including cultural and technological heritage.
Certainly, local cultural heritage contains local
wisdom that supports the creative industry. Exploring
and developing local wisdom is one of the efforts to
avoid and reduce poverty. Local wisdom contains
social norms and values that regulate how to build a
balance between the carrying capacity of the natural
environment with lifestyle and human needs. Outside
of the structuralist approach, a mosaic of local
community life called collective wisdom or cultural
wisdom can be found. In any society such wisdom is
embedded in the recesses of their shared collective
knowledge system. That is what is often referred to as
local wisdom.
Experts also often call the local wisdom as local
knowledge. Local wisdom was born and developed
from generation to generation as if it survived and
developed by itself. There seems to be no science or
technology to underlie it. Local wisdom necessitates
the existence of past cultural content and serves to
build a longing for the life of the ancestors, which is
the cornerstone of present life. Local wisdom can be
used as a bridge that connects the past and present,
generations of ancestors and the present generation.
In other words, it can be used as a glue and a unifier
between generations (Pattinama, 2009).
Indonesia’s fabric, very diverse with a lot of types,
is one of the results of local knowledge from the local
community. Sumba's woven fabric is one of the
cultural heritages resulted from local wisdom and
knowledge of the region. Through the expertise of the
Sumbanese, woven fabrics are created in 42 stages by
using basic materials found there. This heritage has
been preserved through the knowledge of the local
community and developed from generation to
generation, as if it survives and develops by itself.
This can be seen from the ability of the weavers to
create patterned woven fabrics without making
sketches. It is as if there are algorithms in the weavers'
brains.
East Sumba weaving, based on how it is made, is
classified as ikat pakan weaving. In addition to using
the ikat method, there is also a weaving method such
as songket which is called pahikung weaving. Unlike
the ikat (Hinggi) weaving, the pahikung weaving is
sewn to form a sarong for women. The uniqueness of
Sumba weaving lies in the manufacturing process, the
form of the pattern, and the color (ANAS, 2007);
(Ningsih & Widjaja, 2020)The weaving process,
believed to be the binding rope between the living and
the dead, is related to the formation of the womb: the
lusi thread forms the protective skin, the pakan thread
forms the body, and the tying threads that form the
fabric symbolize growth to adulthood (Jay, 2014:
111). The color of Sumba's weaving is produced by
the cold dyeing method. Blue comes from tarum dyes
and red from noni which uses a mixture of wood and
loba leaves which produces Sumba's distinctive red
color (Ramone, 2013).
In the last decade traditional weaving from the
East Sumba region has received a lot of attention,
because of the unique patterns and processes that
involve nature as well as very manual manufacturing.
Sumba weaving has succeeded in attracting a number
of well-known fashion designers who have chosen to
use Sumba weaving in their work. Apart from
fashion, Sumba weaving is also used in other lifestyle
needs, such as interiors.
Interior elements need to be customized by
incorporating local Indonesian cultural
characteristics. This is necessary to make the design
unique and to give it an identity as an Indonesian
product. This is important because there is a data
showing that MSME products have penetrated almost
all countries in the world, such as in Asia, Africa, the
Middle East, America, and Europe. MSME products
that are locally based and have unique characteristics,
such as handicraft and furniture, are highly
competitive in the global market and would be
superior products in the future. Products included in
furniture and home accessories that have great
competitiveness and are potential for the export
market include: (1) handicrafts, including silver,
copper, wood, ceramics, earthenware, natural stone,
wicker (rattan, natural fibres, etc. bamboo), batik,
embroidery / embroidery, traditional weaving, natural
silk, etc.; and (2) furniture (modern and antique),
including wardrobe products, dining chairs, guest
chairs, garden chairs, gebyok, beds, wood carvings,
and others. The MSME business in the fields of art,
design, and craft, which is very prospective, creates a
very tight competition, among others in terms of
design, product diversification, and product quality,
which affects business development. Therefore,
entrepreneurs who do not only rely on hereditary
skills, but also have additional skill to explore
adequate art and design are needed to produce a wide
variety of creative, innovative, and competitive
products that meet the market tastes (Indahyani,
2012).
Advances in technology can facilitate the
additional skill needed, especially for future
generations. They will be needed to accelerate the
exploration process of art and furniture design that
has creative, innovative product variations and has
differentiation of products with local Indonesian
content.
As a pilot project, the application features with