DIY as Interior Design Education “Everybody Can Be Designer”

Abstract

DIY (Do-it-yourself) for home decor is an activity of decorating or repairing the house or making things for home independently rather than paying someone elseto do it. DIY gains its popularity nowadays, particularly on the internet. Thephenomena of DIY probably will make interior designer lost their job becauseDIY seems can give a straightforward solution for people by self-study. Thepresent study aimed to reveal what is really going on in the field of interior designtoday. The researcher would like to analyze the difference between an interiordesigner job and DIY content sharing. The researcher collected the data fromsome popular DIY accounts (DIY; all things thrifty; and the house lars built),some practitioner‘s responses, and interview with the lecturer of the interiordesign department. The researcher attempted to answer the question usingphenomenological approach consisting of four steps namely epoche, reduction,variation of imagination, and synthesis of meaning and essence. Thisphenomenon arises since we begin to enter the fourth industrial revolution whereinternet handles everything and provides accessibility. One of the positiveimpacts of this phenomena is that people gain more understanding related tointerior design. In other words, this phenomenon makes everybody can be adesigner through DIY.