Editor's Note: When the annual world furniture event was held from the Cologne exhibition at the beginning of the year to the Milan exhibition in April, one by one was kicked off. When people gradually calmed down from the excitement of watching the exhibition, review, analysis and summary were The work that comes down, naturally, the first thing to do is to focus on the trend of world furniture development, and then think about how Chinese furniture can grasp the world trend and get out of its own path, thus shortening the distance from developed countries. For this purpose, this paper is formed.
1. Basic overview
The annual furniture exhibitions in Cologne and Milan are the vane of the world's furniture development. From the products and display themes brought by manufacturers, designers and distributors, they can see that they are making a trend in the consumer market in the new year. Clear guidance. Statistics The total global furniture consumption is about 276.5 billion euros. According to the market forecast report released by Cologne Furniture Fair, there will be a 5% growth rate in the world in 2011, and it is expected to increase sales by 74.3 billion euros on the basis of last year.
With the gradual strong international trend and the financial crisis that has brought years of influence and reflection on the lives and thoughts of the world, producers and distributors around the world have begun to shift from focusing on local trade to world trade. Designers have also begun to Taste for product development; consumers begin to return to a calm and simple life, return to nature and comfort, and pursue a personalized and creative life experience. Changes from all levels have formed some of the characteristics and trends of the world's furniture.
2. The main trend of world furniture
When the world economy has not fully recovered from global crises and recessions, when unpredictable natural disasters frequently ravage people around the world, when people are re-thinking about the relationship between man and nature after suffering, the world's furniture development trend It has also quietly changed in this situation, showing a number of distinct trends, that is, returning to the essence, emphasizing contrast, conceptual transformation and the pursuit of harmony.
As early as the early 1980s, during the Memphis design period, Italian design shouted the export number. "Human design development is only too low to meet its most basic physiological needs. The design of the new era is: What function is not Important, what matters is that I like it." Today, this era is coming again, and this slogan is once again interpreted.
2.1 Return to the essence
The return of "Emotional Austerity" is mainly reflected in the fact that many designers are no longer passionate about or pay attention to the quality of product details, but they are beginning to pursue the pure and pure essence, but skillfully equipped with new functions and high technology. The trend has been evident from the many products of the Cologne and Milan exhibitions of the previous year. The styling is usually expressed in a basic square or circle, and the natural and earth colors are used to represent the product.
Furniture trends reflect the style of people's lives. The reason why there is a strong returning essence is that after people have experienced the trauma of the world economic and social turmoil, after suffering the losses and injuries caused by various harsh climates, human beings began to reflect, and people are endless. Is the behavior of material pursuit and destruction of the environment wrong? How should people re-recognize the relationship between man and nature and re-recognize human life. Therefore, people have learned to live slowly from busy work, happy vacations and unrestrained bar nightlife, and began to return to the family, value family, value friendly interpersonal relationships and life interests, and therefore furniture for the family and various accessories. Harmony has more ideas and pursuits, so the design of combining cool and interesting is particularly popular, people hope to have more styles and personalized products to choose from.
In addition, sustainable development has become the focus of consumers' attention. People want food safety to be non-toxic and harmless, recyclable, and furniture can be made of waste or environmentally friendly materials. Many designers have become practitioners and creators of this concept, not only more natural materials and reasonable mix, but also a lot of whimsical and refreshing design in the redesign of waste.
Figure 1 A typical Edra chair 
Figure 2 Supermarket cart sofa made of annie's recycling 
Figure 3 Lamps made of waste
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