Artworks of Sisi Lain Bumi Exhibition

View months ago I held an exhibition which aims to respond my fiction book : Sisi Lain Bumi. 

There are 12 participants consisting of Artist, Designer, Architect, and Photographer. Their artworks are extraordinary. Here are some of them :

1. Andreas Cornelius Marbun : Off We Go To Nightmare Land

2. Ramdhan Muhammad Clasic : (tidak ada lagi) Angkat Tangan

3. Ferdian Sahala Samosir : Untitled

4. Zaldy Armansyah : (1) Sisi Lain , (2) Sosok

5. Fajar Abadi : ! ieh 

6. Habibie Putranto : Si Pengantar

7. Wickana Laksmi Dewi : (1) Coming Out from the Dark , (2) Perfection

8. Alam Muammar & The Weekenders : Sela-sela

9. Gina Havier (Me) : Terbangun

"Terbangun" Gina Havier

Instalasi by Gina Havier

10. Pambudi Yoga Perdana : Altair dan Vega

11. Amanda Mitsuri : (")

12. Leonard Kawun & Angga Latief : Perjalanan Si Kiri dan Si Kanan

That's some of them, great artworks from great participants. 

Every photos are taken by Pambudi Yoga Perdana (PYP). For more picture of Sisi Lain Bumi's Artworks, kindly find it all on Sisi Lain Bumi FB Fanpage: Sisi Lain Bumi 

Kiluan Bay, Indonesia

Few days ago, I go for a trip with bunch of friends. I went to one-of-the-most beautiful bay in Lampung, Indonesia, called Kiluan Bay.
We use ferry from Merak Banten to Bakaheuni Lampung, and plus few hours later with rental cars to the site. The view? I can guarantee you, it's priceless.

We stay at a cottage in the bay, so we can get sleep with the sound of gentle waves at night :)

First adventure is going to Hidden Lagoon. We have to go tracking for few minutes to the hidden beach, and cross the rocks to the lagoon. After you finished tracking and find the lagoon, it feels worth every sweat.
So Beautiful.

There's a villager who guided us to the lagoon, so don't worry about the hard rock climbing, they have it all prepared. We just have to follow red signs they've made to the lagoon.

When we find the lagoon, we can bath, swim, jump, and play. It really fun.

After we came back from Hidden Lagoon, we can sail to the nearest island called Kelapa Island. We sail there with Jukung (Traditional Fisher Boat). We're catching sunset there, lay down a bit, having a chat, and snorkeling in white sand beach.

The next day, we go again on Jukung to see dolphins. We gone a bit far from the bay, and finally saw the dolphins. They were so many and they were so beautiful. I really enjoy this trip.

Before we go home, we play in another hidden beach, and then ride to Bakaheuni with travel cars.
That's my Kiluan Bay Trip, I will never forget it, especially when I sailed with the dolphins. I wish someday I can comeback here and have fun again.

Kiluan Bay, Lampung, Indonesia.

*) All Photos taken by my dear friend ; Zicco Hudyoro. Thanks for great pictures :)

SISI LAIN BUMI Exhibition

Lately I published a book called SISI LAIN BUMI. This book is a bundle of surrealism fiction, or I would say Surrealism-tale. There're stories about love, passion, happiness, betray, and Horror. If you never see the book, it look like this :

It's a 'print on demand' book type and can be bought in this site Sisi Lain Bumi just like a usual online shopping, the printing process will take 2 weeks, or 10 work days. But it's worth waiting, guys :)

And now, I held an exhibition responding this book. The exhibitors are creative people from various background such as Artist, Designer, Architect, and Photographer. These creative people exhibit their works responding SISI LAIN BUMI book. I would like to invite you all to the exhibition if you in Bandung at the time. Here are the poster about the exhibition. You can find about place and time of exhibition there. See u then :)

24 Hours is Not Enough

I often thinking that 24 hours a day just not enough. I mean, there's always an interesting stuff I found one after another, and I can't make my self not trying it.
It's like "hey, there's this new idea about new design"--when I've been working on my other projects. It's like, "come on, me! You can do this! You can finish this one, and making that one. Oh and you can do that thing you always want to do too!!"-- uuugh, I can't blame anyone, I even can't blame myself, it's my nature.
I'm writing, making article, making books, promoting my books, draw an illustration, promoting it too, and don't forget about my job in the office, and also my job as a lecturer. Sometimes I feel exhausted, like there's no time to take a break. But then I think about it, about my life, and I LIKE IT! I really am!
To live a life as interior designer, writer, illustrator, and lecturer is just one think that make myself more like me.
And then I ask myself, is 24 hours is not enough? Yes, it's just not enough, not for me, and I think there are so many people will be agree with me about it.


