STRATEGI DESAIN PRODUK LOUNGE CHAIR “BECAK" MENGANGKAT INSPIRASI LOKAL

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Kurangnya kesadaran masyarakat mengenai budaya dan peninggalan Indonesia dan juga bentuk desain kursi yang cenderung kaku menjadi latar belakang dalam desain kursi becak. Menghasilkan desain kursi yang otentik dan nyaman dari perpaduan lounge chair dan transportasi becak yang digunakan di Indonesia adalah tujuan yang akan dicapai dalam penelitian ini. Adapun untuk mencapai hal tersebut, metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif. Pengolahan data dilakukan melalui research and development dan ideation untuk menghasilkan ide desain kursi. Melalui hal tersebut, ditemukan hasil penelitian bahwa dengan menerapkan beberapa ornamen ciri khas dari becak, seperti, sepatbor, stir, serta model dudukan yang unik, yang dipadukan dengan lounge chair mampu menghasilkan desain kursi otentik dan nyaman. Dengan serangkaian proses yang telah dilewati, dapat disimpulkan bahwa untuk memadukan budaya Indonesia dengan produk luar negeri dapat diwujudkan dengan menggabungkan kedua ciri khas tersebut, sehingga menghasilkan produk yang otentik. Yang kemudian divalidasi kembali dengan feedback dari calon pengguna dan para ahli dibidangnya, yang meliputi pengajar, tukang, dan para pegiat usaha furniture. 

Kata kunci: Kursi becak, budaya, perpaduan, lounge Chair.

Abstract

The lack of  awareness from the society towards culture and Indonesian’s heritage as well as chairs in general that tend to have rigid designs have become one of the inspirations in creating Kursi Becak. Creating a chair design with its own authenticity and comfort from combining the concept of lounge chair and becak transportation is the main goal to achieve in this research. Thus a qualitative method is used for this research. Data collection and analysis were done through this research and development as well as ideations to create a final idea of a chair design. Throughout this research, it has been discovered that by applying a few distinctive ornaments that can be found from becak transportation such as fenders, stir as well as the unique seat which then combined with the idea of a lounge chair would create an authentic and comfortable chair.  With completing a process, researchers may have come to a conclusion that the idea of combining Indonesian culture which in this case a becak transportation with a foreign product will create an authentic product as both Indonesian culture and foreign product have its own uniqueness. The process is then continued with a validation of feedback from potential users and product experts which involved lecturer, craftsman, and business activists.

Keywords: Becak chair, culture, blend, lounge chair