An editable template to assist furniture buyers, retailers and upholstery manufacturers in developing detailed design briefs or helping them improve existing ones by adding extra sections they may not have considered
Highlights:
This template incorporates key considerations including:
Legal requirements specific to the product
Any risks identified in the design / foreseeable use of the product (GPSR)
Any materials to be specified. Description and supplier of the raw material, details of specification (weight, density) and any treatments (FR)
Any restrictions on materials to be used – consideration of UK timber regulations, Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), persistent organic pollutants (POPs) etc.
Labelling requirements and positioning
List of product or component testing that is required to be carried out to provide proof of conformity to the legal requirements
Packaging of the product and any drop tests that are required to be carried out