Student Furniture Design as Behavioral and Local Business Resources

Authors

  • Prabu Wardono Faculty of Art and Design, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
  • R. Susanto Faculty of Art and Design, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung 40132, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i9.304

Keywords:

Living Behavior, Student Room, Student Furniture, Small Business

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 statistics and the 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.

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Published

2018-07-01

How to Cite

[1]
Wardono, P. and Susanto, R. 2018. Student Furniture Design as Behavioral and Local Business Resources. Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies. 3, 9 (July 2018), 161–167. DOI:https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i9.304.

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 9 (2018): Jul/Aug

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Articles

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