摘要：曾今有位业主,找了会设计家具的室内设计师为其装修新房。装修完的家,衣帽间、储藏室等多处空间都使用了自己设计、制作的定制家具。造型、功能、色彩都依照空间的特点及主人的使用习惯精心设计。其实,在国外,设计的定义本来就十分广义,一位设计师往往从建筑到室内、产品,各项设计无所不能。那么有没有可能,家具设计师也成为日后室内装修的一种新趋势?了解一位专业的家居设计师,有助于读者了解未来的装修趋势。

摘要：The concept of facial impact protection mask for cyclists is proposed in response to increased participation in cycling and the need for injury prevention. The research aims to develop an approach for design of facial impact protection gear to reduce the risk of severe injury. Impact test equipment and procedure, face surrogate and protection material performance criteria are developed. Three groups of protective materials – rigid crushable, semi rigid, and soft cushion foams are tested and assessed according to criteria. The criteria are linked to measures of the risk of facial and brain injuries: HIC (Head Injury Criterion), peak deceleration, Face-bone damage and energy absorption. The impact energy is simulated by a drop test using a 48 mm-radius-steel hemispherical impactor, with a weight of 4.63 kg similar to that of headform J specified in AS/NZS standard. The drop-height is 1500 mm, and the linear deceleration force of the impactor is recorded and used to establish the performance of the materials. The HIC is used to predict the risk of brain injury, whereas the developed face surrogate is used to assess facial bone injury. A 5.4 m/s facial impact to the unprotected-face of a cyclist can result in the risk of severe facial bone fracture and mild brain injury. The impact test results for rigid foam protection of 40 mm thickness shows no densification (bottom out) and absorbs the impact energy without damage to the Foam-bone of the face surrogate. At 20 mm thickness, rigid polyurethane foams performed best with Foam-bone damage ranging from 15.1% to 20.5%. Other materials with thicknesses of 20 to 28 mm showed Foam-bone damage between 21.8% and 35.1%. The HIC values ranged from 267 to 522, with memory foams and expanded polystyrene foam having the lowest values. Peak deceleration ranged from 71 g to 105 g for the materials tested. It is concluded that the impact energy can be dissipated by the protection material thereby reducing the risk of severe facial inju

摘要：“泡泡堂”是LILD（LABORATORY FOR INVESTIGATION IN LIVING DESIGN）系列研究的成果之一，是实验室对网格穹顶研究的最新进展，造型效仿根据事先建立的参数由研究员操作吹制而成的肥皂泡。被用来当作2012联合国可持续发展大会（RIO＋20CONFERENCE）上的LILD和国际竹藤组织（INBAR）的展台。