The Effects of Pine Needles Biocomposites Floor Mats on Consumers Tactile Perception of Comfort during Sitting on the Floor while Eating at a Restaurant

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211228.019How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Pine needle; Biocomposite; Tactile perception; Floor sitting

Abstract

“Floor sitting” is part of the culture of several countries in Asia. Utilizing the waste pine needles to become biocomposites floor mats could make something unique and perhaps it could stimulate human sensory during sitting on the floor while eating at a restaurant. The purpose of this research is to measure the quality of the tactile perception to feel comfort by sitting on the floor while eating using the pine needles biocomposites mats. Then the experiment was held to examine the pine needles biocomposites to the reaction of the respondents. There were six types of sitting mats, four types of them were the pine needles biocomposites were made based on different surface textures (smooth – rough) and also density levels (loose – dense), the rest types were the existing mats as the control variable. For the result of the experiment, it was noted that the pine needles biocomposites mats can affect the floor sitting comfort of the consumer while they are eating at the restaurant these days by its texture and looks. The pine needles biocomposites mats are predominant to tactile comfort and visual aspect compared to the existing mats. For the result of the examined comfort, the respondents feel more comfortable when they sat on the pine needles biocomposites mats with the smooth surface and loose density type than other types. Most respondents feel safe and convenient with the texture because the net covers its surface.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hatif Adiar Almantara
AU  - Prabu Wardono
AU  - Meirina Triharini
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/28
TI  - The Effects of Pine Needles Biocomposites Floor Mats on Consumers Tactile Perception of Comfort during Sitting on the Floor while Eating at a Restaurant
BT  - Proceedings of the ICON ARCCADE 2021: The 2nd International Conference on Art, Craft, Culture and Design (ICON-ARCCADE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 156
EP  - 165
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211228.019
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211228.019
ID  - Almantara2021
ER  -