​Goals: Succeed the transformation, and build a creative economy ecosystem within product innovation and collaboration.
Historicly, Belitung Island was known as the center of the nation's tin mining. For years Belitung people relay on mining as their main income. However, the unconventional mining restricted by the government, these restrictions lead to shifting behavior from mining to creative economy. This situation was also affected by the one hit wonder "Laskar Pelangi" in 2018, despite their potential geographic and nature resources as one of purposed UNESCO global geopark
Impact
An income growth for batik artisan in Belitung
Open up new possibilities cross collaboration within local artisans (ex: batik artisans and crochet artisans)
Personal Key Takeaways
Good design is not always what the market wants. Good design is to solve the problem by understanding human as its main subject