Occupational exposure to wood dust is a major public health and occupational safety concern, particularly in woodworking, furniture production, and the wood-based materials industry. Its carcinogenic, allergenic, and toxic potential depends on wood species, physicochemical properties, processing methods, and applied chemical treatments. The aim of this review was to analyze occupational exposure to wood dust by synthesizing current evidence on worker health risks, measurement methods, legal regulations, and preventive strategies, in order to evaluate the adequacy of existing solutions and identify areas requiring further improvement. The review is based on 61 literature sources: publications, legal acts, official guidelines from international and national institutions (International Agency for Research on Cancer, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Statistics Poland, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Polish Ministry of Health). Sources published 2010-2024 were analyzed with particular focus on dust characteristics, exposure limits, measurement methods, preventive measures, and regulatory frameworks. Exposure to wood dust contributes to both acute and chronic respiratory conditions, skin and eye irritation, and a higher incidence of upper respiratory tract cancers. Recent regulatory changes have expanded the classification of wood dust as a carcinogen to include all species. Despite existing occupational exposure limits (OELs), exceedances remain common in woodworking industries. Conventional monitoring methods may underestimate respirable and ultrafine particles (UFP < 100 nm), which pose substantial health risks. Preventive strategies - including technical controls, ventilation, personal protective equipment, and medical surveillance - significantly reduce airborne dust concentrations and worker exposure. Findings indicate a need to update OELs and harmonize regulations with current scientific evidence. Effective prevention requires integrating legal requirements, engineering controls, process automation, and medical and educational interventions. Strengthening national standards within the European Union regulatory framework and improving measurement methods - especially for inhalable and ultrafine fractions - are essential to ensuring adequate worker protection. Med Pr Work Health Saf. 2026;77(1).

Aim: The study aims to design and develop a bedside table using recycled wood and plywood waste while incorporating an indoor air quality (IAQ) monitoring system to improve indoor environmental health within the context of interior design innovation. Methodology and results: The study employs a qualitative design thinking approach, following the five key stages: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. The bedside table is developed using upcycled wood waste and features an integrated IAQ monitoring system based on Arduino Nano's technology. The system includes DHT11 sensors for temperature and humidity monitoring and additional sensors for detecting CO and CO₂ levels. The results demonstrate that utilizing wood waste in furniture production effectively reduces landfill dependency while contributing to sustainable material use. Moreover, the embedded IAQ monitoring system enhances user awareness of indoor environmental conditions, supporting healthier living spaces. This research demonstrates the feasibility of integrating sustainable design and technological innovation to address environmental and health challenges in furniture interior design. The study enhances resource efficiency by repurposing wood waste into functional furniture while improving indoor air quality through smart monitoring technology. Conclusions, Significance, and Impact Study: The findings highlight the potential of smart furniture in promoting sustainability and health-conscious living. This study provides a practical framework for future furniture designs that support ecological responsibility and user well-being. This research sets a foundation for innovative product development in the furniture industry by bridging sustainable materials with IoT-based monitoring.

Purpose The purpose of this research is to examine the influence of environmental regulation, green organizational culture, market focus, and sustainable leadership on green innovation and their subsequent impact on sustainability performance in the Indonesian furniture manufacturing industry. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a quantitative research approach with data collected through a structured survey distributed to employees in selected furniture manufacturing firms in Indonesia. The data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling using Partial Least Squaresto test measurement reliability and the structural relationships among variables. Findings The analysis reveals that all proposed relationships are statistically significant. Environmental regulation, green organizational culture, market focus, and sustainable leadership each have a positive effect on green innovation. Additionally, green innovation and sustainable leadership both significantly enhance sustainability performance. Sustainable leadership also moderates the relationship between green innovation and sustainability performance, strengthening its positive effect. Research limitations/implications This study is limited to the furniture manufacturing sector in one region of Indonesia and focuses on a cross-sectional analysis, which may not fully capture long-term dynamics. Originality/value This research offers a novel integrated model linking strategic and cultural drivers to green innovation and sustainability performance, providing theoretical and managerial insights relevant for resource-intensive industries in emerging economies.

