customers in the future of the furniture design industry.</p><p><strong>Research Question: </strong><em>What challenges does a Swedish furniture design company face when trying to gain or maintain customers?</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>Objective:</strong> The objective with this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding and analyse the<strong> </strong>issues and challenges new or already established Swedish furniture design companies face related to gaining or maintaining their customers. From the emerging responses about the relating areas of marketing and communication, collaboration, the green perspective and the conditions on the Swedish market, we aim to conduct thorough interviews with furniture design companies on the Swedish market. From the complied and analysed answers we intend to connect the challenges to the chosen theories to understand the importance of customer loyalty and the importance of it for companies in this industry.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In this thesis the research strategy used will be of qualitative nature. The research design will take the form of a comparative study where we will investigate 4 companies and analyse their perspective on the areas that we aim to investigate. Thorough interviews with the chosen companies will be carried out in order to grasp the interviewees’ perspective on the subject rather than our own.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The findings of our research shows that smaller enterprises might struggle harder than bigger enterprises due to lack of resources. The lack of resources can negatively affect a company’s communication and marketing channels such as their environmental friendly work. Since expensive certificate that proves for eco-friendly products and services could be hard to obtain. The well established companies within this industry do not seem to adapt quickly to modern communication tools such as blogs or other social medias. This can be explained by the company culture and old heritage within the companies. Companies within this industry seem to lack of a clear strategy or well formed plan of how to reach and maintain customers. Therefore companies could benefit by having a clear strategy towards receiving loyal customers since it would clearly give them an advantage in this competitive market according to our findings. There also seem to be a lack of collaboration between companies which could also help companies to gain market shares and reach more customers. The furniture design industry is a competitive market and to endure the market conditions a focus on customer relationship and customer loyalty might be the best solution.</p><p> </p>

Background: The customer relationship is becoming more important for companies within the Swedish furniture design industry due to competition for market shares. The market is getting more crammed while the interest for furniture design amongst people is increasing, therefore furniture design companies need to find effective ways to attract loyal customers. Research has been made to show the importance of collaboration between companies and this is something that can increase the market share for the involved partners and reach a greater customer base. To maintain these customers it is essential to establish the right communication at the right time. Another area that will most likely increase and that companies can gain by communicating to potential customers is Green thinking. By marketing a company’s environmental work it can develop a stronger relationship with its customers. These areas might have significance in maintaining loyal customers in the future of the furniture design industry. Research Question: What challenges does a Swedish furniture design company face when trying to gain or maintain customers?   Objective: The objective with this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding and analyse the issues and challenges new or already established Swedish furniture design companies face related to gaining or maintaining their customers. From the emerging responses about the relating areas of marketing and communication, collaboration, the green perspective and the conditions on the Swedish market, we aim to conduct thorough interviews with furniture design companies on the Swedish market. From the complied and analysed answers we intend to connect the challenges to the chosen theories to understand the importance of customer loyalty and the importance of it for companies in this industry.   Method: In this thesis the research strategy used will be of qualitative nature. The research design will take the form of a comparative study where we will investigate 4 companies and analyse their perspective on the areas that we aim to investigate. Thorough interviews with the chosen companies will be carried out in order to grasp the interviewees’ perspective on the subject rather than our own.   Conclusions: The findings of our research shows that smaller enterprises might struggle harder than bigger enterprises due to lack of resources. The lack of resources can negatively affect a company’s communication and marketing channels such as their environmental friendly work. Since expensive certificate that proves for eco-friendly products and services could be hard to obtain. The well established companies within this industry do not seem to adapt quickly to modern communication tools such as blogs or other social medias. This can be explained by the company culture and old heritage within the companies. Companies within this industry seem to lack of a clear strategy or well formed plan of how to reach and maintain customers. Therefore companies could benefit by having a clear strategy towards receiving loyal customers since it would clearly give them an advantage in this competitive market according to our findings. There also seem to be a lack of collaboration between companies which could also help companies to gain market shares and reach more customers. The furniture design industry is a competitive market and to endure the market conditions a focus on customer relationship and customer loyalty might be the best solution.