Title FURNITURE DESIGN FOR KITEEN HUONEKALUTEHDAS OY Commissioned by

The current thesis focuses on the design process and creation of a concept for bedroom furniture items in cooperation with the Finnish company Kiteen Huonekalutehdas Oy. The aim of this thesis is to design a concept that would appeal both to the target market and to the company. Due to the reason that Kiteen Huonekalutehdas Oy is expanding its sales to Russia, Russian customers appear to be a selected target group for this project. In order to support the concept with a theoretical background, various materials were studied. As a result, the thesis discusses product design aspects and its aesthetics-related issues, briefly describes furniture market and manufacturing in Russia, and finally represents different interior styles that appear to be a basis both for quantitative research and concept creation. Additionally, matters such as measurements, proportions, material and stability were explored in order to get an understanding on the technical side involved in bed design. The quantitative research in the form of an online questionnaire was conducted i