# Eco-Conscious Flat-Pack Furniture Henning Stummel's Compact Furniture Collection is Sustainable By Kalin Ned | Published 2018-09-17 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/compact-furniture1 References: [dezeen](https://www.dezeen.com/2018/09/16/london-design-festival-nomad-collection-architect-henning-stummels-flat-pack-furniture/) & [nomad.london](https://www.nomad.london/) Henning Stummel is a London-based architect who launches a compact furniture collection that puts emphasis on sustainability during London Design Festival. The capsule consists of a two-seater sofa, a coffee table, and an armchair. Each of the designs can be [flat-packed](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nstel-the-chair) and are consciously created to waste as little material as possible. With a strong minimalist approach, Henning Stummel boasts stylish compact furniture through five components — "the minimum number of pieces that the architect needed to get complete stability for the frame." The offerings in the [flat-pack capsule](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/boxed-collection) boast one piece of plywood and are upholstered from a single leather hide. This approach to [compact furniture design](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bookmarker-table) assures that the piece is ultra-stylish, as well as sustainably oriented. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.3/10 - Popularity: 93% | Activity: 87% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Sustainable Furniture Design:** Opportunities for disruptive innovation include exploring the use of alternative, eco-friendly materials and design techniques to create stylish and sustainable furniture. - **Flat-pack Furniture:** Disruptive opportunities for innovation include exploring automation in flat-pack furniture production and the development of new, space-saving designs that are easy to ship and assemble. - **Minimalist Furniture Design:** Opportunities for disruptive innovation include the use of technology and innovative materials to create new, minimalist furniture designs that are both functional and stylish. ### Who This Affects Most - **Furniture Manufacturing:** Disruptive innovation opportunities include the use of sustainable and eco-friendly materials, the improvement of automated manufacturing processes for flat-pack furniture, and the development of minimalist furniture designs. - **Interior Design:** Opportunities for disruptive innovation include the integration of sustainable and space-saving furniture designs into interior design and the exploration of innovative materials and technology to create new furniture designs. - **Sustainability:** Disruptive innovation opportunities include exploring new, sustainable design techniques and materials in furniture manufacturing, and promoting the adoption of sustainable furniture designs in the market. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Stackable Flat-Pack Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bug-collection-1.md) - [Flatpack Single-Piece Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/leaning-chair-set.md) - [Waste-Based Furniture Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecofriendly-furniture1.md) - [Flat-Packed Wooden Stool](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/flat-stool-concept.md) - [Repairable Flat-Pack Sofas](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/flatpack-sofa1.md) - [Simplistic Fastening Furniture Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/easystory.md) - [Envelope-Packaged Couch Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/couch-in-an-envelope.md) - [High-Quality Flatpack Chair Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pagoda-chair.md) - [Twin-Piece Modular Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/agni-modular.md)