Utilization of Robusta Coffee (Coffea Canephora) Wood as Stylish Wooden Sunglasses for Young People

Mahanani Anggun Dorojati, Ellya Zulaikha

2019

Abstract

Nowadays wooden sunglasses are popular to bring quirky impression as it has eco-design value. Teak, sonokeling, or ebony are types of wood commonly used as wooden sunglasses. Meanwhile, there is a type of wood with abundant availability in East Java that is also potential to use: Robusta coffee (Coffea Canephora) wood, as this wood is hard enough and has sufficient elasticity. However, the economic value of this wood is currently low, as it is only used as firewood. This research aims to optimize the economic value of Robusta coffee wood by utilizing them as sunglasses. The first step was market analysis to decide who was the potential target of user/consumer/buyer. The next analysis was “persona” and artifact analysis. “Persona” method was used to illustrate the behavior and lifestyle of the user, while artifact analysis is to get a picture or the pattern of fashion-stuffs owned by the user. These methods resulted in three series of design concepts: “Diver”, “Sherlock”, and “Storyteller”. Furthermore, a mood board was made as a design guide, by collecting images, photos and material containing the related situation, theme or color. Mood board aims to determine the shape of wooden sunglasses to meet the design concept. Finally, experiments were conducted by the exploration of wood materials to meet the impression as determined by design concept, those are wood cutting processes with many patterns, finishing, layering, laser cutting, mix-material, wood bending, component mounting support, and the market test. The results of this study indicate that Robusta coffee wood has the potential to be developed into wooden sunglasses. The challenge lies in the process of cutting (mostly wood coffee has a lot of cracks), mixing wood with resin, the fit into anthropometry requirement, and bending wood. The quality control will guarantee precise and consistent quality to ensure the wooden sunglasses is comfortable to wear.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Dorojati M. and Zulaikha E. (2019). Utilization of Robusta Coffee (Coffea Canephora) Wood as Stylish Wooden Sunglasses for Young People.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Interdisciplinary Arts and Humanities - Volume 1: ICONARTIES, ISBN 978-989-758-450-3, pages 95-104. DOI: 10.5220/0008546300950104

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iconarties19,
author={Mahanani Anggun Dorojati and Ellya Zulaikha},
title={Utilization of Robusta Coffee (Coffea Canephora) Wood as Stylish Wooden Sunglasses for Young People},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Interdisciplinary Arts and Humanities - Volume 1: ICONARTIES,},
year={2019},
pages={95-104},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008546300950104},
isbn={978-989-758-450-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Interdisciplinary Arts and Humanities - Volume 1: ICONARTIES,
TI - Utilization of Robusta Coffee (Coffea Canephora) Wood as Stylish Wooden Sunglasses for Young People
SN - 978-989-758-450-3
AU - Dorojati M.
AU - Zulaikha E.
PY - 2019
SP - 95
EP - 104
DO - 10.5220/0008546300950104