Development Trends and Directions of Chinese Furniture Industry

Develop Green and Environmentally Friendly Furniture

Green products refer to energy-saving, consumption-reducing and pollution-reducing environmentally friendly products produced with green materials through green design, green manufacturing and green packaging. According to the definition of green products, green furniture should be limited to the collection of wood or other non-polluting materials, which will not harm human health and pollute the environment during the manufacturing and use process, and will not pollute the environment after the product is discarded, and it should achieve low energy consumption, easy disassembly and decomposition of parts, and recycling and utilization of some parts.

Green and environmentally friendly furniture is beneficial to human health and human living environment, and will soon be recognized and loved by people. The development of green and environmentally friendly furniture is the general trend. In the process of developing green and environmentally friendly furniture, the whole process of furniture design, production and sales should be grasped: in the design stage, the evaluation indicators of green and environmentally friendly furniture such as furniture materials, styles, environmental factors and pollution prevention measures should be considered to achieve the content of green and environmentally friendly furniture: in the production stage, Chinese furniture supplier should consider the health of people in production, environmental purification, and how to save labor and materials; in the sales stage, the sales process advocates green services, which means that the brand of furniture is responsible before and after the sale of the product.

Develop humanized furniture

Humanity refers to the nature or essential characteristics of a person, which is common to all people. Humanized design refers to the design that emphasizes spiritual and emotional needs on the basis of meeting people's material needs. Humanized furniture focuses on elegant temperament, integration with people, coordination with the environment, and matching with the surrounding colors. Danish furniture design leader Kai Bojesen said, "What we make should be alive, with a heart beating in it... They should be human, organic and warm": The Swedish Industrial Design Association believes that: "Everything should achieve the purpose it intends to achieve. A chair will be comfortable to sit on, a table can give people a comfortable work or meal, and a bed will be comfortable to sleep on."

The Nordic people respect tradition, love nature, and pay attention to the good atmosphere of human feelings. They regard design as a part of life, thus creating simple, practical and humane furniture. Nordic furniture can be regarded as a representative of humanized furniture, which is indeed worth learning from.

To develop humanized furniture, Chinese furniture supplier should first have an evaluation index for humanization, but this index is often uncertain and complex, because many factors such as emotion, physiology, and psychology often play a comprehensive role. Designers must fully consider the objects they serve and conduct multi-faceted investigations and research, including their occupations, interests, hobbies, economic conditions, and cultural environment, and provide targeted humanistic care.

Developing national furniture

Since the Republic of China, China has not been able to form its own furniture form. On the one hand, it was due to the influence of the war at that time, low productivity, and scarce materials. It was difficult for the people to settle down and study, inherit, and develop traditional culture; on the other hand, foreign cultures invaded at that time, and Western furniture was popular in the families of the upper class. In order to cater to this "worship of foreign countries" trend, furniture craftsmen simply copied foreign furniture styles and could not establish their own style. With my country's accession to the WTO, international competition in furniture is inevitable, but how to take a path of international competition with Chinese characteristics is a strategic issue that Chinese furniture supplier should take seriously. It is not advisable to blindly imitate foreign furniture for export furniture, and it must reflect the furniture style of the Chinese nation.

Only if it is national first, can it be global. The Chinese culture is extremely profound and broad. Its national furniture is not just "modern Chinese furniture" or antique furniture, but its connotation should be wider and broader. Bamboo and rattan furniture is also part of Chinese furniture. With the development of society and the improvement of people's living standards, people are not only satisfied with the simple form of bamboo furniture. Therefore, it is of great practical significance to develop composite furniture such as bamboo, wood, bamboo and rattan with the characteristics of national furniture.

Modern panel furniture is still the mainstream

Modern panel furniture has been popular in the Chinese furniture market for more than 20 years with its simple shape, simple process, high production efficiency and relatively low cost. For a long time, panel furniture will continue to be popular, especially in the secondary and tier-1 markets. Panel furniture decorated with stickers will further expand its sales share in the tertiary market, so that more low-income groups can enjoy the modern lifestyle and material civilization created by modern panel furniture, and serve to create a well-off home environment for towns and rural areas. Another development direction of panel furniture is to improve the cultural taste and comprehensive level of panel furniture through careful design, precious veneer, innovative coating effect, improved process accuracy and quality reliability, and development according to green standards, so as to gain a place in the middle and high-end market.

Solid wood furniture will become a new favorite

With the continuous growth of Chinese economy and the consumption driving force generated by the national policy of expanding domestic demand, especially the adjustment of income distribution policy, Chinese middle-class consumer group will expand year by year, and solid wood furniture suitable for some middle-class consumption will be improved. Solid wood furniture has become a new favorite of furniture consumption with its unique style, pleasant natural characteristics, organic shape and traditional craft appearance. Solid wood furniture such as Nordic style, Japanese style, American country style, French country style will expand its scope of use in villas and high-end residences.

Classical furniture will be revived

Chinese classical furniture, typified by Ming and Qing furniture, is the product of Chinese thousands of years of political, economic and cultural development. It is the materialized form of Chinese cultural and artistic accumulation. It reflects the artistic styles and philosophical and ethical concepts of different periods, and is therefore favored by collectors and literati all over the world. With the progress of society and the renewal of consumption concepts, classical furniture is not only the object of collection of antique dealers, but also a universal tool for creating nostalgic environments and cultural landscapes in modern white-collar rooms. Therefore, Chinese classical furniture will begin to revive and enter the market. Antique furniture reconstructed from old wood and old paint, classical furniture made by imitating antiques, and new Chinese-style furniture made by simplicity and innovation will appear in large quantities in the furniture market.

Original furniture design will become popular

After nearly 20 years of copying, following the trend and following the flow, a group of powerful enterprises have begun to pursue original design and brand building. A group of research and development institutions, design companies, design studios, etc. that are committed to furniture design have also come on stage. Overseas designers have also begun to pay attention to Chinese furniture design and enter the Chinese furniture design market. They regard independent innovation and original design content as an important part of implementing the scientific development plan, which has further stimulated the enthusiasm of Chinese furniture companies to vigorously carry out original ideas. For example, in the process of promoting the construction of the West Coast Economic Zone of the Taiwan Straits, Fujian Province actively plays the role of the West Coast Furniture Technology Service Center, Furniture Research Institute, and Furniture Design Center in the province, carries out original furniture design and development, creates more furniture brands, and plays a role in the furniture innovation of the West Coast of the Taiwan Straits.

Bamboo and rattan furniture is showing a trend of personalized development

With the development of social diversification, people's consumption concepts are becoming more personalized. Personalized furniture is becoming more and more popular among consumers. Bamboo and rattan furniture is fresh, natural, and environmentally friendly, giving people the feeling of being in nature. It has excellent conditions for its development. Chinese traditional bamboo working technology and rattan weaving technology are very developed. Chinese furniture supplier must make good use of this advantage, strive to develop new bamboo and rattan furniture, and develop in the direction of personalized design and product personalization.