Methods of Material Selection for Sustainable Urban Furniture

Abstract

The research project presented in this paper intends to achieve tools that can be used by product designers to enable a more sustainable outcome in the designs of their products. The project is based on the principle that sustainable design, in addition to economic and environmental values, includes all other aspects related to sustainable development and aims to put this principle into a more practical and functional subject. This paper presents the impacts that materials and production have on the environment and based on a literature review, different characteristics of sustainability applied in the furniture design industries are identified. A further in-depth analysis was conducted by mapping the characteristics of the most important characteristics and implemented in the design process. This review is meaningful to help furniture designers to use appropriate and effective sustainability standards in product design and manufacturing.