JAKARTA SEPI

Selamat Lebaran, Jakarta!

It's been a long time not to see your blue sky and your fresh air.

You give them this morning. Thank you :)

Dengan sengaja bangun sangat pagi, dan meluncur ke pusat kota Jakarta, Jalan Thamrin.

Ngopi sebentar di Starbucks, lanjut foto-foto di seputaran Bunderan Hotel Indonesia.

I wish Jakarta always look like this morning.

Jakarta looks healthier.

Calm. Cool. Fresher air. Many smiling faces.

But tomorrow morning, soon they will be gone.

The traffic jam will come as usual...

Sad but true.

INITIATIVE AD #3

Simple visual. Just stealing my mom's Tupperware for a while to take its photograph.
Actually, i am learning as a Copywriter by my own visual.
Yeea...lil bit' hard, but this is truly dedicated to my mom.

Mama...
Kasih sayangmu, lengkapi langit jiwaku.
Mama...
Cintamu sempurnakan pelita sukmaku.

INITIATIVE AD #2

I was looking at Carrefour's logogram for some hours, and found something being hidden there. Hehehe... Handling this retail was a super duper experience that i've ever had.

Have you ever looked its ads? They're full of popups and prices! Soooo crowded! Sooo retail!
But, how if we compose them as a single message ad? Can it be?

Yes. It can.
Based on its logogram...i saw a unique shape that can be developed.
It can be transformed into many other shapes that related to its fresh products.

Then...Tadaaaaa!!! Here they are!
The Fish, The Cuttlefish, and The Chicken :)

CHEEZY POPSY MUFFIN

Welcome to my lollipopsy kitchen!
Well, i eat sooo much today. Trying to cook something new from some available ingredients in my kitchen. Bake! Bake! Bake! and DING! This is all done!

Presenting easy cooking Cheezy Muffins! Yumm....yummm...yummm...
That Jamie Oliver must be proud of me. Hahahahah...

Enjoy! :)

SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT JAKARTA'S CHINATOWN

Budaya China. Budaya yang lahir dari peradaban paling tua di dunia.
Begitu kompleks. Begitu sakral. Sekaligus cantik.
Budaya China di mata saya sangat spesial. Saya tidak mengerti banyak, namun tetap terasa spesial. Setiap kali melihat bangunan tua berupa Klenteng atau arca Budha bercorak oriental...saya pasti suka.
Warna merah bercampur gold yang sangat keren. Belum lagi aksara yang memiliki bentuk grafis yang unik.

Minggu sore itu, saya dan beberapa teman menyempatkan diri hunting beberapa moment berharga di sebuah kampung cina di ujung Jakarta, Petak Sembilan kawasan Glodok Gloria. Well, i really love this place anyway :)

BEIJING, THE CLOSEST DREAM

Beijing - China.
Salah satu kota pemerintahan di dunia yang paling kepingin gue kunjungin dalam waktu dekat. Entah dari mana rezeki gue akan datang, tapi as soon as i get the money, i will fly there! Hehehe...
Jatuh cinta sama Beijing. Dari dulu. Ditambah setelah liat film Karate Kid-nya Jaden Smith yang settingnya di Beijing. This city is really really really take a part of my heart.

Let start with Tian An Men dan Forbidden City. Beberapa kali liat history nya di National Geographic makin bikin gue mimpi kesana. Temple of Heaven yang eksotis dan Great Wall yang bener-bener great! Dunno a lot with its surrounding, but i'll keep promise for backpacking there!

Soon. Even alone.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

This is about me, myself, and design.

That's all.

MY 10 MOST ADORABLE BRANDS

1. APPLE
Apple. Yes, Apple. Everyday. It takes a big part of my life, my mood, and my passion. Established on April, 1st 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh computers, the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad. Really help my works with its Macbook Unibody and boost my mood with its iPod nano. Integrated yet fashionable gadgets they are! :)

2. CRAYOLA

What more can i say about this one? Red, yellow, blue, brown, orange, purple, pink, grey, black, lemon yellow, olive green, and so on. They are my best best friends since i was a kid. I do love its colour pencils, stamp markers. But the crayons also nice. Crayola always sounds great on my ears...brings me to a fantasy and colorful imaginations.

