Design and development for home decoration product from indigo dye fabric remnant to reflect the identity of Sakon Nakhon Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research are 1. to find the identities of Sakon Nakhon Province that can apply to product development and 2. to design and develop residential decoration products using indigo fabric scraps left in the community together with the provincial identities. The research methodology was to study and collect information from Pearl Indigo Weaving Group of Ban Na Chan Mai and found that the community's products were similar to other entrepreneurs. Also, there were many indigo fabric scraps left from sewing. The researcher conducted research to find the identities of Sakon Nakhon Province from a questionnaire of 400 people living in Sakon Nakhon Province. It can be summarized as follows, the identities that convey Sakon Nakhon province in each aspect is indigo fabric, Wat Phra That Choeng Chum Worawihan, Ko-Khun Phon Yang Kham, and the Wax Castle Traditional Festival. Then, the mentioned identities were used to design the residential decoration products by bringing the community's indigo fabric scraps as the main material, summarizing the design guidelines and selecting them to produce prototypes based on community competence and material limitation. The prototypes were evaluated for satisfaction by the sample group. The results showed that most of the respondents had overall satisfaction at a GOOD level with an average of 4.45.