摘要：For most Indonesia people, rattan had long been known, for personal use and trade. It started fromraw materials and semi-finished trades, and later it was developed into the finished rattan product tradeconducted by the wholesalers in Indonesia. In addition to the processing of rattan in Indonesia, the rattanfinished-product trade has also been done widely.The trade agreement that has been made with foreign partiesspur the contribution in increasing the state revenue which deserves to be taken into account. In this case, rattanapplication has grown in the world of Interior Design, for example as furniture and as interior accessories. Theuse of substitute materials, such as synthetic rattan, is now also widely used to fulfill high demand and productdiversity.With the growing numbers of variants of rattan application in interior design field, a research based onqualitative research was applied. Article explores the process of research and rattan is expected to be themediator in bringing local Indonesian culture to the global world competition. Thus, the state gait could beknown more widely, and hopefully could help improving the welfare of Indonesian people into a better place.
