Design of Handicraft Products of Rattan Bags as Accentuation Using Ergo-Aesthetic Model
Dwi Cahyadi (a*,b), Siti Haida Ismail (a), Mohd Yusof MD Daud (a), Roslina Mohammad (a), and Muh Irwan (c)

a) Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
b)Department of Design, Politeknik Negeri Samarinda, Samarinda, Indonesia.
*dwicahyadi[at]polnes.ac.id.
c)Department of Chemical Engineering, Politeknik Negeri Samarinda, Samarinda, Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesia is a producer of rattan as much as 70-80% in the world and one of the uses of this non-timber forest product is rattan bag handicraft products. Rattan products have existed since ancient times as functional products where game products are stored or for gardening. The increasing interest of young people in handicraft products makes the handicraft industry must follow the trend and function of rattan bags as a fashion product today. This research aims to develop bag handicraft products from rattan materials using the Vinod Goel design method combined with ergo-aesthetic model analysis. The result of this design is a women^s bag product made of rattan as an accent with a combination of wood, cowhide, and doyo weaving. The products produced follow the ergo-aesthetic model, which is a product that is comfortable to use and has an element of beauty from the use of a combination of natural ingredients. The contribution of this research is to provide recommendations to the rattan bag handicraft industry to innovate products by applying an ergo-aesthetic model in developing rattan bag products that are worthy of being used as today^s fashion products.

Keywords: Rattan bags-Handicraft- ergo-aesthetic

Topic: Natural resources management