A study of comparative design satisfaction between culture and modern bamboo chair

Abstract

The objective of this paper was to examine the cognitive domain when using the modern bamboo chair from Pai Tong (Dendrocalamus asper Backer) in size, physical construction, and shape. The modern bamboo chair was compared with the culture one in terms of its design and comfort level. A questionnaire with rating scales was used as a tool to collect data from respondents. Sixty people were randomly selected from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand to participate for satisfaction tests. They were asked to rate their responses after sitting on both chairs. The results showed that the modern bamboo chair is appropriate to use and better than the old one. The correlation was shown to be significant at the level of 0.01. The width, height, and depth of the modern bamboo chair were shown more appropriate than the culture bamboo chair by 40.00%, 26.67%, and 26.67%, respectively. Therefore, as shown in the results, the modern bamboo chair is appropriate for shape and could be used to replace the old one. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.