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Design of a set of stool and table with a sustainable approach by using DFA and DFE principles

by Alejandro Guil Lpez

This report covers the conduction of a final thesis project for the University of Skvde in collaboration with Carlos Jimenez Design studio (Spain). The aim of this project was to design and present a set of furniture consisting in a high stool and a high chair of a similar nature to the ones which are usually found in bars, oriented to the domestic environment and to the Scandinavian market. The main special characteristic of this project is that the design has been carried out with a focus on environmental sustainability, which has been approached in such a way that assembly has a big part in it, which at the same time relates to user experience. Therefore, the project combines design for assembly (DFA), design for environment (DFE) and user experience design (UXD) in such a way that all the approaches taken for each of these factors are interrelated in complete and thorough design process, were all the aspects of the final product have been taken into account.