Review synthesizes design strategies for promoting furniture longevity, suggesting a continuity framework.
This study synthesises interdisciplinary research on design strategies and attributes for extended product life of furniture. Through an integrative literature review, it develops the heuristic Longevity Trinity framework, comprising technical, functional, and emotional orientations. The framework consolidates dispersed design principles and highlight how the physical and psychological properties of furniture interact with the component of time, positioning product longevity as a design problem of continuity; continuity of materials, usefulness, and meaning across multiple lifecycles.
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Petter Alsén (2026) studied this question.
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