{"id":1004,"date":"2019-09-12T15:05:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T15:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2019-09-12T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T15:05:11","slug":"lahti-university-students-design-furniture-for-victims-of-displacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2019\/09\/12\/lahti-university-students-design-furniture-for-victims-of-displacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Lahti University students design furniture for victims of displacement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2017\/09\/18\/lahti-university-students-design-furniture-for-victims-of-displacement\/\">View original article here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alice Morby<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lahti University students design furniture for victims of displacement\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WkNibqzMUT8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten students from Finland&#8217;s Lahti University of Applied Sciences have designed a collection of essential&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/furniture\/\">furniture<\/a>&nbsp;items for those affected by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/disaster-relief\/\">natural disasters<\/a>&nbsp;and the ongoing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/design-for-refugees\/\">refugee<\/a>&nbsp;crisis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rehome-refugee-furniture-lahti-university-students-helsinki-design-week_dezeen_2364_col_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rehome-refugee-furniture-lahti-university-students-helsinki-design-week_dezeen_2364_col_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rehome-refugee-furniture-lahti-university-students-helsinki-design-week_dezeen_2364_col_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rehome-refugee-furniture-lahti-university-students-helsinki-design-week_dezeen_2364_col_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rehome-refugee-furniture-lahti-university-students-helsinki-design-week_dezeen_2364_col_1-696x464.jpg 696w, 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design temporary products that could provide an answer to humans&#8217; primary needs when suddenly rehoused,&#8221; one of the students, Iida Nordgren, told Dezeen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rehome-refugee-furniture-lahti-university-students-helsinki-design-week_dezeen_2364_col_6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1009\" class=\"wp-image-1009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rehome-refugee-furniture-lahti-university-students-helsinki-design-week_dezeen_2364_col_6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rehome-refugee-furniture-lahti-university-students-helsinki-design-week_dezeen_2364_col_6-300x200.jpg 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https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rehome-refugee-furniture-lahti-university-students-helsinki-design-week_dezeen_2364_col_5-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rehome-refugee-furniture-lahti-university-students-helsinki-design-week_dezeen_2364_col_5-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rehome-refugee-furniture-lahti-university-students-helsinki-design-week_dezeen_2364_col_5-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rehome-refugee-furniture-lahti-university-students-helsinki-design-week_dezeen_2364_col_5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The furniture designed within Rehome can be manufactured automatically with the lowest costs possible. For example a cardboard bed can be manufactured around 3,500 pieces in one hour\u00a0\u2013 and no tools are required for assembling.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Many patients must sleep sitting in an upright position after their Pectus Excavatum surgery. Moreover, some families choose to purchase, buy, or borrow large recliner chairs for this purpose. 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