Citation:
D. Su and J. Casamayor, Web-based Collaborative Working Environment and Sustainable Furniture Design, Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Design Conference – Competitive Design, Cranfield University, 30-31 March 2009, pp9
Abstract:
To meet the demand of online collaborative design, a Web-based Collaborative Working Environment
(CWE) has been developed. An approach to enhance sustainable furniture design by utilizing the CWE is
proposed. In this paper, the CWE framework is briefly presented, which consists of upperware, middleware
and resource layers; then three key aspects of sustainable furniture design by utilizing the CWE are
presented, including material and manufacturing processes selection, design for disassembly and
damaged furniture return, followed by an example of damaged furniture return using the CWE to further
illustrate the approach.