Towards a modern furniture: furniture design for new housing between the two World Wars

Abstract

After  IWW  there  were  a  number  of  social  changes  that  significantly transformed  the  lifestyle  and,  as  a  result  of  it,  the  structure  of  the house.  This transformation  of  interior  space  inevitably  provoked  a  deep modification  in  the design  of  furniture.  The  new  housing  typologies  were  designed  in small  sizes, trying to integrate the basic services necessary for the enjoyment of 'modern' life. In  this  development,  In  this  development,  research  was  cardinal  for furnishing the  new  minimum  space,  leading  to  new  models  of  transformable  multi-purpose furniture  and  allowing  a  better  utilization  of  space.  This  article  shows  some works  of  European  architects  who,  assuming  the  new  social  raised versatile furniture which showed the way in which the interior design turned into modern furniture.