THE ROLE OF BASIC DESIGN COURSE IN THE INTRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL CULTURE VALUES
Abstract: Indonesia
has been known
as a country
which upholds cultural
values and philosophy through artworks
media. One of
those is presented
in batik. No
other cloth in
the Indonesian archipelago,
perhaps in the world as well, contains so many symbols and meanings. But sadly,
as the globalization emerges, there
is a tendency
to exalt developed
country’s culture, and
our young generation no longer
cares about our own country’s cultural values. Batik is considered obsolete,
not fancy, and only suitable for the old generation. In the modern design
world, basic design subject may be
a good tool to
introduce local values while
the young learn
to compose the
elements and design principles as design sensitivity
training. One of the tasks is making a pattern composition using local content,
and batik is a complex local pattern that is commonly used as inspiration.
Author: Purnama Esa Dora and Maria Suzanna G. Poetiray
Journal Code: jppendidikangg120017
