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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08.Metaphor for Heavenly Paradise

New York, NY
2021Publication

15 inches × 5.5 inches
Softcover
A 116-page book exploring the philosophy and history of gardening in Islam. While religious texts are often associated with serif fonts and calligraphy, I opted for a more contemporary, almost stark approach—one that carries the weight and presence of a sacred text while remaining accessible and unassuming. Traditionally, the Holy Qur’an is designed at 7.8” x 5.5” for ease of holding, recitation, and navigation. In contrast, this book adopts a vertical format with tight margins and Arial Narrow as its main typeface, elongating the page to feel imposing yet utilitarian. I imagine it as something that could slip into a back pocket, carried while gardening.

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