Developments in digital marketing have encouraged furniture entrepreneurs in Jepara to utilize social media platforms as promotional tools in responding to increasingly intense market competition. Nevertheless, fluctuations in Jepara furniture sales and export performance indicate that digital marketing efforts have not yet achieved optimal outcomes. This study aims to examine the effect of social media marketing and brand image on purchase intention, with trust positioned as an intervening variable in the context of Jepara furniture products. A quantitative approach was employed using a survey method by distributing structured questionnaires to 204 respondents who had viewed or searched for information related to Jepara furniture products through social media platforms. Purposive sampling was applied, while data were analysed using the Partial Least Squares–Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) technique. The findings reveal that social media marketing and brand image have a positive and significant influence on consumer trust. Furthermore, trust, social media marketing, and brand image are proven to have a positive and significant impact on purchase intention, highlighting the critical role of trust in strengthening digital marketing effectiveness.

This study aims to compare startup valuation results using The Dave Berkus Method and the Scorecard Method on Pesona Plastic, an early-stage social and environmental startup engaged in plastic waste recycling into furniture products in Bali. The research applies a qualitative descriptive approach with data collection through observation, semi-structured interviews, and documentation. The valuation results show that The Dave Berkus Method produces a higher valuation of IDR 3,900,000,000 compared to the Scorecard Method, which yields IDR 3,170,700,000. The difference is mainly caused by variations in assessment focus, where The Dave Berkus Method emphasizes non-financial and internal potential factors such as business ideas, prototypes, team quality, strategic relationships, and early market acceptance. In contrast, the Scorecard Method relies more on market comparisons and industry benchmarks, which are limited for early-stage startups. Considering the development stage and characteristics of Pesona Plastic, The Dave Berkus Method is considered more relevant and representative for valuing the startup. This study contributes to startup valuation literature by providing empirical evidence on the suitability of valuation methods for early-stage social and environmental startups..

Bamboo, renowned for its rapid growth, high carbon sequestration capacity, and superior mechanical properties, has become a strategic sustainable material in product design. Through bibliometric and content analysis, this study systematically examines its current applications across multiple sectors, including furniture, consumer electronics, transportation interiors, fashion, and cultural and creative products. It further proposes four core innovation strategies: material-driven optimization, digital manufacturing process innovation, cultural narrative design, and circular economy system transformation. Despite its potential, bamboo faces several challenges, such as inconsistent material properties, precision processing limitations, and biased market perceptions. To address these issues, future research should prioritize the development of standardized material databases, functional bamboo-based composites, integration of digital technologies, and enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration. By framing bamboo not merely as an alternative but as a preferred material, this study provides theoretical foundations and strategic directions for sustainable design and green industrial advancement.

In the context of global warming mitigation through energy conservation and pollution control, integrating green waste into treatment processes has become more popular. This study evaluated the potential of raw wood processing residues generated from furniture manufacturing as renewable sorbents for water treatment. Comparative studies assessed the Mn(II) removal efficiency of raw walnut (WW) and cherry (CW) wood shavings and the derived biochars (BChWW, BChCW) produced by hydropyrolysis. SEM, BET, FTIR, and TGA analyses characterized their surface and structural properties. CW demonstrated a higher adsorption capacity compared to WW. Physical activation enhanced the surface properties and Mn(II) adsorption affinity of the materials. Maximum adsorption capacities ranged from 2.1 to 2.2 mg/g for CW and WW, and 2.4 to 2.5 mg/g for BChCW and BChWW. The Freundlich model best fits to the data obtained using CW (R2 = 0.997) and BChCW (R2 = 0.984), while the RALF isotherm almost perfectly describes the mechanism of the Mn(II) adsorption onto WW (R2 = 0.999) and BChWW (R2 = 1.000). The pseudo second-order kinetic model shows strong agreement with experimental data, which suggests chemisorption on a heterogeneous surface. The results underscore the potential of wood industry byproducts as efficient and low-cost adsorbents for water treatment, supporting the circular economy and sustainable environmental management.

