“The digital revolution is changing the rules,” said trendsetter Vincent Gregoire. Yes, she radically changed many areas of life. The personal space of man was no exception. Today, we are constantly faced with an excessive amount of visual information and advertising, becoming one of the main means of managing people. But sometimes too complex plots, obsession, the active color scheme of information blocks leads to fatigue, irritability and even aggressiveness, which is undoubtedly a negative aspect. Back in 1996, American neurophysiologist David Lewis introduced the concept of "information fatigue syndrome", which becomes more significant in the 21st century. Lewis showed how information glut affects people's health: in addition to the above, an anxiety state appears, sleep is disturbed, a person is stressed, digestion is disturbed in some cases, heart problems begin.
In this regard, there is a tendency to more chamber interiors, a kind of nooks where you can hide from the influence of the information world. And there already the man himself forms his subject environment, acting as a designer, architect. He chooses what furniture will stand with him. Recently, another urgent direction is the desire to modify the space for certain tasks. This is undoubtedly helped by the gaining popularity in the ever-changing world of transformer furniture. Of course, no one will refuse from modern technologies in order to avoid the influence of the digital world, however, they will have to increase the level of a comfortable life without overpowering a person.
More and more often on the market you can find companies that use the latest engineering technologies in furniture production, such as built-in electrical mechanisms. Some companies use the Hodry mechanism with an electric drive from the Austrian company of the same name in the creation of functional, comfortable upholstered furniture, in which all the efforts when folding and unfolding the sofa are reduced to zero even for elderly people and children, just use the remote control.
German furniture company, which was presented at the last exhibition “Beautiful houses. 2017 ", positions itself as a" studio of innovative comfort. " Its furniture is prestigious, modern, and most importantly functional. She applies modern technologies in creating a comfortable environment for people. At the exhibition, a comfortable, technological sofa Denver made a splash, opening a new generation of automatic sofas. Thanks to the innovative development of an electric mechanism for controlling the remote control, it is able to adapt to a person: "you can always change the depth of the seat or the backrest to take a more comfortable position to watch TV or have a nice chat." Using a modular system, it is possible to form any convenient composition. In addition, various options can be integrated into the sofa for even greater comfort. It has a calm, pleasant color scheme, emphasizing the style and sense of taste.
In addition to furniture, innovative technologists prove themselves in such industries as medicine, education, and art. In cinematic art, these are all kinds of 4d and 5d effects, allowing you to literally immerse yourself in what is happening on the screen, forgetting about reality. And in medicine every year the number of new technologies is growing, this is happening mainly to improve life, its extension. The bioprinting of organs on a 3D printer has made great progress. At the moment, it is possible to print dentures and implants of the musculoskeletal system of a person. “Scientists around the world are working hard to create multifunction printers that can print efficient organs like the heart, kidneys, and liver.”
In the furniture industry, transformable objects appear under the influence of a changing world. They must obey multitasking. There are designs where it is possible with one movement of the hand to turn a berth into a working area and vice versa. Most often, transforming furniture combines 2 functions: a wardrobe bed, a table bed. But you can meet completely unique systems that combine the whole room into a single small-sized element. All this helps not only to maximize the rational use of every meter in the room, but also to create a unique interior with non-standard elements.
“I think that a lot of what we have been doing lately is recycling. This is much more correct than looking for new ways and trying to reinvent the wheel ”(Jasper Morrison, British designer). It is much more effective to introduce new developments, ideas into the old, tested form. And since the sofa itself is a fairly traditional element in any interior, today manufacturers are trying to introduce something ultra-modern. Furniture is represented by a wide variety of models, it is distinguished by its functionality, ergonomic properties. Modern sofas are so versatile that they can combine, in addition to the function of the sofa, a coffee table, chest of drawers, an acoustic system, can be transformed into a spacious bed, an armchair, or can be laid out in several separate parts. Such furniture will be an ideal option for a small apartment.
As another item, located in almost any interior, stands the table. But this piece of furniture in a modern design can amaze with its decorativeness, unusual shapes, as well as its ability to transform. One and the same table can carry several functions: a coffee table, a work table, a dining table, etc. Most often this is done by changing the height of the countertop, its size and inclination. Furniture can be transformed both manually and with the help of pneumatic and electromechanisms.
Exclusive kinetic tables with a constant change of pattern in the sand are also a current trend in the furniture market. This item, combining classic forms and the latest technology, is a real work of modern art. The progenitor of such a table, we can say, is a table for painting with sand. The main difference is that sand animation is created by moving a metal ball controlled by a magnet and a mini-computer. Amazing, unique drawings can be set in the program. This table can be put in the office, so the waiting time will not be so tiring. Also, the kinetic table fits perfectly into the private interior, turning the space into a relaxing, meditative relaxation area after a hard day. He is able to distract from any problems, forcing him to observe only the movement of the ball writing out the next drawing.
The technology of furniture production, its improvement and development do not stand still in order to correspond to the dynamic movement of modern society, while not causing discomfort to a person. However, it is worth noting that furniture companies do an excellent job of converting tasks, transforming familiar items into more technological, functional and ergonomic, creating products based on analogues from the past, adding the latest technology to them.