A Study Characterization of Nymphaea lotus 'Red' to remove the pattern into the Souvenirs design

            A study of Characterization of Nymphaea lotus 'Red' to remove the pattern into the Souvenirs design aims to 1) to investigate characterization of Nymphaea lotus ‘Red’ to remove the pattern into the souvenirs design 2) to bring the pattern of Nymphaea lotus ‘Red’ for applying into the souvenirs design. The samples consist of 3 experts in terms of Graphic Designs and using evaluation form for assesses design. Then created the souvenirs design prototypes and evaluated satisfaction by 300 consumers with purposive selection method The results found the Flowers (Blossom out and Budding flowers) were the best physical characteristic that could communicate the Nymphaea Lotus ‘Red’ as tourist attraction of ‘Red Lotus Sea’ very obviously. That could be easiest recognized by the tourists, had been suitable for main pattern design and the other parts such as the lotus leaf, the pollens and stalk had been suitable for component pattern, in the other hand the rhizomes had not been suitable to remove into the pattern design because the rhizomes had been messy and difficult to remove the pattern into design, especially there had not been suitable because there were under the water therefore the tourists could not see when the tourists saw the Red Lotus Sea and nor recognized them, so the rhizomes were the least attention lotus components for the souvenirs design. To remove the patterns into the souvenirs design for 2 target female groups namely 1) working age: 25-60 years, having much purchasing power, the guideline design was realistic pattern style by presented realistic with original and 2) teen-age: 15-25 years, having less purchasing power, the guideline design was Pop art
pattern style. The characteristic of pattern were bright and colorful. The souvenir designs were scarves, glasses and notebooks.
The evaluated pattern design results of 3 prototypes. The first one was the notebooks in the highest level (mean = 4.63), the second was the scarves in high level (mean = 4.57) and the third was the glasses in the high level (mean = 4.49). The price was the first thing that the consumers evaluated, at the follows the usability of product and the last thing was the shipping or carrying.

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