IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials 1 Furniture Materials

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Veneer Rotary-peeled veneer Knife-cut veneer Sawn veneer 2

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Plywood Plywood as smooth sheet FRCW as fire retardant sheets for furniture Plywood moulded 3

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Laminated veneer layers glued together Visible layers class A Pre-drilling for assembly Good bendability Very strong 4

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Chipboard Chipboard varying in hardness and density Chipboard – different qualities Chipboard for edging, painting, veneering 5

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials MDF sheets Edges ready for finishing Ready for surface treatment Can be routered on the edges and surfaces without pre-treatment 6

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Honeycomb Inexpensive Easy to transport Dimensionally stable Good load bearing Can be coated with a surface or painted Environmentally-friendly 7

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Plastic surfaces Foils Melamine gm² 125 g m² Laminate 8

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Glass 9 Furniture glass requirements: The European standards organisation CEN is in the process of drafting a standard for test methods for furniture glass in furniture. In the explanatory notes to the standard, there is lengthy advice regarding the use of glass in furniture. Where glass tables are concerned, it is particularly important to consider the type of glass, the size of the tabletop, the thickness of the glass in relation to the way in which it is held up/supported. Glass: Glass is one of the materials, which we all come into contact with on a daily basis. It is manufactured by melting quartz sand, potash and calcium carbonate. The blending ratio depends on the type of glass being produced e.g. standard window glass, coloured glass, different types of toughened safety glass etc. Glass is particularly suitable for recycling and normally between approx. 30% and 50% recycled glass is incorporated when new glass is manufactured.

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Upholstery materials 10

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials The upholstery Lining material Fibre padding Standard foam Cold foam Non-woven Spring inlay Webbing 11

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Webbing 12 Flexible webbing: Woven rubber webbing Rubber webbing with textile inlay Supporting weave: Natural materials Fibreglass reinforced PVC Non-flexible webbing: Flax, jute webbing Cotton webbing Polyester webbing Polyamide webbing (nylon) Plastic strapping Nylon weave

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Springs in the base upholstery 13 Wave springs, nozac springs. These springs are attached in measured lengths called the interior measurement (distance between front rail and back rail). Nozac springs come in hardened wire in wire sizes nos. 8,9,10,11,12 and 13. No. 8 is the strongest. Wire no. 9 is used for seats and wire no. 12 is used for the backs. Flat springs: Flat springs are ”toppled” spiral springs which are made of hardened steel in the sizes 1 – 2.5 mm.

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Upholstery materials Cold foam is both used as part of the permanently fitted upholstery and as pads in loose seat cushions. It is a supporting foam. Standard foam is used to soften the comfort layers. Cold foam in the seat kg³ Standard foam in the back kg³ Fibre padding 14

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Special foam Super soft standard foam Soft standard foam Bonded foam CHMR foam (fire retardant foam) Celsius foam (thermoplastic foam) 15

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Upholstery textiles The following textiles are used as inlay in upholstered furniture Hessian Shirting Stout Triconette Fleece fabrics Non-woven 16

IDdesign Academy MORE EDUCATION – MORE KNOWLEDGE – MORE SALES Furniture materials Cushions for upholstered furniture Latex cushions Loose granulate cushions Cut cold foam cushions Moulded cold foam cushions Moulded granulate cushions Down cushions Poly-down cushions Down-top cushions 17