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CYTUVA

Fits-u: Ecodesign adapted to your lifestyle

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Contact Information

  • María Isabel Jiménez Gómez
  • Paseo del Cauce, 59
    Valladolid, Valladolid (47011)
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  • 983184935
  • 983423310

Basic Information

  • UniversityUniversidad de Valladolid
  • Center
  • DepartmentMaterials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Graphic Expression in Engineering, Cartographic Engineering, Geodesic and Photogrammetry, Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Process Engineering
  • Investigation Group


Description

Creative furniture product exhibiting a modular, cross-functional and innovative design which was developed to answer a market need. It offers a solution for limited spaces, providing potential consumers with several functions in a single product. Product modules allow to adjust the different furniture options and functionalities to the client's specific needs, regarding time and space. Due to its adaptability, the functions of four different objects are combined within a single product. Fits-u is conceived as a sofa with multiple variations, adapted to today's lifestyle and thinking. Its trendiness and style are not at odds with egonomy, which was studied and implemented in all its four variations. Regarding its materials, they all are eco-friendly and high-quality, so the product is labelled as ecodesign. For example, we use Piñatex, a type of leather of plant origin (pineapple leaf fibre), and spelt shell, which works as filling and, besides being eco-friendly, it offers several therapeutic advantages. Another aspects to be noted are its innovation, variety of functions, formal simplicity and user-friendliness, which differentiate it from the competence. Therefore, it has an eco-friendly design suitable for any potential client, so its target audience is wide and varied.


Other information

Number of researchers:

2

Development status:

In prototype phase

Intellectual Property Rights:

Patent

Differentiation in the market:

Novelty

Applicability of technology:

Yes

Companies and markets:

Interior design. Furniture. Product design.

Advantages:

Its multiple functions, modularity, formal simplicity and user-friendliness differentiate the product within the furniture industry. Eco-friendly design (ecodesign) suitable for any potential client, being its target audience wide and varied.

Additional Information:

Premio Prometeo 2016 (Award organized by the University of Valladolid).

UNESCO Code:

3313 - Mechanical Engineering and technology

Other members:

Beatriz Martín Recio

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