Utilizing Minimalism Principle to Promote Sustainability in the Design of Metal Furniture

Abstract

Minimalism is a movement that is a reaction to modernity and consumerism. Minimalism in design is stripping everything down to its basic structure and achieving simplicity and reduction, and its concept in architecture is a trend used by architects to use basic engineering shapes, harmonious colors, natural structures and open space systems. .And the previous and the importance of the concept of sustainability globally, the researcher directed the study of the concept of sustainability in the design of metal furniture the concept of Minimalism, sustainability is a concept that indicates the continuity of interaction between society and the ecosystem to achieve growth that takes into account the human side and allows to meet the needs in the present and future, and sustainable design is the use of natural resources in the best possible way with the preservation of survival, and the possibility of producing sustainable products. The problem of research in how to achieve the elements of sustainability on the metal furniture product through the concept and the elements of multiple mineralizationThe research will discuss the following axes: the concept of Minimalism and its application in architecture and interior design, and the concept of sustainability for the design of metal furniture.The research aims to have design suggestions that depend on the direction of the minimals as a method for designing metal furniture .The research concludes with a set of results and recommendations that would reach the application of the concept of Minimalism on the design of metal furniture .