Food Compartment Protector For The Occasion Of Chinese Reunion Dinner

• Main Author: Poh, Goh Cha
• Format: Final Year Project Report
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak(SARAWAK) 2018
• Subjects: NC Drawing Design Illustration; NX Arts in general
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28983/1/FOOD%20COMPARTMENT%20PROTECTOR%2024pgs.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28983/4/GOH%20CHA%20POH.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28983/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Chinese New Reunion Dinner is certain most culturally and traditionally to anticipate it significant times of the year. Every dinner is representing its symbolization have their means of flourishing, wealth, good luck, prosperity and longevity. Chinese dinner often emerged the dining problem for people limited table space even caused cramping and uncomfortably when a lot of dishes are fully placed around table, food waste effect during Chinese New Year and contamination by flies and insects. In this research, the objective to be achieved involves to identify the types of the Chinese Reunion Dinner foods and tableware used. Secondly, to analyze the features and requirement for the food compartment. Third, to design a food compartments that can accommodate varies of food in limited space base on the features. Lastly, to validate the effectiveness of the design for Chinese family use. For this research, qualitative and quantitative methods as main approach. In addition, the qualitative methods that have been applied in this research included interview, participant-observation, photography and video to collect the data for analysis. For another, the quantitative method is data collected through questionnaire which are spread to public and respondents. The results have come out with a design of food compartment protector named as PLUMware which can be accommodate the foods effectiveness by compartment to provide a good arrangement manner for dinner serving. PLUMware is less complicating to preparing meal and dishes but prevented from contamination by flies and insects.