Design considerations in children bedroom furniture of preschool period an analysis of today's Turkish children furniture market

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In this thesis, the design considerations of a healthy and stimulating bedroom environment for preschool period children are analyzed. In order to build up a multipurpose environment, the development of the preschool children, necessary items of furniture and the related design concepts are discussed. General design criteria are determined to constitute a guide for a children bedroom environment of preschool period. Under the light of these data, a research is conducted to analyze today̕s children furniture market in Turkey.

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Interior decoration.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/14122

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H. Büyükpamukçu, “Design considerations in children bedroom furniture of preschool period an analysis of today’s Turkish children furniture market,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2004.