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Art and design

Helsinki: The Design Capital

To the Finns, design is much more than just something pretty – after all, Helsinki was the 2012 World Design…

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  • Edible green space at home

    Helianti Hilman’s urban food garden is a lush sanctuary bursting with all the things that Mother Nature can offer.Comprising of more than 80 varieties of fruit and vegetable crops as…

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  • An art collection journeys east

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    A castle perches gracefully on a hill. Snow-capped peaks jut between expanses of clouds. A river lazes through a wide valley. Liechtenstein.

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  • Kalimantan’s forgotten ancient Chinese jars

    Thanks to the taste and appreciation of the Dayaks, Kalimantan is home to a variety of the best antique Chinese stoneware jars.

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  • Hidajat paints silent soliloquy on fading values

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    The gray bearded man in khaki shorts sits quietly in the middle of the Cipta II Gallery at Taman Ismail Marzuki in Central Jakarta, watching as people of all ages…

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  • The quest for survival

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    In our globalized world where the pace of life is ever-increasing and the buzz of the new is all-encompassing, the need for identity seems to be more urgent than ever.

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  • Architecture of the archipelago: The book of building wisdom

    Traditional Indonesian architecture may come from the ancients, but it is not by any means obsolete.A closer look at the archipelago’s vernacular architecture reveals that there is nothing out of…

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  • Reading the Sketches of ‘Romo’ Mudji’s Journey

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    It all began when Romo (Father) Mudji — as Mudji Sutrisno is commonly called — returned to Rome, Italy, for what he called a “teaching vacation” in 2010. He used…

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  • The W.A.V.E.S. Project: Getting creative with waves

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    Two artists from the US are collaborating to reflect nature through their artwork.Starting from Jakarta, photographer James Wilkins and artist Michael Daube will spread their fascination of nature’s elusiveness around…

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  • Traditional performances: The show must go on

    Wave after wave of foreign pop culture may have overshadowed traditional performances, but optimism for the art is in the air.

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  • Guggenheim’s ‘No Country’: A sign of the times

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    A groundbreaking initiative in contemporary art was recently launched by the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

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