Many can't grasp the concept of fighting for their homes when living their busy lives in the urban jungle. The Elephant Flying Squad from Sumatra has taken care of countless elephants and protected their habitat from deforestation and pollution. We are here to celebrate humanity evolving into something greater, love. We collaborated with Taman Hayat to create a unique installation imitating the rainforest of Sumatra, home of the elephants.
Like every fabric studio, we are excited to experiment on ways to create more diverse products without losing our brand's identity. Tengah by STBD is a co-living space in the heart of Central Jakarta that has offered us an opportunity to get our hands of home & living accessories. Through this platform we decided to take on home accessories mainly focusing on our fabric waste and new handwoven fibers from water hyacinth to banana leaves mixed with cotton. We are lucky enough to be part of the Tengah community along with three other collaborators, Hofmann Journal (Tropical Indoor Plants), Taman...
Ottoman's Coffee has open its doors in Cilandak Town Square, the heart of South Jakarta, with its signature candy-like interior and signature coffee. Not only are they serving a wide variety of fusion Indonesian food, but also now they serve cocktails with fresh ingredients. What greater way to celebrate Ottoman's Coffee opening its flagship café than coffee and slow fashion collaboration. IMAJI Studio x Ottoman's Coffee is the first ever coffee collaboration and our embark on experimenting with fabric art. We handmade the motif for the collaboration with Ottoman's signature colors to create into sellable merchandise that is sold in...
We believe in the process and we figured that we want to try something new for our exciting upcoming collaboration with Ottoman Coffee. We will be launching our collaboration pieces in mid October on the cafe's grand opening in Cilandak, Jakarta. Here, we want to take you through our process in creating the motifs for our collaboration. Lyris and I tried our hands on the marbling technique with oil paint on paper. We had trouble the first two (or maybe 5) tries but hey it was all worth it! With handmade motifs, there can be no wrong or right...
Since its humble beginnings in 2009, Brightspot has become Jakarta's very own pop culture event that stays true to its curation of local brands from fashion to F&B. This year, Brightspot is held in Pacific Place in the heart of Jakarta's commercial district and is bigger than ever. Of course we had to bring something new to the table so we showcased our latest arrivals "Taman" or in English "Garden" at Brightspot 2018. These new arrivals consist of a reworked Banbu Kimono, Unisex Ranting Shirt, and special handmade collages top by the amazing girls of Naplab Studio. The collection...
"From farm to closet" BUAISOU was founded in 2012 to succeed the tradition of Japanese indigo farming and dyeing. They not only farm and grow Persicaria Tinctoria, which is the plant used to make the Japanese indigo dye, but they also have also expanded to create a fermentation facility where they host dyeing workshops in Tokushima, Japan. Indonesia has a lot of history with indigo dyeing too but the plant we use are different from Japan's. Our plant species called Indigofera Tinctoria are native to tropical climates. This plant is also used to create the color blue in all IMAJI...
