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Toba Festival Hotspots on Samosir Island
Around 75.000 years ago an enormous volcanic eruption created Lake Toba. It is the largest lake in Southeast Asia and in some places it is about 450 meters deep. The...
Introduction to Johor Bahru, Malaysia
By: Melissa Lin Johor Bahru, capital of Johor in the South of West Malaysia, is the second most densly populated city after Kuala Lumpur. The gateway to Singapore,...
Raden Saleh The Beginning of Modern Indonesian Painting
An artist’s work must be viewed in the context of his or her time and intellectual environment. The book attempts to describe Raden Saleh’s life against the...
Design and architecture in Indonesia
Alexandra Crosby The role of design in social change has received increasing public attention in the last decade. User-centred, iterative, participatory flexible...
Solid Krack!
Artist merchandise in Yogyakarta Malcolm Smith Hendra ‘blangkon’ Priyadhani, Not a young artist, not yet professional (tote bag, screenprinted on canvas)...
Design action
Local design thinking in Bandung Sybrand Zijlstra Activating a public park as a playground, during Helarfest 2012- Galih Sedayu for BCCF 2012 Shortly before nightfall,...
The architecture of fluid identities
Faiths and consumerism collide peacefully in Jakarta’s glitzy shopping malls Amanda Achmadi and Agung Sentausa Prayer hall in Jakarta mall – Agung Sentausa After...
Participatory Design
The social role of architects and architecture in kampung upgrading Muhammad Kamil One of the houses along Strenkali in need of renovation, and with a portion of the...
Wooden radios, bamboo bicycles and human cocoons
A Central Java village has been revitalised by sustainable, socially responsible design Jessica Lea Dunn Map of Kandangan and surrounding area. Illustration by Jessica...
Indonesia Behind the Wheel
Most guide books to Indonesia advise foreigners against driving in Indonesia. They make this recommendation on the basis of the notion that “there are no rules” here...
