니트 소재를 이용한 홈 인테리어소품 활용성에 관한 연구

Abstract

At this time when the scale of the home interior market is growing, in the recent change in the consumption trend according to the increase in single-person households, this study addresses the home interior items corresponding to the consumer demands for novel and characteristic means of expression and utilizing knit materials that are emotional and freely expressive in design. As the income level and discerning eye of the people have got higher, the demands for various home interior item designs have been rising. However, because there is no research on the interior items using knit materials that could change in the design and provide healing, it is the goal of this research to seek for the utilization as the item design materials of knit materials and to study the various extensibilities. For this purpose, the history and characteristics of knitted materials and the concept and classification method of home interior were studied through previous studies and literature data. In the cases of study, we have investigated the knit items, via their websites, which were released from the living brands with more than 50 stores in Korea and the overseas big brands, and in case of overseas, we surveyed the cases of using knit items by referring to websites. In addition, by presenting the weaknesses and their solutions of knitted materials and proposing the production methods as high value added products, it is expected that the research and utilization on knitted materials as the interior items would become active.