So, let's just cut the chit-chat about me and now we're just slide to my works.
I'll post about my previous work, interior design project.
This is a conceptual design for a cafe in Serang - Banten, Indonesia. It's called Java-Net Cafe where people can get a cozy place to eat, drink, and surf the net. The whole concept are bright, colorful, and fun for every ages. I make it simple with geometrical forms and just playing in color composition. For an accent, I was making decorative armature in the ceiling, it soften the light when it reach the eyes and give a good vibe among the colorful ambient.

I'm also publishing this design on my design page : Dress Your Space (d.y.s) on Facebook. If you kindly enough to check, here it is http://www.facebook.com/DressYourSpace.d.y.s
This page is one of a things which make me thinking that 24 hours is not enough. But even if it's not enough, I still want to make sure that I live it and love it :)
So, see you in the next round.

My New Book_Sisi Lain Bumi

Hi everyone,

Recently I have publishing my new book called Sisi Lain Bumi. It's a fairy tales compilation of mine, but not so fairy, it's more like surrealism or satire.
You can find my book here http://www.nulisbuku.com/books/view/sisi-lain-bumi and you can download the sample (3 pages from one of the stories) there. You can also review it, rate it, and buy it :D
I designed the book cover itself, and I like it. I hope you like it too 

Travelling Credenza

For someone who like travelling, suitcase is not anything new. Except you're a backpacker, you will need suitcase when you go travelling (at least I do, hehe).
And then I designed this credenza, inspired by travelling suitcase. Some of it finished by laminated wood, some other synthetic leather and fabric. It's just a wood-based credenza, but I made it look like a bunch of suitcase in a place. So, check this out. It will be on the market this year. :)

We sell cookies, you pay with smile :)

My friend, Fajar Abadi, was making art performance and exhibition

after that in National Gallery Indonesia. The performance are how to

making strangers smile. He baked muffin and sell it in public and

everyone who want it can have it by paying with smile, only smile.

The performance called "KUEHSENYUM" it means smile cookies. He really

done well with the concept and results. This is the video about it.

I'm on it too, helping him like everyone else, because this is really

fun :)

Blue Water Adventure

Kids Room, what do you imagine about this? I say bright colors, fun decorative, and of course adventure. Kids like adventure, even if it's only occur in their head. So when I have to make interior design for kids study room, I choose "Adventure" to be the theme.

And here we go, Blue Water Adventure study room. With extra light from skylight, ship diorama, starry lighting, and blue colors everywhere makes the room look like a scene from marine movies. 

If I still a kid, I'll love this room for study. But honestly, even now I'm not a kid anymore, I still love it to be my study room ;p

Parang Batik Shirt

I've just made a modern shirt design with a touch of Indonesian Batik "Parang". I made it for my brother's event. I think he'll look good in this, we'll see :)

Books Illustration, now ON

Hi, how are you bloggers? It's Raining Season now in my place. Make me cold for a week and my feet always feel wet. But I like the morning after heavy rain.

Recently I have news that a book has released! It's the book with my illustration on it, "Hikayat Pemanen Kentang" by Mugya Syahreza Santosa. Cover design made by the publisher, but hey, it's my illustration there... I'm so happy :)

Collaboration Illustration

Few days earlier, I have an Illustration projects and I think I really love the job. It's a really creative job and make me happy to do it again.

Between my interior projects I often do some drawing about fictional characters.  My friend, Helga Swadharma, ask me to collaborate with her. I take her offer without a doubt. We decided to make some graphic art illustration, I make character sketch in BW and she add color and finishing touch. She done it very well, thanks to her and her amazing skill, now I can see my fictional character built in some great aura. 

