Innovative Design of the Combined Rocking Horse Toy and Folding Chair for Children

Indro Prakoso (1), Hari Purnomo (2)
(1) Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Islam University of Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
(2) Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Islam University of Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Fulltext View | Download
How to cite (IJASEIT) :
Prakoso, Indro, and Hari Purnomo. “Innovative Design of the Combined Rocking Horse Toy and Folding Chair for Children”. International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology, vol. 9, no. 5, Oct. 2019, pp. 1584-91, doi:10.18517/ijaseit.9.5.7057.
Every parent in giving toys to their children must have their criteria, both in terms of safety, unique toy design and durability of the toy product. Therefore, toy companies must be able to develop quality improvement. Toy is considered as a tertiary need for humans, yet its development of innovation is no less important compared to primary and secondary needs, especially rocking horse toy. Its shape and way of playing make it as one of the prominent toy for children and one of the most famous traditional toy. The emergence of modern toy has left the traditional toy in gradual decline and thus worrying its manufacturers. Subsequently, the manufacturers of traditional toy have managed to combine the rocking horse and folding chair so that the folding chair, when the two of its sides being folded, may form a rocking horse. Furthermore, to determine the parameter of design innovation, the Kansei engineering approach has been chosen and using the emotions and needs of the costumers as the basis. Kansei is able to show children's emotions in choosing and playing toys, then applied to the designThere are five Kansei words appeared: secure, interesting, pleasant, dependable, and user friendly. These Kansei words are used as the parameter of design innovation. The value of Z>0.05 on validity test is applicable to all the five words mentioned earlier. This new design is expected to increase the passion of rocking horse toy manufacturers to compete with modern toy companies. Then there is no doubt the design for the toy is also important.

S. Wignjosubroto, and D.S. Dewi, “Perancangan dan pengembangan produk: Suatu upaya untuk mempertahankan eksistensi perusahaan”, Proceeding Rancang Bangun Industri, February. 1997.

A. F. Savitri, “Kajian psikologis dalam pemilihan permainan kreatif yang merangsang perkembangan anak usia dini”, UNY, Yogyakarta. 2008.

A. Sherigan, and T. Imawan. “Design of innovative alarm clock made from bamboo with Kansei engineering approach.” Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia, vol.3, pp. 184-188. Yogyakarta. 2015.

G, Sim, and M. Horton, “Investigating children’s opinions of games: Fun Toolkit vs. This or That.” Di IDC. Bremen: ACM. 2012.

Mu’alim, and R. Hidayat, “Re-desain kemasan dengan metode Kansei engineering”, Jurnal Al-Azhar Indonesia Seri Sains dan Teknologi, vol. 2: issue 4. 2014.

H. Purnomo, Fajriyanto, and R. Mulyani, “Design of school furniture for first to sixth-grade classrooms in a special region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia,” J, Ergonomics, vol 6: issue 3, May. 2016.

X. Yuqing, K. Chen, H. Qin, and Z. Wang, “Study on the application of Kansei engineering in product from design,” Applied Mechanics and Material, vol. 274, pp. 513-516, January. 2013.

M. Nagamachi,” Kansei engineering: a new ergonomic consumer-oriented technology for product development,” International Journal of industrial ergonomics, vol. 15: issue 1, pp. 3-11. 1995.

N. Elokla, and H. Yasuyuki, “Evaluation of assistive mobility product for Japanese elderly by the Kansei sheets,” AHFE, vol. 3, pp. 2205-2212, Japan. 2015.

A. M. Lokman, “Design & emotion: the Kansei engineering methodology,” Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, vol. 1: Issue 1, Malaysia: Unversity Teknologi MARA, 2010.

H. R. Hartson, T. S. Andre, and R. C. Williges, “Criteria for evaluating usability evaluation methods,” International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, vol.13: issue (4), pp. 373-410. 2001.

N. Dongoran, M. Sarma, and B. Suharjo, “Marketing Strategy of Toy Products Made of Wooden Waste at PT Safira Tumbuh Berkembang, “ Manajemen IKM Journal IPB, vol.10: 1, pp 59-72.February. 2015.

S. Jahandar, K. Morteza, S. Gohar, and M. Reza, “The think-aloud method in EFL reading comprehension,” International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Vol. 3: Issue 9, September. 2012.

C. Kittidecha, A. C. Marasinghe, and A. Koichi, "Application of Kansei engineering to tactile sense in the Thai food wrapping materials,” Journal of Applied Packaging Research, Vol. 8: issue 2, April. 2016.

T. Alshammari, O. Alhadeti, and P. J. Mayhew, “When to ask participants to think aloud: a comparative study of current and retrospective think-aloud method,” International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (IJHCI), vol. 6: issue (3). 2015.

G. S. Putra, S. Martini, and M. Iqbal,” Design Supermarket Trolley Using Implementation Kansei Engineering Method,” e-Proceeding of Engineering, Vol. 4: 2, pp 2453. 2017.

A. M. Lokman, “Design & Emotion: The Kansei Engineering Methodology,” Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, (UiTM), Malaysia, Vol.1, Issue.1. 2010.

C. N. Rosyidi, H. Indri, W. L. Pringgo, P. Lu’lu, S. Susy, and M. Satoshi, “ Desk and chair design of elementary school using Kansei engineering and conjoint analysis,” Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, vol. 11: issue 11, pp. 2514-2519. 2016

M. D. Onis, The use of anthropometry in the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity”, International Journal of Obesity, vol. 28, pp. S81-S85. Switzerland. 2004.

N. Mahmoudi, and M. Bazrafshan, “A Carpet-weaver’s Chair Based on Anthropometric Data,“ International Journal of Occupation safety and ergonomic, vol. 19: 4, pp 543-550, January. 2013.

R. Lueder, Balans seating: Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.humanics-es.com/BalansErgonomicsReview.pdf

A. O. Ibegbu, E. T. David, W. O. Hamman, U. E. Umana, and S. A. Musa, “Hand length as a determinant of height in school children,” Advances in Life Sciences, vol. 5: issue (1), pp. 12-17. 2015.

L. Y. Ljungberg, “Materials selection and design for the development of sustainable products,” Material & Design, vol. 28: Issue 2. 2007.

R. Carreira, P. Lia, N. J. Renato, and L. Christopher, “Development of an extended Kansei engineering method to incorporate experience requirements in product-service system design,” Journal of Engineering Design, vol. 24, pp. 738-764. 2013.

A. V. Cruz, “Relationship between product quality and customer satisfaction,” dissertation, Walden University, Minneapolis. 2015.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

    1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
    2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
    3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).