International Research Association for Talent Development and Excellence
Abstract
The study titled gemi nastiti lan ngati-ati as a strategy for developing interior design concepts in the pandemic period
departed from concerns before the Covid 19 Period, appearing interior styles that tend to stick here and there. The period
of Covid 19 encouraged the occurrence of difficulties in the economic field does not mean having to stop developing an
interior design. gemi nastiti lan ngati-ati is a philosophy of Javanese society teaching Javanese people to be able to
manage wealth/abilities even in difficult times. The implementation of the philosophy of lively nastiti lan observing in
the era of modernity is certainly a debate. Therefore in this study the following problems were formulated: (1) how to
gemi nastiti lan ngati-ati as a philosophy of life in Java; (2) how to adapt the gemi nastiti lan ngati-ati concept as an
interior design concept in Java. The study was conducted using a qualitative approach as a strategy to build creativity in
formulating design concepts. Theories used are Michel Foucault’s Theory of Power, and Semiotic Theory. The results of
the study show that gemi nastiti lan ngati-ati is a Javanese philosophy of life that is still applied in the archipelago. The
power relation involved is the awareness of people as Javanese people who have a high-value philosophy of life which in
turn is used as advice to build awareness of children, society, groups/institutions. gemi nastiti lan ngati-ati is no longer
an attitude of resignation to the existing situation but is advice on being frugal, careful, and careful about your potential
to be managed in order to obtain better results. Awareness about interior-related potential is the diversity of forms of
interior elements from Javanese Traditional Houses that represent social strata symbols. During its development, elements
of traditional Javanese interior houses became a symbol of the romantic style of past life. The power relation involved is
awareness about the cultural richness of the archipelago as a commodity making the old interior as the exclusive interior
of a socialite place. The strategy of adaptation to the gemi nastiti lan ngati-ati concept above in the Covid 19 era referred
to the potential of Javanese arts and culture in the global era. It was done not just by taking and sticking but by managing
the potential diversity of interior elements of Javanese traditional house style through modification. Modification is a way
to change goods/objects that are not interesting to be interesting without losing the function and display the form better
than the original, through the intensifier, focuser, duplication, explanaser, reducter