The history and styles of furniture

Furniture in History

                      Hi, Welcome to the Furniture Style's introduction and pictures in the history, and I will talk the development of furniture in different periods and eras around the world. As we all known, furniture has a close relationship with human life. Since thousands yeares ago, furnirue had been appeared in our daily life, until early 16th century,  morden styles furniture come to our life. So, furniture histiry should a long history. The development of furniture not only go by many times innovation, nowadays, also I think furniture has been a art in our life.

Function and Definition

The American  Dictionary defines "furniture" as "movable articles in a room, that it fit for living or working". It's basic uses are:

• storage;
• sitting or reclining;
• to provide platform for writing, eating and so on.

In the majority of design styles for furniture from chairs to sofas to desks, however, since ancient times to modern society, furniture design and making has been an expression of culture and civilisation, and furniture shows people  how we view the world and why do we design it.

Furniture is all around our life,  and the real meaning of furniture in different periods will show the different life style of local people. In fact, in my opinion, furniture likes a mirror. It can reflect our life level and make our life become wonderful. Next, I will show some examples about how the culture influence the furniture style in different countries.

The European & American Traditions

American style

European furniture design styles and North American furniture styles generally follow the main divisions in European and American culture, and their furniture all design form their history. People can feel a romantic atmosphere when you use the European style furniture. Therefore, the style of furniture has a close relation with the local culture, in another world, the different cultures will make different styles of furniture. Especially in European countries,

European style

as we all known the Europe has a long history. Long long ago, war was often broke out in people's life. Because lacking of the materials to make a weapon. So, In that time, people got no weapon. In stead of the weapon, people use their furniture as a weapon. Therefore, furniture can be very sharp and very dangerous in the past. But with technology development, people got more styles of materials. So, in our daily life, this kind of furniture has been disappeared.


                                                                                                 

Chinese & Japanese

The development of traditional Chinese furniture went from the simple to the intricate, and was closely linked to the Chinese lifestyle and cultural and economic changes in China.In early ancient, most of Chinese people sat on straw mats on the floor. After the Warring States period, beds and couches began to come into widely use as seating. After few years later, Western-style chairs, folding stools, and other seating gradually entered China. From this point on, Chinese everyday living began to be conducted from chairs rather than sitting cross-legged on the floor. Straw mats came to be used as coverings for beds and couches.

1.  As in traditional Chinese architecture, wood is the major material used in the manufacture of furniture. This was in response both to needs arising from Chinese lifestyles, and to China's rich forest resources.
2. Bamboo and rattan furniture also have a long history. Bamboo is a product unique to Asia, and is an especially developed industry in Taiwan. Simple  techniques are used to make clever and useful products. Bamboo may be used in combination with other materials, such as wood, rattan, metal, and ceramic tile, in endless variation. Much bamboo and rattan furniture is exported to Europe and the United States, where it enjoys great popularity. 

Chinese style

Haiku Designs is pleased to offer beautiful designed Oriental furniture and Oriental Decor. The term Oriental furniture is a broadly used term encompassing furniture, art, and design from a wide range of countries and cultures including the areas of Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Burma, and India.

Although many of the basic design themes are similar in each of these countries they each have also evolved their own unique styles and tastes. For instance, Feng Shui principles of design originated in China, while the use of bright colours and material began in Korea. Shoji screens and the Zen aesthetic of harmony was born in Japan.

Over time each of these individual styles and themes spread to other areas of the Oriental world creating a large palette of styles and designs now termed Oriental.

Most Oriental and Japanese furniture is designed around the theme of simplicity and harmony, in an effort to create a sense of beauty and accord with the minimal use of materials and space. Enjoy the unique and distinctive Asian furniture pieces offered here at Haiku Designs as you create your own harmonious environment.

Japanese style

An amazing advertising of Ikea

                  

                    This video was taken in Australian in 2011 and it was really a successful video.Why it is successful? This video has won a good reputation among Ikea's customers. Through the video just display one minutes, in fact it show us lots of information.

                   If you watch it carefully, you can find that how Ikea to do a advertising for their products and how they are going to attract customer's attention. As an experienced furniture company, Ikea can target their market and audiences exactly.

  

•  In this video,  We can see that it was  taken in Australian. At the beginning, people are appeared in a original forest. Ikea use this details and show us that their products are natural and the materials they used all are from the forest; they are healthy.  

• In order to make this video, they hired more than thousands of public actors and many Ikea furniture were used in this video. In addition, Ikea chief designer went to Australian and directed this video.

• Last one is the important element in this video. "Happiness" is the main purport of this video. As we known, in our daily life, our biggest enemy is boring. Ikea advertising use their own products and to show their customers how do they defeat boring. Ikea let their furniture become the happiness element in our family.

 

                     

                             This video had won five big awards last years. I think it all depend on Ikea's unique design and they got a close relationship with their customers. In another word, what they are sell is not the products, it is the design.

Ikea creative advertising

                   This video is about Ikea creative advertising. During this video designer use a short story tell us that furniture can make our life better and make our family feel happy.

                  Just like most other brands, Ikea sees TV as an important medium for developing a relationship with audiences. So, Ikea's advertising on TV always bring happiness to every family. Scoot, who is a famous Ikea designer said that furniture is necessary things in our life, for example: like happiness. Everyone need happiness, and everyone want a happy life. In addition, when we design a new advertising, we would put furniture and happiness together. Because we thought that in family, "furniture is happiness, happiness is furniture". That is why each Ikea advertising also can bring amazing and happiness to our life.

