Category Archive for 'Design'

2009, In Retrospection

It was a fine afternoon in January 2010… clear and breezy. I could not take my eyes away from the horizon in the sea of Rajaampat, Papua. Being away from Jakarta always brings me a good mood to give a quality time to myself (an exception to my toilet affair every morning, which is awesome, [...]

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This book is about true stories of young entrepreneurs in Indonesia: how they started, what inspired them and where they are now. Written by a famous educator, motivator, Prof. Dr. Rhenald Kasali, you can get the copy at any bookstores now.

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Fals Melulu?

Dunia desain di Indonesia berada dalam kekacauan yang, bila dilantunkan menjadi lagu, menyakitkan. Iya, pernyataan menyebalkan ini sepenuhnya tanggung jawab saya, karena seiring semakin kaya dan ramainya lagu-lagunya tercipta disekeliling saya, nada falsnya tidak kurang juga. Dan (rasanya) tidak banyak juga yang menyadari, apalagi peduli.
Saya tadi duduk di bangku tunggu penumpang di terminal satu bandara [...]

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Untitled, 2009

I love making posters!

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Designing for FGD 2009

Forum Grafika Digital (FGD) Expo 2009, held from 30th July – 2nd August at Jakarta Convention Centre (JCC), has 3 new icons: Publy (representing publication), Packy (packaging) and Printy (printing). We decided to focus on these 3 new kids on the block as our main characters in designing our contributing posters.

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Again, endorsing brands has never been my biggest interest. But when a good brand approached you and let you talk about it freely without being obliged to say good things about it, it became interesting. This was my second time endorsing Samsung. The first one was Samsung’s mobile, Innov8.
I see Samsung as a fastest growing [...]

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For those who happen to be very passionate in their hobbies, opportunities knock, and the door to real business opens.
FGD (Forum Grafika Digital) is the biggest graphic expo in Indonesia, exhibiting the work of designers, photographers, graphic digital producers and many more. First launched in 2003, this forum has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors [...]

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SHEYPS FOR PEACE is a fashion show and photo exhibition held by students from LaSalle Singapore.

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Let’s start with definitions: As a noun, “a design” is used as either the final plan or the result of implementing that plan in the form of the final product of a design process. As a verb, “to design” refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a product, structure, system or [...]

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My design firm is not a big fan of pitches. HM Sampoerna, one of the biggest tobacco companies in Indonesia, and in the world, is one exception. I have handled HM Sampoerna since year 2001 and have done many projects for them, which mostly successful and satisfactory.
I have to say, HM Sampoerna is still one [...]

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