The article examines the resilience strategies and marketing adaptation of Ukrainian enterprises under the conditions of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, with a focus on the period 2022–2024. The purpose of the study is to develop and test an integrated resilience index for companies and clusters, as well as a crisis-planning model that combines the financial-export, operational-logistical, marketing, and institutional-organizational dimensions of business resilience. Based on statistical data on Ukraine’s foreign trade (State Statistics Service of Ukraine), the TOP-15 export commodity groups were selected and consolidated into three leading export-oriented clusters: agri-food (raw materials and processing), furniture manufacturing, and mechanical engineering and electrical equipment. For each cluster, sub-indices of financial-export, operational-logistical, marketing, and institutional-organizational resilience were calculated, along with an integrated resilience index, which made it possible to identify distinct resilience profiles – “financial-institutional” (agri-food sector), “marketing-operational” (furniture cluster), and a profile of unrealized strategic potential (mechanical engineering and electrical equipment). The analysis demonstrates that marketing adaptation – increasing the share of high value-added products, developing branding, digital sales channels, and geographical diversification – is a critical determinant of long-term resilience and cannot be treated as a secondary element of crisis management. Based on the results of the integrated assessment, cluster-specific directions of marketing adaptation in international markets were formulated and incorporated into a continuous crisis-planning model for enterprises. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of applying the proposed approach to prioritize instruments of state and regional export-support policies, as well as to develop corporate resilience strategies and marketing adaptation programs for Ukrainian companies during the war and the post-war recovery period. Keywords: Resilience strategy, marketing adaptation, integrated company resilience index, crisis management, marketing strategy, marketing communication, consumer behavior in crisis conditions, branding during a crisis, digital marketing, adaptive marketing tools, brand positioning, innovation adaptability, financial business resilience, corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainable marketing, anti-crisis marketing, export-oriented clusters, agri-food sector, furniture industry, mechanical engineering

Characteristics of VOC emissions from furniture manufacturing factories in Nankang, China

The Indian residential furniture sector is undergoing a transformative shift from traditional handmade furniture to modular systems, driven by rapid urbanization, evolving consumer preferences, and technological advancements in design and production. This study investigates the extent and impact of this transition in Pune, a Tier-2 city that has both traditional and contemporary lifestyles. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, data triangulation method was used from surveys (157 respondents), interviews with stakeholders—including artisans, architects, interior designers, and furniture manufacturers—and a market review in literature. Findings reveal younger, urban consumers favor modular furniture for its affordability, quick assembly, and space efficiency, while older and high-income users continue to value the craftsmanship and durability of handmade products. Despite modular furniture's dominance in kitchens and wardrobes, challenges persist around durability and limited personalization. Whereas, handmade furniture faces barriers of cost, production time, and limited accessibility to artisan workforce. Thematic analysis strongly stresses on the emotional value and cultural significance of handmade furniture, in comparison with the utilitarian appeal of modular furniture. The most important excerpt is that, both consumer and industry respondents incline and propose a need for a hybrid model that integrates the artistic value of traditional methods with the efficiency and scalability of modular design. This study contributes to design by highlighting the potential of such hybrid systems to integrate sustainability, customization, and urban living needs in India’s rapidly modernizing interiors market.

