Design and the Furniture Industry in Brazil

  • Francesco Zurlo
  • Viviane dos Guimarães Alvim Nunes
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Abstract

This chapter brings an historical panorama of Design and the Furniture Industry in Brazil as well as a brief description of the highly fragmented Design System in the country . Issues related to the competitiveness as well as design management and sustainability aspects are discussed in this chapter in order to understand the huge Management challenges faced by the Brazilian Furniture industry, mainly those associated with industries that do not integrate furniture cluster. This chapter intends to provide a broad vision of the context of the intervention .

Keywords

Wooden furniture industry in Brazil Brazilian design system Design policies and programs in Brazil 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Francesco Zurlo
    • 1
  • Viviane dos Guimarães Alvim Nunes
    • 2
  1. 1.DESIGN DepartmentPolytechnic University of MilanMilanItaly
  2. 2.School of Architecture, Urbanism and Design (FAUeD)Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU)UberlândiaBrazil

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