¹Faculty of Art and Design, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia

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This research focuses on: (1) Application of jeans waste as an aesthetic element at the Levis’s Indonesia Office in Jakarta, (2) Development of various forms of textile design motifs when used as an aesthetic element, (3) Creating of materials jeans waste as an aesthetic element at Levis’s Indonesia Office in Jakarta. The application of jeans waste as an aesthetic element is a creative and innovation. The application is not only aesthetic but also as an effort to save the environment. The use of materials from jeans waste which incidentally is no longer used to be used as an aesthetic element by upcycle. The materials used include: remnants of jeans, both damaged and intact, pieces of batik etc. Art creation methods include: the use of data sources, namely the use of emic and ethical data sources as well as the process of artistic creation, which include experimentation, reflection and formation. The results of this art creation research produce works of aesthetic elements based on jeans waste which are applied at the Levis’s Indonesia Office in Jakarta.