Gli arredi per utenza debole: la formazione del nuovo mercato

The essay presents the reference framework in which the sector of furniture and products aimed at vulnerable users is developing at the beginning of the 2000s. The topics covered are the progressive extension and complexification of user profiles generically defined as weak (children, people in situations of temporary limitation of their autonomy, elderly people in different age groups, health conditions, economic availability, etc.) which corresponds to growing interest on the part of companies producing furniture and everyday objects and the criteria for defining design solutions.