Index - Selected Works
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14. Dan’s Diner
Kafe Koji
Padel Place
Dan’s Burgers
In Praise of Hands
Human Rhythms (Print)
Human Rhythms (Web)
The Metaphor for Heavenly Paradise
Memories of a Dish
Tanah Air
Desire in a Bowl of Rice
We shall meet at our demise...
when is a selfie no longer a selfie? 
SMILE! YOU ARE BEING RECORDED
Jakarta New York

ARCHIVES AND ARTICHOKES began as a coincidence of alliteration—a nom de plume for myself. Call it manifestation or foreshadowing, but throughout my time at Parsons School of Design, I became increasingly interested in archives: printed matter, publications, and the ways knowledge is preserved and circulated. Concurrently, my practice gravitated towards food as a cultural and historical subject, which culminated in my undergraduate thesis, Perpetually, In Fermentation.
The studio's name reflects these two ongoing interests.
ARCHIVES
represents research, reading, and writing. It is the thread that connects design to inquiry. Besides client work, we (Kiara, Krisanda, and Putrilia—all one person) are currently developing Reading as a Map (title in progress), a publication exploring memory studies, reading, and annotations.
ARTICHOKES
represent food and what can bring people together around a table. More broadly, it stands for the commercial world in which design operates. Perhaps fittingly, the process of design is similar to an artichoke, layered with increasing complexity as it is peeled back.

Today, we (as in the singular person, Kiara): 
  1. develop visual identities and brand systems for clients across different fields,
  2. run Kafe Koji,
  3. work part-time at Pears,
  4. read far too many books,
  5. étudier le français,
  6. painting,
  7. heavily considering a master’s in museology in France,
  8. and always seeking different ways of learning.

The studio exists at the intersection of research and commercial, art and design, the tangible and intangible, the physical and the screen, archives and artichokes.

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05.In Praise of Hands

New York, NY
2024Publication

4.5 inches × 6 inchesScanned book 🔗
In Praise of Hands is a coptic-stitch-bound book featuring cropped images of hands from well-known paintings and sculptures. It’s an invitation to re-examine gestural expressions and intentions when they are isolated from their original context. They are organized through three categories: In Conversation, Yearning, and In Solitude, and are accompanied by poignant essays and poems. The book cover is made of laser-cut wood and assembled with hinges. They mimic two hands in prayer and act as decorative bookends.
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