The profit-driven tendency of interior design trends and styles today has developed in line with the decrease of social awareness in design. The majority of interior design students also decide to pursue interior design education for its marketable and profitable purposes rather than seeing interior design as a field of opportunity to contribute to the social welfare of their communities. Hence, the objective of this research is to implement community service through co-design in interior design pedagogy. The article describes the learning and design methods used based on human-centred design approaches of co-design and analyses the resulting benefits from this approach. Findings reveal that the process of collective creativity and collaborative development with the community enables a direct experience of learning and fosters a deeper connection and understanding of users. They also promote novel multidisciplinary design innovations, accommodate the community's potentials in the society and stimulate a reflexive impact, allowing students to reflect on their future role as interior designers in bringing positive changes to their community against the profit-driven tendency of contemporary designers today.

Visual communication design study mostly puts emphasis on the implementation of media such as print and digital media. The development of media is rapid; however, the use of media is still related to the current need. In a visual communication design class that implements a Service-Learning program, students are assigned to do a destination branding project which helps private owners and the local government in need to promote cultural, historical and other potential places. Students come up with various media, and based on agreement, some are donated to the client. After a year, a research was conducted to find out the implementation of visual communication design media. The research used a qualitative method through indepth interviews and field observations with related clients. There are internal and external aspects that influence the decision to implement visual communication design media. It turns out that certain media can help to boost the promotion and have social and economic influences. The research findings can give information on how visual communication design media can function effectively after conducting a Service-Learning program.

Learning packaging design requires knowledge of the design theory and practice of packaging making that can then be applied in the community. Our packaging design class was first implemented as a regular program for five years and has been a service-learning (S-L) program for 13 years. We observed that the quality of packaging design learning improved after implementing the S-L program. In order to identify an effective program, we examined packaging design learning by comparing classes that use a regular program to classes that implement the S-L program. We collected the data from students' reflections and interviews with them. The study outcomes provide important discussions about S-L programs and how students enhance their learning by moving from passive through active learning to solve real design problems. Through the experiences of dealing with real clients and problems, students develop their sense of civic responsibility and citizenship. Moreover, students have contributed their packaging design to the welfare of urban and rural people in need. Regarding character development, students become more concerned with their attitudes. In addition to the positive outcomes from a S-L program, we also evaluate some challenges related to economic, cultural, and social aspects of S-L. The S-L program helps us to solve real problems in packaging design.

Universitas Kristen Petra telah melaksanakan Community Outreach Program (COP) untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat khususnya di Kabupaten Kediri. Kegiatan yang dilakukan tidak hanya berfokus pada program fisik tetapi juga non fisik. Sayangnya, dalam kenyataan di lapangan bidang desain tampaknya kurang mendapat perhatian pada pengabdian masyarakat, padahal jika dianalisa dan diamati banyak peran-peran desainer yang dapat menyempurnakan program COP ini. Tulisan ini hadir karena keprihatinan penulis akan minimnya aplikasi bidang keilmuan Desain Komunikasi Visual (DKV) dan mencoba menggali apa saja yang dapat dilakukan oleh mahasiswa DKV dan bagaimana hendaknya mereka berperan dalam program COP. Diharapkan ke depannya mahasiswa DKV dapat lebih berperan aktif dalam program COP dan karya-karya desain tidak dipandang sebelah mata pengaruhnya pada kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat.

The growth of the creative community cannot be quantitatively and qualitatively separated from the growing development of Creative Industry 4.0. Various creative communities produce a variety of creative products that are ready to be sold. Unfortunately, the focus of the community is often only on the product and not on the packaging design. Meanwhile, a product’s packaging not only serves to protect the product but also to promote it and encourage purchase. The purpose of this research is to educate and help the community obtain packaging designs that are not only unique but also suitable for their products. By involving Packaging Design course students of the Visual Communication Design department, we attempted to assist a jewellery and accessories-making community as our research object. Students first attempted to deepen their clients' insights by conducting observations and in-depth interviews. In designing the packaging, they consulted with their tutors intensively. The packaging design that the students produced undergoes a selection process, which resulted in four packaging designs that were deemed fit for use. Two of the selected designs were registered to obtain IPRs in the Industrial Design category. Through this research, it is hoped that the packaging design produced by these students can be used to support the sale of community products. In addition to that, they can also be used to inspire other communities to acknowledge the role of packaging design as a means that can help the sustainability of their business.