AWARD YEAR
2023
CATEGORY
Home
GOALS
Responsible Consumption & Production
KEYWORDS
design tool kit , circular production , furniture design, furniture
COUNTRY
Denmark
DESIGNED BY
Aroop Ratan Guha
WEBSITE
https://royaldanishacademy.com/project/circular-furniture-tool
Circular Furniture Tool
A toolkit to assess circular furniture designs
How does it work?
The ‘Circular Furniture Tool’ is an informative and assessing digital tool based on circular design principles and certification data. It aims to guide home furniture brands in making circular design and strategic decisions for their new products. A numeric value generated at the end, based on the user’s inputs helps them assess the sum of their choices and get an estimate if their furniture might qualify for certification or not.
Why is it needed?
World production of furniture is worth about 575 billion US dollars. But that’s not all it costs. All those furniture use up massive amounts of trees, plastic, cotton and other materials. Worldwide, we buy furniture corresponding to the total economic output of Sweden - 18,000 US dollars every second. All those pieces of furniture require enormous amounts of trees, plastic, cotton and other materials (The World Counts).
How does it improve life?
Homepage of the tool starts with an artistic statement to raise the user's curiosity about the tool. The tool starts with the 'Conception' section. Each section has different criteria list and the user chooses the ones they meet. As the user makes their choices, the numeric value keeps updating. Like this, every section has an end result which reflects the user's score in the respective section. In the end, the user gets an overview of their final result and assessment. The end result tells the user if their design qualifies for certification or not.