INTERACTIVE EXPERIMENTAL BOOK DESIGN AS AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA ABOUT CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (CTS) FOR ART AND DESIGN STUDENTS

• Main Author: Noorulhafiyya, Hafshah
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/76128
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Hands are one of the greatest human assets. Hands can help humans do many things, but that doesn't mean they can be used arbitrarily and continuously. Excessive and prolonged use of hands can cause problems. One of the problems that can occur is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS). CTS generally occurs due to the cumulative use of hands that are repeated for a long time (repetitive forceful works). Art and design students are one of the occupations that have a risk of developing CTS because intense, repetitive, and long-duration use of hands cannot be separated from their main activities. However, the insight and awareness of art and design students are still lacking regarding CTS. Therefore, proper and appealing educational media are needed to provide education and increase awareness of art and design students about CTS. To solve this problem, the author designed an interactive experimental book about CTS by using experimental and interactive concepts in various design elements such as visual assets, colors, typography, layouts, materials, and printing techniques. The design concept of this book is based on three keywords, crafty, thoughtful, and entice, which were determined after analyzing data obtained through literature studies, interviews, distributing questionnaires to the target audience, and data from studies of similar works. Through this design, it is hoped that art and design students can gain insight about CTS and raise awareness of the risks of CTS. In addition, it is hoped that this design can be a reference for other similar designs.