DESIGN FOR THE REAL WORLD

PENYUSUN

Dean of School of Design, Universitas Pelita Harapan

Dear readers, especially Our dearest Product Design students that have been endure the Final Project during the pandemic,

Welcome to the end, and embrace the new beginning!

This year, the book entitled Design for the Real World, and one should be intrigued by this title. We could be asking, isn’t design will always be for the real world? Or perhaps we also could ask, is Product Design, School of Design, UPH aimed for a functional design, while on the other hand less innovative and beyond? Nonetheless, one would remember Papanek (1971, 2005) famous book with the same title, where he described that “Design must be an innovative, highly creative, cross-disciplinary tool responsive to the needs of men. It must be more research-oriented, and we must stop defling the earth itself with poorly designed objects and structures.” Hence, I dare you to read this book in your hand now and fnd out by yourself.

This book is showcasing Product Design Final Project, and this make the previous argument more interesting. However, designing for the real world resonates with Product Design Department key values, which sees design as: (1) A creativity in Material & Form Exploration, (2) An awareness on Waste & Consumerism, (3) As Problem Solving, and (4) Ecologically & Socially Responsible. It is also in line with the vision and mission of School of Design, Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH), in which ’to become center of excellence of Christ centered international design education institution, engaging Design as Strategy to shape an excellence designer that will make Social Changes through Innovation Sustainability that has transformational and Redemptive Impact as a refection of God’s mandate where design should become a steward for the environment and to become light for others’, in which is a translation from UPH vision mission ‘to become Christ Centered University that based on True Knowledge, Faith in God and Godly Character. In short, the essence of School of Design (SoD), UPH is to produce design students that should become light for others. Thus, designing for the real world means that all the design projects in this book should shown how Product Design, SoD, UPH produced designers that uphold design that ecologically and socially responsible, thus have redemptive impact to others.

I wanted to add personal message to the students that has fnished their Final Project: On behalf of the Faculty and Department, allow me to congratulate you all. May you always be a designer that brings design that is impactful to the real world, to the society, where God will always be a leader in your exciting new journey ahead. May you be a blessing and becomes light for others and for this Nation.

As a remembrance, I also wanted to congratulate you all that endure more than 2 years during pandemic. Your achievement in fnishing Final Project in the midst of pandemic strengthen my believe that you will be a great designer that will truly create transformational design for the real world with a redemptive impact to the society!

Stay active but stay safe and healthy!

Only by His Grace, Dr.

Martin L. Katoppo, S.T., M.T.

Dean School of Design – Universitas Pelita Harapan

Karawaci, Tangerang, Banten, Jawa Barat

www.uph.edu

Head of Product Design,

Universitas Pelita Harapan

Dear readers,

What you see here is a compilation of the research and ideas from the 2018 product design student fnal projects, which offer solutions to major social and environmental issues. As a result, we propose “Design for the Real World” as this year’s fnal project theme. The book’s theme is based on Victor Papanek’s book in 1971, which claimed that design must be socially and morally responsible in order to be a positive, innovative force in society. The book describes our fnal-year students’ research and creative process in addressing social issues such as empathy degeneration, local cultural extinction, and environmental waste issues caused by plastic food packaging and leather products.

This book demonstrates that UPH’s product design emphasizes not only vocational design skills but also material and technical experimentation, resulting in innovative products that go beyond aesthetics and address social and environmental issues. It’s a matter of the hand, the eye, the heart, the design thinking process, self-discovery, and preservation, because every design decision today has far-reaching ramifcations that reach deeply into various areas of society, such as the economy, politics, and culture.

Enjoy our creative and explorative process.

Devanny Gumulya, S.Sn., M.Sc. Head of Product Design – Universitas Pelita Harapan

Karawaci, Tangerang, Banten, Jawa Barat

www.uph.edu

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