Sustainable furniture as a mainstream feature of the third millennium

Author

Professor of design of residential facilities, Department of Interior Design and Furniture Faculty of Applied Arts - Helwan University

Abstract

Sustainable design is one of the most important issues in the developed country considering the innovation of  the environment  in the third millennium,  where they analyses the product's life cycle, waste recycling for new products and ways to maintain the energy sources for future generations.  Sustainable design must be free of substances that send harmful gases to the environment, do not consume a lot of energy in the production process and it leaves less waste after manufacturing as much as possible.
  Sustainable furniture divided into three main types, the first one is prepared of sustainable renewable and environmentally friendly resources, the second type recycling and easy dismantling from various waste is used for innovative designs and finally furniture which is used a recovery of forestry waste, biodegradable, and handcrafting.  
  The study of the research lies in to the improving progress to the environment of the Arab countries and to seriously consider the sustainable environment as an emblem of future lifestyle.