The Broken Dinner Table

Abstract Wira Multi Agung is a SME producing rattan basket who operates near UPH. It has been our responsible as academic to help surrounding community who is in struggle. Their products is good in terms of quality and weaving technique and yet WMA is still struggling when the order is low. Therefore, the objective of this activity is to help the artisans developing product that reflects WMA years of experience in weaving rattan. Together we developed fashion and home accessories. We used social design approach; there are five intense collaboration between the academic team and the artisans. The results are three women bags and two dinner table decorations. With design social approach that emphasize on high level of intensity during the interaction process, the product able to represent the WMA's richness in craftmansip and their local geniuses. Abstrak Wira Multi Agung adalah sebuah UMKM produk rotan yang dekat lokasinya dengan UPH, sudah menjadi kewajiban civitas academica UPH untuk merangkul komunitas sekitar. Produk yang dihasilkan sudah cukup baik dari segi kualitas dan teknik anyamannya dan banyak dibeli pasar lokal maupun internasional. Namun WMA mengalami kendala konsistensi order karena 100% desain dari pembeli, WMA tidak mengembangkan produknya sendiri. Keunikan WMA dari pengrajin rotan di Cirebon adalah mereka fokus pada aneka keranjang dan aksesoris rumah, tidak membuat kursi. Tujuan dari PKM ini adalah membantu mengembangkan produk rotan yang menunjukkan keahlian anyam pengrajin WMA. Metode PKM yang digunakan adalah desain social melalui kolaborasi bekreasi bersama secara intensif sebanyak lima kali kunjungan tim akademisi ke pengrajin. Hasil dari PKM ini tiga tas wanita dan dua aksesoris rumah tangga. Dengan metode desain sosial, yang menekankan intensitas interaksi desainer dan pengrajin maka produk yang dihasilkan mencerminkan keahlian tangan dari WMA.

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I Like Vegetables: A Touch-and-Feel Board Book by L. Siminovich

The Deakin Review of Children s Literature ◽

10.20361/g2mw2z ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kim Frail

Keyword(s):

Cross Section ◽

Public Services ◽

Picture Book ◽

The Other ◽

Learning Method ◽

University Of Alberta ◽

Young Readers ◽

Dinner Table ◽

Wood Grain ◽

The University

Siminovich, Lorena. I Like Vegetables: A Touch-and-Feel Board Book. Somerville: Candlewick Press, 2011. Print.“I Like Vegetables” is a dream come true for any nutritionally conscience parent, children’s librarian or teacher. The brightly hued collage illustrations are intriguingly textured with patterns and “touch & feel” inlays. Silky peas and rough-skinned carrots invite young readers to learn about vegetables. The layout is quite clever as it leverages contrast and comparison as a learning method. On one side of the page vegetables are depicted as they would appear growing in the garden while on the other side they are in the home being prepared for the dinner table. In addition, the nature side of the page illustrates the concept of opposites. For example, there are “tall” and “short” cornstalks. Orange carrot roots are “below” the ground, while the feathery green tops are “above”. The indoor side of the page features close-ups of vegetables against a wood-grain background that evokes a cutting board. Here children get a different perspective on the harvested veggies. We see shelled peas, open cornhusks and a cross-section of a pumpkin. The concluding series of images features an “empty” gardener’s basket next to a basket “full” of colourful vegetables on a blue and white gingham picnic tablecloth inlay. This is primarily a picture book with only the names of the vegetables and the two opposing concepts appearing on each page. The typeset is Helvetica and is large and easy to read. It is a sturdy board book and the inlays could not be easily ripped out or damaged. It is therefore a welcome addition to any toddler’s library. Other titles in the “I Like” series by Siminovich include: “I Like Toys “, “I Like Bugs” and “I Like Fruit”. “I Like Vegetables” is sure to engage children from ages 1-3. Highly recommended: 4 out of 4 stars Reviewer: Kim FrailKim is a Public Services Librarian at the H.T. Coutts Education Library at the University of Alberta. Children’s literature is a big part of her world at work and at home. She also enjoys gardening, renovating and keeping up with her two-year old.

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