Chengmin Zhou is an associate professor at the College of Furnishings and Industrial Design of Nanjing Forestry University, a Ph.D. candidate in furniture design and engineering, Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Furniture”, the project leader of the China–Italy home innovation design center, Secretary General of Jiangsu Industrial Design Association, a national public visiting scholar in the UK, director of the education branch of the China Industrial Design Association, director of the furniture and integrated home branch of China’s forestry society, and vice-president of the ONLEAD intelligent health home research institute. Her research interests include the science and technology of smart health home designs, including research on home intelligent interactions and control technology (focussing on the field of aging homes), the popular trend of colour material finishing home designs, information visualisation, etc.