가구 디자인 및 제조에 있어 ‘32mm 시스템 디자인원칙’이 제공한 영향과 의의

Furniture is systematic equipment that improves our lives in the housing environment. Accordingly, the development of furniture is closely related to the changes in social housing culture and the development of housing technologies. For instance, due to modern lifestyle, furniture has become increasingly systematic, and in order to satisfy diverse customer demands, various physical components of furniture were standardized. In the case of furniture assembly, in particular, standardization of fittings, which hold the parts together, contributed greatly to the development of systematic furniture, giving expandability in furniture system design. ‘32mm Spacing based Design Principle’, which was applied by a German furniture fittings company Hettich or Haefele, is a classic example of technology standardization. This principle means that have prepared in advance a fixed hole spacing 32mm plate for easy assembling furniture materials. And this spacing has been the standard of the furniture system configuration. And this principle can be seen that the universal principles of today's systems furniture manufacturing. In particular, such as IKEA and other large furniture retailers began to adopt this principle to the raw materials used in their furniture assembly, it quickly emerged as one of the most systematic and flexible technology with universal utility. Therefore, it would not be an overstatement that “System 32” principle has played a critical role in the development of furniture system as well as housing culture of the modern society.