Abstract:
Decorative design on the tie-dye fabric is a cultural product which could identify the root of the culture. The person, who perceived a proper experience, could become good understanding customers leading to producers who produce popular creative products. Therefore, the aim of this research was to study the perception and expectation in the term of the economical, aesthetical, and intellectual values of the differential experience person toward the cultural tie-dye decoration. The methodology in this study was carried through workshops. Direct experience workshop by doing on the stitching tie dye technique for decorating on fabric to explain its values was arranged for 80 fourth-year Management students. The indirect experience workshop was held by describing about how to decorate fabric by stitching tie dye technique and value of design for 60 first-year Product design students.
The results revealed that the direct and indirect study groups showed no significant differences on the perception of the cultural tie dye decorative at 95% confidence level. The educational level and field of the study groups were not related to the perception in all 3-value aspects. However, these factors were interrelated to the expectation of the study group. The indirect experience students, Product design students, had been received a high expectation to develop a new decoration in the future if they will have more perceive. The suggestion was an appropriate workshop for students should arrange to gain the real perceive and expectation for developing new cultural decorations based on its feasibility.