                  I have watch lots of video about Ikea advertising. I found that the design idea of Ikea advertising also put the customer at first. All the things looks very close to our life. So, i decide to put some thing very interesting about furniture on my blog and share the happiness with all my audiences.

Contact me

I am a student of University of Lancashire. My name is Allen. I come from China and i am interested in furniture. Welcome to visit my blog. If you have any problem, please contact me at 07586730800 or send E-mail to ykk88818@163.com. Thank you !

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European style

This a the Finest in Luxury Italian Style Living Room Sets at the Best and Most Competitive Prices on the Market. This kind of furniture sell at a high price, but it show the people's power and taste. In our home, if we got it. I think it will bring a comfortable living environment to our familiy.

Interview

Interview One

 Introduction:

This interview is about Iris, who is a famous furniture maker and designer, especially her skills in DIY room design. Iris has been work with furniture 15 years and she has won lots of design award in China. During the next interview, Iris will share her many years' working experience on furniture and explain her unique idea.

Designer: Iris

1. What are the advantages of being a maker and designer.?

2. What do you regard as your greatest success in your career?

3. How do think your team changed to keep up with new technologies?

4. Which part do you think is the most important of a furniture?

5. Why do you so keen on DIY furniture design and DIY design can bring what to your mind?

Answer:

1. As a Children, when I saw some beautiful furniture, I hope one day I can use the furniture which all are designed by myself. Through my experience as a maker and designer, I have an unique understanding of materials and processes. That can help me to build up confidence on solve any problem when I worked with furniture.

2.The most rewarding moments in my career so far should be a successful revolution of your father company's new products. After the 2008 finance crisis, many furniture companies are shocked by such a big crisis. But your father predict it before it happened, he asked me to improve our products and established the new furniture style into the market. Fortunately, the result is very good. Our products are satisfied with out new products. It is because that in China market only our company got the new products. So, your father lose a little in the finance crisis. That make me feel very Honor.

3.Recently, advanced computer skills have revolutionised the availability of information and consumer choice and manufacturing systems and design methods. However, the impact  has not fundamentally changed the work of designer-makers, simply It added new techniques when we are working. So, our team need to learn computer skills and apply the technology into our work.

4.Some people think materials come first. If you got a good and natural materials, customer will be happy. Because they can use it for a long time. In my opinion, design come first. A good furniture not only need a good materials, but also a unique design is the most important. Design ideas come from every details in our life. So, only a talent designer can catch it in our daily life.

5. Yeah, you know I got two little Children. Long time work overseas make me have few time to accompany with my family. I often decorate my room as a colour world, because my Children like it. At least, color can bring happiness to them. In fact DIY design is a hard work, but it certainly bring many good ideas to me.

Interview Two

Introduction:

1.Can you tell me about your furniture store?

2. Can you tell me some products here, which are the customers' favourite?

3.What styles of furniture do you sell in your store?

4. What come first? The materials or the design?

5.What makes your furniture different from other furniture store?

6. Would you like to sell creative furniture design in your furniture shop?

Scott as a sales management, he accepted my interview, and he bring me to visit their furniture store in city centre. Scoott as a sale manager, he has work two years in London, and two years in Liverpool, and he moved to work in Preston 2011. Why he comes to Preston is because that his boss is his good friends, and he needs scoot's help. Later, I visit their shop. There furniture are really beautiful, and there are so much creative furniture design which are my interesting. Thanks for him to introduce their product. Their audiences are between age 30-40, and his boss said that they are happy to sell more creative furniture in their store, because many people want to buy it.

This interview was taken in city centre, and the Chinese guys name Jack. Jack comes from ShangHai, and he study master in Uclan. Three years life in Preston, Jack almost visit every furniture shop. According to our conversation, Jack told me that he often buy visit some furniture shop in city centre, because he like furniture. He want to buy some furniture in his new room. He accepted my interview and told me he was interested in creative furniture design. So I introduce my furniture blog to him, fortunately he like special furniture. Later, he will follow my furniture blog and gave me some suggestion and buy some thing from my blog.

Japanese style

Haiku Designs is proud to offer a distinctive and unique line of Japanese furniture for the home, office or bedroom environments. From rice paper lamps and Shoji screens, to dramatic wall-hanging fountains and Japanese brushstroke paintings, from our Zen themed Modern bedroom furniture collections to our unique Hiro Dining Room Furniture set, our Japanese styled decor is one of the widest on the market today and is an ideal way to create a space of simplicity, and enjoyment.

In the West, much of what we think of as Oriental furniture actually reflects Japanese styles and Zen motifs. The classic simplicity of a platform bed, the pure Zen aesthetic of harmony, the use of minimalist paintings depicting water scapes, Geishas, and Kanji all create a sense of repose and stillness that originated in Japan.

In addition, most Japanese Furniture motifs found in art, home decor, and contemporary bedroom furniture were all designed around the idea of blending with nature, rather than opposing it. The use of soft earth tones, rounded corners and flowing patterns were designed to reflect forms and colors in nature, thus creating a sense of peace and tranquility. Japanese decor conveys a sense of accord and harmony with nature instead of confronting or opposing it as much Western decor and furniture does.

Our Organic Bedding line of All Natural Latex Mattresses, Eco-Rest Organic Cotton Futons and Organic Sheets exemplify this sense of being in harmony with nature, and the environment.

Bring the special qualities of accord, harmony, and beauty into your life and home with the unique Japanese furniture collections from Haiku Designs.