10-13 September, 2025
SNIEC, Pudong, Shanghai

Innovative Furniture Hardware Design Trends

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Hardware furniture refers to a variety of hardware accessories and related products used in the furniture manufacturing process, which are mainly made of metal, used to achieve the assembly and fixed of furniture, and enhancing the beauty and comfort of furniture.

Based on different uses, furniture hardware can be divided into basic hardware, functional hardware, storage hardware, etc. According to different application, it can be subdivided into cabinet furniture hardware, bathroom hardware, office furniture hardware and so on.

Hardware furniture industry development status

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China has a population of 1.4 billion, which has a huge potential consumer market. At present, China’s per capita hardware furniture consumption level is still low, with the continuous improvement of our people’s living standards, hardware furniture consumption will certainly improve.

China’s hardware furniture market is not mature, hardware furniture dealer team has not yet formed, is in the process of growth, the entire hardware furniture market also needs to improve itself at the same time, continue to increase capital investment and the use of advanced management mode.

Industry Development Trend

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  • Furniture hardware industry product structure optimization and upgradingWith the growing consumer demand for furniture fittings hardware, the product structure of the furniture hardware industry will be further optimized and upgraded to high quality, intelligent, customized and safety and environmental protection and sustainable direction.
  •  Furniture hardware industry to environmental protection and sustainable directionWith the increasing attention of consumers to environmental protection and different health issues, the furniture hardware industry will also pay more and more attention to environmental protection and sustainability, the use of environmentally friendly materials in the production process, reduce the generation of waste, and promote circular economy, etc., has become the development trend of the industry.
  • Humanized designWith the improvement of the quality of life, the quality of every detail in life will also be noticed. Hardware furniture can best reflect quality for life details. Excellent hardware furniture pieces can reflect the people-oriented principle in these daily actions. Safety, labor saving, silence, comfort and other humanized concepts will be further integrated into the development and design of hardware furniture pieces.

The latest technology and application of modern furniture hardware

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1. glass, high-gloss materials and metal materials

In modern furniture hardware, the proportion of glass, high-gloss materials (acrylic, paint, high-gloss veneer materials, etc.) and metal materials combined with traditional furniture panels has an increasing trend. Such as: the application of hardware glass door is gradually increasing.

2. Damping function

Damping function has become a variety of furniture essential function, for example, now used more is the damping rail cabinet pull, damping hinge, damping door hardware, damping door touch, damping door hardware and so on.

3. Adjustable combination table stand system

Adjustable combination table stand system, desktop shelf management system, such as: LCD display stand, telephone stand, etc. Various wire cable management systems, such as desktop dark sockets and various special hardware are widely used in office furniture.

4. PUSH door hinges

PUSH door hinges, drawer rails and dark handles are widely used in non-handle furniture and dark handle furniture, such as: PUSH hinges and push drawer rails. The hidden connector refers to the connection between two plates, the connector cannot be seen from the outside, and the connection method is numerous. Hidden handle furniture, the surface looks like there is no handle, used more on the sink furniture cabinet, the hall cabinet with doors is also used now, these press anklets, open to press. 

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Conclusion 

In the future, with the growth of Chinese residents’ disposable income and consumption level, the increasing development of the downstream industrial furniture company and the decoration industry, and the improvement of the intelligent level of the furniture products market, the market space of China’s furniture hardware industry will continue to increase, the price structure of furniture hardware products will gradually transform to the middle and high-end, and the market concentration of the industry will gradually increase. Enterprises need to constantly innovate and upgrade to adapt to changes in the market and the evolution of the competitive landscape.