Advancing production systems technology necessitates redefined assessment methods across production stages to address sustainability needs, requiring vast, updated data on material and process impacts. European directives, including the Circular Economy Action Plan, promote waste minimization and resource optimization through fundamental changes in design practices, positioning designers as primary orchestrators of circular material flows. This MICS Project 1.07 research investigates how digital platforms enable designers to coordinate circular solutions in Italy's furniture sector through transparent material data exchange. The study develops an integrated system connecting designers, waste managers, and manufacturers to facilitate circular material flows and comprehensive design processes for circular material applications. The research reveals complex hybrid networks where organizations critically shift between roles as waste producers, material processors, and end-users. Digital solutions address these challenges through AI-driven material analysis, real-time supply chain information, and seamless design process integration. Designers with comprehensive material data can achieve more impactful design toward waste reduction while identifying new market opportunities through by-product valorization. The platform architecture features dual access through web portals and CAD plug-ins, enabling both material exploration and direct design workflow integration. The projects and its insights foresee designers as essential bridges between creative innovation and sustainable production implementation, providing a replicable model for sectors beyond furniture manufacturing.

ABSTRACT The Malaysian furniture industry, a major global exporter, faces increasing pressure to integrate sustainability into product development while effectively managing environmental and market‐related risks. This study examines how eco‐product and eco‐process innovation contribute to sustainability risk management and assesses whether market turbulence strengthens these relationships. Grounded in the resource‐based view (RBV) and Institutional Theory, the research explains how firms mobilize internal capabilities and respond to external pressures to address sustainability challenges while maintaining competitiveness. A quantitative design was employed using survey data from 105 Malaysian furniture manufacturers, and the proposed relationships were analyzed through structural equation modeling (SEM) using SmartPLS. The results indicate that firm innovation capabilities, customer green demand, and environmental regulations positively influence both eco‐product and eco‐process innovation, while competitive pressures support eco‐product innovation but not eco‐process innovation. Both eco‐product and eco‐process innovation demonstrate significant positive effects on sustainability risk management. However, the moderating effects of market turbulence on the eco‐innovation–sustainability risk management relationships are not supported, suggesting that the risk management benefits of eco‐innovation are relatively stable across varying market conditions. This study contributes to the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability literature by providing empirical evidence on how firms align eco‐innovation with sustainability risk management in an emerging‐market context. Practically, the findings underscore the importance of strengthening firm innovation capability and reinforcing regulatory and market mechanisms that encourage eco‐innovation adoption. Future research may extend these insights through cross‐sector comparisons and by examining how emerging technologies further enhance corporate sustainability practices.

This study aims to examine the Marketing Strategy of furniture products from CV. Anggita Dwi Pratama, Kabupaten Seluma, using the SWOT analysis method, which includes four basic components: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats, with a sample of 14 respondents. The results of the study show that the results of the recapitulation of IFAS and EFAS scores obtained that the IFAS matrix shows the strengths of the factors and weaknesses of the quadrant - 0.171, then this shows that the business of CV. Anggita Dwi Pratama furniture products in Seluma Regency is in a weak internal position. While the EFAS matrix shows that the opportunity and threat factors show a quadrant of 0.232., then this shows that the business of CV. Anggita Dwi Pratama furniture products in Seluma Regency is in a fairly favorable situation, the company faces various external threats and internal weaknesses.

Drilling is one of the most complex processes in the manufacturing of panel-type furniture and has a significant impact on both production efficiency and takt-time stability. With the growing demand for large-scale customized furniture, the complexity of drilling operations has increased substantially. Moreover, variations in equipment capabilities further hinder the automation and standardization of this process. In this technical note, we ad-dress three common challenges in the drilling process of panel furniture: the inability to process horizontal holes located on fixed reference edges, low slotting efficiency, and pro-longed idle time of drilling equipment. To resolve these issues, we propose a set of strategies based on flipping, slot extension, and hole-slot logic transformation. The proposed methods have been successfully implemented in a large-scale customized panel furniture production line. Practical results demonstrate their effectiveness in improving drilling efficiency. Specifically, for panel components previously limited by low slotting efficiency, the optimization was applicable to 42.30% of the parts. Additionally, for panels that previously suffered from long idle periods during processing, the drilling efficiency increased by 56.01%. These findings confirm the practical value and applicability of the proposed approach in industrial settings, particularly in enhancing operational consistency and promoting automation in mass-customized furniture manufacturing.

