Student Furniture Design as Behavioral and Local Business Resources

Published Date
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
2012, Vol.50:691–698, doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.08.072
AcE-Bs 2012 Bangkok, Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 16-18 July, 2012
Open Access, Creative Commons license

Author 

• Prabu Wardono ^,
 
• R. Susanto

• Faculty of Art and Design, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung 40132, Indonesia

Available online 13 September 2012. 

Abstract

Student life is unique as they begin to have more freedom than children in seeking various kinds of needs for living. This study analyzes how students live and work in relation to the need for room furniture, and how small local furniture traders face problems in response to that need. From interviews, questionnaires involving 123 students and the use of descriptive statistic and Chi-square test, it was found that male and female students prefer furniture that is affordable, simple, natural, multifunction and durable, besides light, practical and flexible. A new model was proposed to solve the traders’ business problem.

Keywords

• Living behavior
 
• student room
 
• student furniture
 
• small business

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