Eastern Lanna Product Design for Guest room of Northern Hotel in Thailand

Abstract

This research is integrated the architecture and art design creative work with community for developing local products of Eastern Lanna, by design the interior decoration prototype in 36 square meter guest room (price 600 - 800 baht per night) of Phayao university hotel to inform Kham Mok Luang flower as symbolic media or one element of identity. The objectives of study is to set research teamwork of interior designer, architect, artist- designer to design decorative objects or props with community craftmans to increase value added handicraft products and community can develop their products to commercial business by their competency. The method is qualitative research that 4 designers collaborate with 10 textile and basketry handicrafts in Ang Thong district, Phayao Province by sharing their knowledges and skills together, start from design the symbolic pattern of Kham Mok Luang of cloth weaving and basketry raw material process, design the guest room decoration, produce the decorative objects or props : curtain, bed runner, head of bed, lamp, basket. After finishing the props the researcher set them in the mock up room, and take the pictures of decorative room and objects to be survey tool of stakeholders satisfaction opinion about symbolic pattern design and all decorative products. The result is to the most satisfaction in symbolic pattern, the products or props satisfaction is more to the most.