Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to develop product identity for Pandan Weave Network, Yala Province via Creative Economy Concept. The type of research is research and development which uses the focus group, development practice, and questionnaire as data collection methods from several three key informants: 1) The group leader and members of the production department of 4 community businesses, Yala Pandan Weave Network, 2) community product identity development specialists, and 3) customers who have bought and used wicker products. The information obtained from group discussions and development practices was analyzed, synthesized, compared and written a rational description. In addition, the data from the questionnaire was analyzed by using a statistical program to find the frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. This research found that Hala-Bala Forest identity received the highest percentage (29.17%) for further development comparing to the identity of idiosyncratic city plan (spider web) (25%) and saba banana (25%) respectively. The reason to select the Hala-Bala identity was that it is a forest that has high fertility and diversity of nature in terms of plants, wildlife and natural resources. Moreover, the results of identity development were as follows; 1) Hala-Bala Forest Plants were developed and applied on modern equipment holders using the technique of weaving, painting with graphic patterns,
creating a set of works "Halagraph" 2) Sankara Khiri Mountains of Hala-Bala Forest was developed and applied on jewelry using weaving, painting, and resin coating techniques, creating a set of "Halasin", 3 ) "Hala-Bala leaves" was developed and applied on bags
using weaving, painting techniques to create a set of Halaline, and 4 ) Hala-Bala Wildlife was developed and applied on stationery using gradient weaving, painting techniques, creating a set of Halawa. In terms of customer satisfaction, customers were satisfied with the development of community product identity at a very high level as a whole.