Even though it has not always
looked like it does today, the bed is an object that has always been present in the human life.
This does not happen by chance. It is common sense that everyone needs to
sleep, so people have started developing a place to rest long ago. Through this
blog I have been elaborating an investigation about this object that, many may
say, is the most important piece of furniture of a home.
This analysis not only focused on
the structural and construtive aspects of the bed, for instance the materials and the industrial processes of production and respective evolution, but it also, and especially,
concentrated in other aspects that, at a first approach, may not seem so
related to the topic but, after a more careful observation, can be perceived as
fields of great interest for the study of almost any object.
In fact, the bed evolution accompanied the man’s evolution and, being such an essential object in everyone’s
life and culture,
it evidently appears in the arts,
literature
(including comics)
and even in music
and cinema. In the old days, the social condition of a person could be perceived through their bed.
Further research led to some
discoveries. Surprising or not, the bed is everywhere, even in the numbers and symbols! Along with some
interesting facts
that were found during this study, some unexpected areas were also explored,
namely science and even
During this journey, I also
proceeded to the elaboration of a classification of the types of bed according to aspects like the
shapes, styles, sizes and materials it can embrace. This wide variety of the
place we can sleep in has long beed recorded in catalogues destined to help people make a
selection when the moment of choosing a bed comes.
As any other object, a bed needs
to be projected before its production. When projecting a bed, its shape and
function must be correctly combined, taking into account ergonomic criteria,
safety, resistance and comfort. This is the role of design. After its manufacturing, the bed
needs to be tested
and, later, advertised,
in order to reach the consumer.
Moreover, similarly to what
happens with other products, the bed has been, and continues to be, an object
of innovation. In
this context I highlighted William Murphy, who patented the Murphy bed.
In conclusion, the bed is more
than a simple piece of furniture, as an attentive insight can verify after a detailed
research. An object like this follows and describes people’s life and cultural and social habits,
consecutively marking its presence in different areas.
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