현대가구디자인에 나타난 배려에 관한 연구 - 어포던스를 중심으로 -

(A) Study on the Consideration Observed in Contemporary Furniture Design - Focused on Affordance -

Design is one of those elements to create an artificial environment, improving human life. It also signifies some concrete work and plan for better life in the present environment, and it is even believed to be an act of consideration for the sake of human beings. This consideration design would be included to design which deals not only with truths and values being demanded in a new era but also with various users, and it is design that attaches values to behaviors of the users, searching for new values while studying user-centered behaviors. It is regarded as a part of the consideration design in that it is able to make plans and extract design factors using affordance while it helps any users to use as considering the user-centered behaviors. Design factors of such affordance has been inherited and developed from the Bauhaus principle, and the spirit of Bauhaus is believed to have a great influence on contemporary furniture design while being a matrix of modern design. A follow-up study will look into backgrounds and cases of social design, one of those consideration design factors, while proposing directions on how to develop contemporary furniture design.