Essays about: "ikea and wood"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words ikea and wood.

  1. 1. Assessing Textile Raw Materials and Exploring Sustainable Sources for Future Renewable Textile Materials for IKEA of Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Susan Lan; [2023]
    Keywords : drought; water scarcity; land degradation; cotton Gossypium sp. ; synthetic textiles; viscose; lyocell; IKEA; agro-waste; poplar Populus sp. ; bamboo Bambusoideae ; sustainability;

    Abstract : This degree project at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has been conducted in collaboration with IKEA of Sweden. The textile industry contributes to significant environmental challenges, including pollution and global water scarcity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Simply Wood : Design of All-Wood Furniture Joints

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT)

    Author : Moritz Braun; [2021]
    Keywords : Circularity; Mass-Produced Furniture; Product Development; Wood Joints;

    Abstract : The need for sustainability, increasingly requires developing products according to a cradle to cradle approach. For furniture, wood, being potentially renewable, is a suitable material in this regard. READ MORE

  4. 3. IKEA Land Use Footprint : Quantification of Carbon Emissions and Removals from Forest Lands, Plants and Wood Products

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Celia Cacho Salvador; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Accounting for carbon removals and reducing the carbon emissions related to the LULUCF sector has become a relevant target to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5ºC, in alignment with the Paris Agreement. READ MORE

  5. 4. Simply Wood : The Kinship of Care

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

    Author : Naďa Okruhlicová; [2020]
    Keywords : Caring With; Furniture; Forest; Participatory Design; Slow Design; Zine;

    Abstract : Simply Wood is a collaborative inquiry into the topic of all wood joints for industrially produced furniture through engineering and the culture of care for and with furniture through Design+Change. This thesis is written in collaboration with the product development and communication wings from IKEA of Sweden, as the external tutors and supervisors. READ MORE

  6. 5. Simmulating pullout forces in particleboard

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Mekanik och hållfasthetslära

    Author : Tapiwanashe Phiri; Niklas Björkman; [2019]
    Keywords : transversely isotropic material; orthotropic material; particleboard; finite element analysis; material model;

    Abstract : Pull-out forces of screws and connectors in particleboard are particularly important when designing for strength and, or assembly in the furniture industry. The aim of this thesis was to develop a simulation model of particleboard that can predict pull-out forces of screws better than the currently used simulation model at IKEA of Sweden. READ MORE