The Design of an Illustration Book 'Serba-Serbi Rasa Jawa Tengah' For Teenagers as an Introduction of Central Java's Traditional Food

Indonesia is a country that has a vast territory and creates the characteristics of each area. Having many regions with different cultures gives a variousflavors of food typical of each region. However, due to the times, some of these traditional foods have become extinct. In this design it aims to create an educational medium for teenagers about traditional Central Javanese food in the form of an illustration book. The research method used in this design is descriptive qualitative which has the characteristics of being a direct data source, descriptive in nature, more concerned with processes than results, carried out by means of inductive analysis, and meaning is essential. The research data were obtained from the bibliography, data from traditional snack traders, and responses from SMA Batik 2 Surakarta students as well as responses from teenagers in several areas in Central Java. The concept of this design is to prepare reading topics and narratives, create storylines, create character concepts, visual and non-visual concepts, make illustration sketches and layouts, and a series of financial plans to create an illustration book ‘Serba-Serbi Rasa Jawa Tengah’ with physical book as the primary media. As for supporting media as information and publication media, namely in the form of posters, tumblrs, stickers, key chains, and Instagram social media.