NEW TRENDS IN UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE

The objective of the paper is to demonstrate new trends in living room furniture, together with a design of an experimental construction of a lounge suite manufactured with current technology, using solid wood, composites and upholstery. The design of the construction refers to a current material possibilies, style and EU testing standards. The lounge suite presented in this paper resulted from a long shape, required properties of the furniture (safety, strength, durability and stability) and assembly that allowes safe transport. The aim was to produce a simple and functional product of an interesting shape which meets ergonomic and safety EU standard requirements for upholstered furniture.