Here is Helga's Deviant Art profile, check it out to see another great artwork by her : Helga Swadharma, gagakun

Illustration Session

Hi,
I've been posting about interior projects all the time, mostly mine.
Now I think I will post one of my other projects in graphic: illustration.
These are illustration I made for poetry book (author: Mugya Syahreza)
I like this projects a lot, maybe I'll post more stuff  like these soon :

Project Bark

Hi, I want to tell you about this amazing site for dog lovers. In this site, artist and dog lovers can express their feeling by drawing and creating picture / images about their dog or other dog they love.

I enter some of the exhibition there, it was exciting. Maybe you'll like it? check it out:

http://projectbark.tumblr.com/

http://projectbark.tumblr.com/post/754230003/little-tibby-on-the-couch-digital-imaging

http://projectbark.tumblr.com/page/14

http://projectbark.tumblr.com/post/7271067359/bark-9-1st-anniversary-june-2011-44-artworks

Secret Bed Behind Curtain

I'm writing about secret room design nowadays, my soon-published book "25 Desain Ruang Rahasia" will be on bookstore about one to three months after this, it's talking about how to design secret room, etc. 


I do believe that secret room don't have to be appear as a 'room', but it can be a private isolated space. 


Secret space can be made from partition or some border whether massive or see-through. Secret area like this don't have to be bordered by massif wall, but only by differences in the material applied to the elements of space (floor, wall, ceiling). 

One of the border that can be applied uniquely as the entrance is a curtain. The curtain can be used as a camouflage that makes people think that there's wall and window behind it. Secret room can be made by utilizing the image of this stereotype. Rarely do people will think there is a secret room behind a curtain.


Here are the images from my design: 

When curtain closed

When curtain opened

Fancy Purple Kitchen with Stripe Light

Kitchen set design is often made ​​with clean and modern concept, this time I made ​​it with fancy concept  using fancy patterned laminate materials.

Purple became the main color of this kitchen set with red accents on the shelves which function are for spices rack or bookshelf. Purple is also emerging as a major accent in the kitchen set body that is derived from the LED light with acrylic cover and horizontal line form. 


So, this is my design: 

Image below is LED Click Stripe with purple lights, you can have it in hardware store or lamp store. They sale it in meters.

Cheerful Kitchen With Orange

In interior design, color is one of the most important element. In art, the colors can mean a certain reflection of light that is affected by the pigment contained in the surface of the object and each color can give a certain impression and identity as an observer of social conditions. For example, white color will give the impression of pure and clean, bold, and red give the impression of passion and bravery. 


One of the interesting color is Orange. Orange is often found in modern-minimalist house design, as a main color or as a decorative element. This color has a familiar impression, young, creative, and dynamic so it's provide psychological effects of friendship and warmth. In addition, the color orange can also provoke appetite, and because of that orange is often used to kitchen set color scheme.
If you are someone extrovert, friendly, and happy to entertain friends, the color is suitable to be applied to your kitchen. It can be obtained from the finishing such as HPL or Plastic Laminated Sheet (ex.decosheet), you can choose Matte or glossy, depending your taste. 


Besides Orange, of course there should be a neutral color that balances the colors in the room. Neutral colors which is better be used is black. This color is firm and can appear when it juxtaposed with orange, instead of neutral colors like bright white. 


This is my design of modern minimalist design with orange color scheme.

The kitchen is designed like a Japanese Ramen Shop, complete with a hole in the wall for serving food. There isn't smoke hoods in this kitchen, but there's mini exhaust planting on the wall above the window. The window is controling the air circulation in the kitchen, if the window can not be opened somehow, the exhaust regulate the circulation of air instead. 

Ergonomic for Indonesian Pantry

In my campus life, when I want to design something, I'll looking to the standard books for measuring and making technical drawing. But when it come to the real world of professional works, I found that most of the Indonesian people have their own measure, so they have their own standard in ergonomic, whereas my books taught me about European standard. 

I often found myself reducing the height of credenza or cabinet pantry for example, to make clients comfortable with it.

But when it comes to personal taste, size can be changed according to the person wishes. Sometimes I also add height to furniture. This is approximately the suitable ergonomics of pantry for Indonesian. I hope it can give a little help for anyone who need this. (image are private documents)