YOGYAKARTA
WORKSHOP IN YOGYAKARTA
Exploring the DNA of recycled bikes in Yogyakarta
Amaury Poudray (networks), Wisnu Purbandara and Raditya Mahardika worked together with Andre Suryaman, owner of Natural House Home Deco in Kasongan for 2 weeks, exploring the neighboring craft companies, the rich heritage and the city of Yogyakarta. Andre, himself an artist, has been developing products from recycled materials, mainly from old bikes, for years.
This was the starting point of the P.I.T, recycled alphabet project. The team explored the possibilities offered by the simple shape of a bike frame and created two different objects: a modular shelf system (P.I.T shelf) and a small scale module that can be arranged in any shape to create a sculpture or a room divider (P.I.T molecule).
The workshop has been supported by the Indonesian society of industrial design, the Indonesian association of craft and furniture companies, Saint Etienne Cité du design and the Bandung Institute of Technology.
BANDUNG AND JAVA
Two designers from Saint-Etienne, Pascaline de Glo de Besses and Pierrick Romeuf, selected by La Cité du design and institut Français Indonesia, have been invited to Indonesia to explore and create alongside indonesian designers and craftsmen in November 2018.
Pierrick Romeuf / Kriya Nusantara
Tahu Gejrot & Intensitas
The traditional design of West Java
West Java holds many interesting traditional design from batik pattern to street vendor’s design, thus combined with Kriya Nusantara incredible craftmanship in metal works and European style.
Pierrick Romeuf worked with Iman Setyadi who is junior designer at Kriya Nusantara and Handoko Hadiwijoyo, senior designer at CV Kriya Nusantara.
I am trained as a furniture designer, and as artistic director. My background is marked by my professional experiences in Finland (Studio Suppanen) and Japan (Nendo). Since 2012, I develop my independent design business by working with companies in the Rhône-Alpes Auvergne region. I have always been working with craftsmen so I was very lucky to be part of that workshop in Kriya Nusantara in Bandung, Indonesia.
THE PROCESS
Designers worked for 2 weeks to purpose two standing lights for European markets. The goal they have was to confront design and local culture. At first, they were looking for an object that could match Kriya Nusantara's skills. They ended with a choice of lightings developments. A good opportunity to add details and decorative elements with engraved metal parts. Lamps are iconic in the sense that they are not only functional products.
Many trials were done: different concepts experimented, primary 3d models and rendering, size adjustments and several reviews. We ended up with two products.
Tahu Gejrot (spicy tofu) inspired by the street vendors instruments. It's a table lamp made of wood and copper. At first, you won't be able to see the pattern, but when you switch it on, the “motif” appears as a reference to Kriya Nusantara's skills. The shape is very simple but contains details of bendung and assembly subtlety.
Pascaline de Glo de Besses & Kayu Manis "A Bâton Rompu"
THE DNA : Fern
Inspired by the natural wonders of rainforests, the fern plants give aesthetically strong point in the design’s shape and pattern.
THE METHOD : Flooring
The mix between weaving, carpentry, and joining techniques, combined altogether creates a motif called “the fern” in France, which is used notably in marquetry.
THE TEAM : Pascaline de Glo de Besses, designer / Alex Kurniawan, owner of Kayu Manis' factory
THE DESIGNER : Pascaline de Glo de Besses
THE PROCESS :
Indonesia is a territory rich in raw materials with an open trade on the world. Discovering new species, materials, techniques, manufacturing or printing for example ... it is enriching a vocabulary that, crossed with my western eyes, founds the basis of the Design Asean workshop.
The objective was therefore to make an inventory of fixtures, a rapid analysis of uses and from the first days on to multiply the exchanges with the craftsmen to seize their potential and to imagine together a project with industrial reach .
The workshop consisted of exchanging our experiences, identifying the socio-economic context in which the project will be introduced, collaborating on the development of the product, on its development through manipulations, tests, models to finally reach a prototype."
Factories
Kriya Nusantara
This company is also a a brand for the product of craft with a very distinctive character features its variety of ornamental as the power of expression. The resulting works are produced by using modern technology and the best touch of the master-level expertise to produce high-quality products. Kriya Nusantara is making very detailed and quality products, such as perfume boxes, radios, candle holders, and many more. Its specific qualities are the work of pattern and metal engraving. Kriya Nusantara was established since 1995 by Abdul Sobur, himself a designer.