Designers have considerable responsibility for shaping the current state of products and services. To reduce the negative environmental impact of the furniture industry, designers need to change the way they design, while consumers need to change their attitudes towards sustainable furniture. However, companies that offer sustainable furniture face a frustrating paradox. Most consumers report positive attitudes towards environmentally friendly products and services, but this attitude does not seem to be reflected on their shopping behaviour. The aim of the paper is to provide an insight into the possibilities of applying sustainability in the furniture industry and to support discussion about the connection between the concept of sustainable development and consumption in the furniture industry. The methodology of the paper consists of a profound literature review and analysis in the area of sustainable development, sustainable consumption, sustainable design and their application in the furniture industry. Synthesis of literature review resulted in several recommendations how to align consumer shopping behaviour with the concept of sustainable furniture in line with new trends in the furniture industry.

The health effects of playing golf on the athlete's body is an interesting topic. The effect of golf on increasing blood saturation has low presence in the literature. This paper demonstrates the correlation of playing golf on improving health status after COVID-19 while this positive information has a potential to be used by the marketing management of various organisations to improve economics of golf activities. We analyse the change in saturation and heart rate after playing an 18-hole course, measured by pulse oximetry (% SpO2). Then we investigate the different aspects that have the greatest health benefit in golf. By following the effect of playing golf on blood oxygen saturation and heart rate in athletes we build a linear regression model explaining the impact 14 factors have on blood oxygen saturation. An 18-hole golf course caused a 1 ± 1.49% (p < 0.001) increase in venous blood O2 concentration and a 6 ± 8.09% (р < 0.001) increase in resting heart rate. Golf has the positive effect on the health status of athletes after recovery or vaccination for COVID-19 disease.

Although companies in Slovakia achieve value in the use of design at the level of the European Union average, the lack of knowledge and information about the possibilities and potential benefits of design hinders the effective use of design as a key factor in successful innovation. Good design does not just happen by chance. It is usually the result of a well-managed process. Design management is becoming necessary because it allows the company to reflect the market's needs better and adapt to customers. When design management is part of a company's management processes, the design would significantly impact the company's economic performance and help ensure a competitive advantage in the market. Lack of design management skills is a major obstacle to the wider deployment and integration of design into companies. The paper aims to verify the impact of the achieved level of design management skills on the use of design in product innovation. Through a survey of Slovak companies in selected industries, the authors identified the attitude of companies to the use of design in product innovation. The authors used statistical methods to analyse the level of skills achieved in individual areas of design management. They identified the impact of the level of skills on the design use rate in innovation. This study includes factor and regression analysis methods. The design management skills assessment survey confirms the relationship and correlation between the level of design management skills and the intensity of the use of design in product innovation. The ability to engage others has emerged as the weakest in the design management skills assessment survey. Involving customers and suppliers and creating interdisciplinary teams could bring the company effective use of design in product innovation and thus achieve a significant and sustainable competitive advantage. According to the confirmed results, companies' training to gain the necessary skills in individual areas of design management should increase the level of mastery of these skills and consequently support the use of design in product innovations.