3. IKEA

IKEA (Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd) is an international home products Dutch Corporation that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, appliances, and home accesories. IKEA was founded in 1943 by 17-years old Ingvar Kamvrad in Sweden. Well, i am not its loyal user, because i can't find it in Indonesia. But visited its warehouse in Singapore a couple months ago makes me feel like i was on '500 Days of Summer' movie. Hahaha... Made by cheap materials but well designed, makes IKEA being loved by many people. Simple, user friendly, and designed to be assembled by its customer.

4. AIRASIA

Well, this is not a brand. This is my friend! hahaha... Airasia makes my dreams come true. Visiting some countries with low budget and quite good service. I love its flight when a went to Thailand. Clean cabin, nice stewardesses, good food, and best landing. Even when i flight back to Jakarta, the machine was in trouble an d i should wait for some hours but it wasn't make me disappointed at all because they served me well. Thank you Airasia.

5. NESTLE

I fall in love. Yes, fall in love. Who doesn't like chocolate? milk? tea? or elses?

Drinking its Thai Ice Tea in a hot day, enjoying hot Milo at rainy days, or Dancow for breakfast...Hmmm i couldn't ask for more. Nestle has many high quality products that has been trusted by its customers all over the world for many years. Nestle is always...healthy delicious... :)

6. KINOKUNIYA

I looooove good books!! They are supplements! Who does provide them? Well yeaa...Kinokuniya! Kinokuniya is Japanese Bookstore chain operated by Kinokuniya Company Ltd. It provides a lot of books by each categories. My favorite corners are: Graphic books, Biography, and Books of Recipes :)

I love its surroundings. Comfortable and homy. You can ask to open book's seal before you buy it. And don't forget to hunt many georgeous greeting card in fron of the casheers! :)

7. CONVERSE

Aha! This canvas shoes always look fit on me. i love the way it's designed. Casual, simple, light, and colorful. Nowadays, we can find many Classic Converse with more fancy design and patterns. Colorful! I love to buy 2 pairs and wear it in different pairs :) But the one that i adore the most is...The White Classic one!

8. TAN EK TJOAN

Hahahah... i can't take my eyes off of this one! An oldskul bakery factory located in Jalan Raya Cikini - Central Jakarta. Tan Ek Tjoan sells our usual bread, and taste more fresh in the evening while they has just finished baking. Housed in a historical building which is a legacy og the Dutch era, this bakery is so old that it even uses the old Indonesian-Dutch spelling. Tan Ek Tjoan sells your usual bread, muffins, milk loaves and buns off all sorts.

9. THE BODY SHOP

As i said in previous post, i adore this brand because its quality and its charity programs. Their products are ecofriendly and using recycled packs. I become its loyal customer since i was an early teenager til' now. I love its Mango Cream Lotion so much! Hehehe... The Body Shop always concern about many social problems, especially to women and children.

10. JANSPORT

Jansport is a brand of backpacks owned by VF Corporation, one of the largest apparel companies. My adoreable backpack ever! I love its classics, not the printed one! It has a good quality and has good durability. But it's quite hard to find the classic one here. I wear it when i was at college, and it could bring all of my heavy stuffs in! But i lost it many times ago...Where are you my navy Jansport? :(

CIRQUE OF LIFE

Di Indonesia, jarang banget gue temuin Circus. Padahal, gue suka banget liat sirkus...di TV:(

Ngeliat sirkus, kok bayangan pertama tuh ala-ala gypsy gitu...ughh keren bgt!

Tapi yang dateng ke Jakarta ya pastinya Oriental Circus, dan yang paling terakhir kemarin...one of the biggest Circus...Cirque de Soleil. Tapi gak nonton...mahal banget katanya :(

Untuk mengobati kekecewaan, iseng-iseng ah bikin artworks yang temanya sirkus yang agak-agak girlie. hehehehe...

CREATE YOUR OWN TUMBLER!

1. Put the label off

2. This is the old path. We're gonna make the new 'dress'

3. Designing! designing! designing! Create your own!

4. Cut it based on the path

5. Put the new design into the outside of tumbler

6. VOILA!!!

Feel boring with your daily mugs or tumbler at office?
Yeaaa! we're gonna make the new design of your personal tumbler with 5 easy ways!
Trust me, it's fun. And you can have many designs of your own!

Design. Cut. and just put it on!
Enjoy! :)

JOHN LENNON IN ME

 

This is the way i love that charming guy.

John. yes, my John.

I always adore his rounded eyewear as much as i like his musics.

Just like sir Elton John has, it looks unique and lil' bit weird on my face. Hahaha...

But executing and visualizing those eyewears on my way would be quite interesting.

The pop ways. Pop rules! :)