재택근무 환경을 위한 가변형 스마트 가구 디자인 방향성 연구

After the endemic, remote work rapidly expanded, transforming residential spaces into hybrid environments that simultaneously support living and professional activities. Yet most homes were not designed for such dual use, causing blurred work–life boundaries and reduced concentration in limited spaces. As a result, fixed furniture shows clear limitations, and the demand for adaptive smart furniture that flexibly adapts to individual work patterns, physical conditions, and spatial purposes has grown significantly. This study proposes design directions for adaptive smart furniture that enhance both work immersion and spatial efficiency in remote work settings. Prior studies on smart furniture and home-office trends were reviewed to identify changing user needs and to redefine smart furniture by positioning “Transformability” as a key attribute. Domestic and international product cases were examined to analyze functional and aesthetic features, followed by a quantitative survey and in-depth interviews with remote workers to investigate usage behaviors, needs, and psychological requirements. Affinity analysis was used to extract core insights. The results establish five essential design attributes for next-generation adaptive smart furniture: spatial transformability, environmental control, emotion and state recognition, hyper-personalization, and user interaction. This study proposes a design direction for adaptive smart furniture that integrates flexible structural characteristics with automated and intelligent functions, suggesting its potential to enhance remote work quality and offering foundational data for future design development to improve remote work environments.