Twelf local actors in Bandung from the fields of art, design, environment, social sciences and technology to share their expertise in shaping current and future challenges.
An introduction to Kota Kita Nanti and its contributors. A dozen perspectives propose ways to make Bandung living more sustainable. In his foreword, Prananda Luffiansyah describes the multi-discipline collaboration approach of this project, while project curators Artati Sirman and Keni Soeriaatmadja tell us more about how the project was born and what it intends to achieve.
Berkebun Tidak Harus Mahal - Emeraldil Paramaeswara
A gardener, Emeraldi Paramaeswara graduated from product design studies. With Atelir TE. as his vehicle, Emeraldi is working to identify and use common plant varieties around us. He shows that gardening can be affordable with the techniques he develops and uses at Atelier TE.
Mengamati Kawanan dari Masa Lampau, Pembawa Harapan Akan Masa Depan - Yuki Agriardi
Yuki Agriardi attempts to elevate our perspective, quite literally, by observing birds that exist in Bandung’s air space. If anything, Yuki now realizes that birds have inhabited the city much earlier than humans. This observation also generates fresh awareness about how to co-exist with every living creature in an urban setting.
Menjadi Tukang Jilid di Antara Dua Kota - Tarlen Handayani
Founder of crafting studio Tobucil, Tarlen Handayani shares her bookbinding skills and provides a map of printing & crafts shops in Bandung that support her passion. As a bookbinder, Tarlen shares her insights into how a city and everything in it influence the creative power of its inhabitants.
The physical transformation in Bandung is well noted by Yanuar Pratama Firdaus. An architect and founder of Aaksen Responsible Aarchitecture. Yanuar studies the behavioral changes of a city’s population and elaborates on them using his findings as inspiration for maximizing new space and residential potential with.
Through his work in the collective Parti Gastronomi, Rezya Ramadhan encounters an alternative source of carbohydrate during a research trip to Cireundeu, a traditional village where the villagers have been serving it up for a long time. The alternative carbohydrate? Cassava. Learn about his journey and enjoy his cassava-based recipes.
Grace Sahertian is a singer, songwriter and fashion design lecturer born and bred in Bandung. Her booklet expresses an interpretation of time in togetherness through musical activities, responding to our environment to create notes and lyrics that express our emotions.
As a writer and poet, Ratna Ayu Budhiarti invites us to enjoy romantic Bandung. Her interactive journal has readers arrange words and witness how the “soul” of a written piece is able to capture our feelings about a city.
Bercengkrama di Ruang Terbuka, Menikmati Nuansa dan Udara Bandung - Febryan Tricahyo
A product designer from Conture Concrete Lab and a member of the Mustache and Beard music group, Febryan Tricahyo shares the role and function that public open spaces fulfill as venues where like-minded individuals meet. Readers are invited to imagine an ideal and safe space that Bandung needs.
The owner of the Mimilu eatery in the North Dago area, Mei Suling champions Ayurveda as a tool to promote a healthy society and healthy city. Her booklet provides readers with important insights on what nutrition our bodies actually need and how to meet these requirements using local superfoods.
A co-founder of Parongpong Waste and Recycle Management, Gadis Prameswari taps into her people knowledge management skills to engage readers and get them to reflect on how their knowledge has grown and shaped their social environment.
Arekha Bentangan is a researcher and co-founder of Mycotech, a start-up that focuses on developing different uses of mushrooms. Through Jamur, Kota dan Kita, he encourages readers to go out, roll up their sleeves and get on the ground to look for and observe the existence of this plant that is all around us, yet not always visible.
Kardus, Kertas dan Bapa yang Apa Adanya - Misha Ahmad Azizia
Misha Ahmad Azizia is a doll and costume-maker. His keen observation on how children are coping with the pandemic at home inspires him to create Kardus, Kertas, dan Bapa yang Apa Adanya, a journal that gives readers ideas about how to utilize everyday objects as toys and how parents can spend more time with their young ones.
