The Analysis of Malay Siak Traditional Songket Weaving Motifs from Riau. Riau is one of the provinces in Indonesia that have Malay culture which still maintained and preserved until now. One of the cultures is the Malay Songket Weaving. Songketis from Siak and has a variety of motifs, colors and meanings that reflect way of life of the mankind. However, the times make people choose songket in terms of beauty, so the philosophy contained in songket is not considered. Songket is supposed to be the pride of Riau society, especially the younger generation which is expected to be the successor to the Malay culture. The lack of love for the culture and lack of adequate information makes the younger generation are less interested in this songket cloth. Knowledge on the meaning of motifs and colors on songket is needed so that Riau society and futuregenerations will not forget the philosophy that contained in the songket. The analysis of the traditional Melayu Siak weaving use descriptive qualitative method and source of references. Data collecting method is observation and interview. The result of thisanalysis is the knowledge of philosophy and value in the Melayu Riau weaving motifs.AbstrakKajian Motif Tenun Songket Melayu Siak Tradisional Khas Riau. Riau merupakan salah satu provinsi yang memiliki kebudayaan Melayu yang masih terjaga hingga sekarang. Salah satu dari kebudayaannya adalah Tenun Songket Melayu Riau. Kainsongket ini berasal dari Siak dan memiliki beragam motif, warna serta makna yang mencerminkan pandangan hidup umat manusia. Namun, perkembangan zaman membuat masyarakat memilih kain songket dari segi keindahan, sehingga falsafah yang terdapat dalam kain songket tidak lagi diperhatikan. Minimnya kecintaan akan budaya serta kurangnya informasi yang memadai membuat para generasi muda kurang tertarikakan kain songket ini. Pengetahuan akan makna dari motif serta warna pada kain songket diperlukan agar masyarakat Riau serta generasi penerusnya tidak melupakan falsafah yang terdapat didalamnya. Kajian motif tenun songket Melayu Siak tradisional ini dilakukan metode kualitatif deskriptif dengan menggunakan referensi kepustakaan. Pencarian data ditunjang dengan observasi dan wawancara. Hasil dari kajian ini adalahpemahaman terhadap falsafah dan nilai yang terkandung dalam motif tradisional tenun songket Melayu Riau tersebut.

Flat Design Trend in visual Communication Design. Visual communication design is how human being is communicating with visual image.Every designer has characteristic in their work, but in the last few years flat design appeared in visual communication design artworks. Many big and reputable companies used flat design such as Microsoft, Apple, Google , KOmpas , and many more. The flat design is very different from previously existing trend beacuse it formed simplicity by removing all forms of graduation effect, shadows, glossy and other. There are some who assume flat design is the implementation of a minimalist stykle and linked it with the famous Swiss Style in the 1940s until the 1950s. This paper expalined more about the development and application of a flat design in visual communication design  AbstrakTren Flat Design Dalam Desain Komunikasi Visual. Desain Komunikasi Visual menjelaskan tentang bagaimana manusia berkomunikasi melalui citra visual. Setiap desainer memiliki ciri khas berbeda dalam setiap karyanya. Dalam beberapa tahun belakangan flat design atau desain datar cukup banyak muncul pada karya-karya desain komunikasi visual. Banyak perusahaan-perusahaan besar dan ternama menggunakan flat desain dalam karya-karyanya, seperti Microsoft, Apple, Google, KOmpas dan lain-lain. Flat desain jauh berbeda dari tren yang sudah ada sebelumnya karena gaya desain ini membentuk kesan sederhana dengan membuang segala bentuk efek gradasi, bayangan, glosy dan lain-lain. Ada yang menganggap flat design adalah implemenatsi dari h=gaya minimalis dan mengaitkannya dengan The Swiss Style yang terkenal pada tahun 1940-an sampai 1950-an. Makalah ini memaparkan lebih dalam mengenai perkembangan maupun penerapan flat design dalam desain komunikasi visual

The purpose of this study was to develop a learning model based Commercial Graphic Design project-based learning approach, was chosen as a strategy in the learning product development research. University students as the target audience of this model are the students of the fifth semester Visual Communications Design Studies Program Faculty of Art and Design University of Trisakti. Dick, Carey, and Carey models of Research and Development (R and D) are applied to develop this model. The model consists of the systematic phase used to develop products Commercial Graphics. Results of learning products reviewed by expert instructional design, instructional material expert, and instructional media specialist. A series of formative evaluation session-a review and revision process-undertaken in developing this learning products. The results showed that the learning model Commercial Graphics implemented a project-based approach has been improving learning outcomes better than the target-the students of the fifth semester Visual Communications Design Studies Program Faculty of Art and Design University of Trisakti. The results of the research and development of this model in the category of Good. Product effectiveness learning materials can be seen from the test results of students before reading the book knowledge and test results after reading the book. The average value of pre-test result is 64,4, while the result of posttest result is 78,80 The result shows improvement of learning result, test value shows bigger than 17,36 means, and it can be concluded that the learning materials product can improve student learning outcomes. The result of observation from class also shows result of achievement of indicator with answer yes is, 100%, for opening activity, 98,33%, for core activity.

In the Majapahit royal government all elements including culture in the lives of the people, such as sculpture, literary arts, and stage art must all be religious. One of the very unique and specific relics of the Majapahit Kingdom is the Sukuh temple in Central Java, the uniqueness of the temple relief depicting the symbol of human reproduction. Sukuh Temple is a Hindu temple in Majapahit era located in Central Java, located in Sukuh Hamlet, Berjo Village, Ngargoyoso District, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java Province. The reason for choosing the title of Sukuh Temple has a feature that is not found in other temples, especially temples in Java especially. The aim is that the specialty and uniqueness of the Sukuh temple as one of the relief of the heyday of the Majapahit Kingdom This research aims to examine the functions and meanings of the depicting reliefs as a symbol of Hinduism found in Sukuh Temple. Relief findings contained in the Sukuh temple are manifestations of the gods glorified by Hindus so that they are highly sacred. The reliefs included lingga and yoni, garuda reliefs (garudeya stories), head reliefs, and turtle statues. The functions and meanings that are very prominent in the Sukuh Temple are symbols of lingga and yoni, believed to be a symbol of fertility, because it is believed that the origin of life originated from the meeting of two genitals, male and female.

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