Abstract Led by interior designer John R. Quigg, Knoll International Canada (KI Canada), a modern furniture distributer, manufacturer, and interior design consultancy, operated in Canada between 1955 and 1968. As one of Knoll Associates’ earliest foreign subsidiaries, KI Canada occupied a doubled peripheral position. If KI Canada was initially welcomed as an interlocutor and collaborator in developing a Canadian response to modernism, this position became increasingly untenable as nationalism grew through the 1960s. These tensions came to a head in 1965, when KI Canada won the contract to furnish Toronto’s New City Hall. Ironically, the project was negatively received despite its substantial “Canadian” design content. In the wake of this controversy, KI Canada’s public presence was diminished. Interpreting evidence about the subsidiary found in diverse archives and historic publications, this article adopts a transnational lens to produce new knowledge about an overlooked part of post-war Canadian design. In doing so, it recuperates KI Canada’s reception as a bellwether of changing attitudes in the country about internationalism. This analysis shows that, ultimately, KI Canada’s transnationalism went in and out of favor in the Canadian context. As this article argues, changing attitudes towards international modernism can be seen in what are identified as shifting transnational flows.

Cyprus, an island rich in history and cultural variety, has a magnificent legacy of furniture manufacture that has been passed down from generation to generation. Drawing on the richness of all peoples throughout history, Cypriot furniture is recognized for its distinctive blend of craftsmanship, natural materials and profound cultural origins. This unusual combination is a distinctive element of the island’s heritage. This study investigates the cultural relevance and evolution of Cypriot furniture in general terms as a reflection of the island’s heritage, identity and artisan tradition. Drawing on historical inspirations and local workmanship, Cypriot furniture mixes functional design with symbolic meaning. The study also contains a specific SWOT analysis of Arkin Vision Furniture, a leading Cypriot furniture manufacturer that shows how classic design may adapt to contemporary markets. Through this case study, the paper illustrates the relevance of furniture production that adapts to the culturally evolving era in a globalized consumer economy and stresses design factors in all its aspects. It is hoped that this study would shed light on furniture manufacture in Cyprus from various viewpoints.

A future vision for the use of fungi in furniture production

Abstract In this study, the global trade of wooden furniture between 1993 and 2020 and the role of macroeconomic conditions, as measured by global gross domestic product per capita, are analyzed to explain the observed trade movement. Market shares of imports and exports, trade competitiveness indices, and a time series econometric modeling approach are used. Results show that most of the top 10 wooden furniture importing countries were consistently high-income economies, whereas the top 10 exporters changed from all high-income countries in 1993 to one-half of them being low- and middle-income countries in 2020. Further, based on trade competitiveness indices, the top 10 most competitive countries shifted dramatically in the study period. A positive, one-to-one relationship between the imports of wooden furniture and global gross domestic product per capita was found, suggesting that import demand rises with higher income levels.

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In the context of global carbon neutrality and circular economy, this study proposes a circular furniture trading service model driven by user needs to address the underutilization of furniture waste, promote resource efficiency, and support carbon peaking and neutrality goals. Drawing on SIVA theory, circular economy principles, the Kano model, and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), this study establishes a research framework to obtain, classify, and prioritize user needs through surveys, interviews, and mixed qualitative-quantitative methods. Based on these analyses, an optimized recycled furniture service system was designed to enhance information access, value perception, and the purchasing process. The Kano and AHP analyses identified price, environmental friendliness, and service convenience as core priorities. The model integrates green and information technologies to deliver a convenient, efficient, and eco-friendly service via trade-in, refurbishment, and one-stop solutions, thereby significantly enhancing user satisfaction and resource utilization efficiency. The findings provide a reference for green transformation of the furniture industry and the development of a low-carbon economy.