Author(s)

Yun Zhang ^1,2

Affiliation(s)

¹ Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, 94300, Malaysla
² Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Yulin Normal University, Yulin, Guangxi, 537000, China

Corresponding Author

Yun Zhang

ABSTRACT

Population ageing is an irreversible globalisation trend in the 21st century. Population ageing stems from the dynamics of a declining proportion of young people and an increasing proportion of older people in the total population resulting from lower fertility and longer life expectancy. The disconnect between research and design is an ongoing problem in the field of age-friendly furniture. This study focuses on the relationship between the elderly and furniture in China in design, aiming to explore how to meet the physiological and psychological needs of the elderly through the optimization and innovation of furniture product functions. Based on the investigation and analysis of the physiological and behavioral characteristics of the elderly, this study explores the design strategy of age-friendly furniture to provide age-friendly furniture products suitable for the elderly to live and use, which will promote the application of age-friendly design in the field of elderly furniture products.

KEYWORDS

Older people, Physiology, Behaviour, Age-friendly furniture

CITE THIS PAPER

Yun Zhang, Research on Design Strategies for Age-friendly Furniture Based on Physiological and Behavioural Surveys of Chinese Elderly People. Journal of Materials, Processing and Design (2023) Vol. 7: 42-51. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jmpd.2023.070405.

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