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Vol. 5, No. 10 October 2024
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Jurnal Indonesia Sosial Teknologi, Vol. 5, No. 10, October 2024
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Designing The Room 19 Mascot as a Promotional Strategy
Medium
Shafira Nursyah Putri1*, Didit Widiatmoko Soewardikoen2, Hanif Azhar3,
Mahendra Nurhadiansyah4
Telkom University, Bandung, Indonesia
Email: [email protected]
*Correspondence
ABSTRACT
Keywords:
Design Thinking; Mascot;
Promotion Strategy
The rapid development of technology has led to innovations such
as library cafes, which aim to promote literacy among young
people. However, the concept of library cafes is still not widely
known. This research explores the effectiveness of using a mascot
as a promotional strategy to enhance public awareness of The
Room 19 library cafe and encourage reading interest. The study
employed interviews, observations, questionnaires, and literature
reviews for data collection. The findings show that the mascot,
designed with an approachable and creative visual identity,
effectively increases the visibility of The Room 19 among
students and young professionals. The mascot represents the
library cafe's brand values and creates an emotional connection
with the target audience. In conclusion, using a mascot as a
promotional medium has significant potential to foster literacy
promotion and establish a stronger relationship with the
community through engaging branding efforts.
Introduction
The more and more technology develops into specific innovations in various
fields, making humans dependent on existing technology (Blichfeldt & Faullant, 2021).
Technology is proliferating and continues to evolve. This rapid development occurs
thoroughly throughout the international world (Setiadi, 2016; Wiryajati et al., 2022). In
this increasingly modern marketing era, more and more companies are competing in
marketing their products. Humans are increasingly creative in creating many ideas,
hoping that all affairs can become more accessible and practical. One of the innovative
ideas that has been developed today is a library using the concept of a cafe. The
phenomenon of a library cafe as a place to channel activities and creativity is still an idea
developed in this era because it combines reading with a place to eat and drink
(Lauwrentius, 2015; Liu, 2022; Puspitasari, 2017).
However, public awareness about library cafes remains limited. People
traditionally view libraries as spaces for reading without the allowance for eating and
drinking. This limited awareness necessitates promotional strategies to broadly introduce