Jurnal

J'adore Penelope Cruz! Not only because she is that beautiful, but I literally spent yesterday watching two of her movies and found it highly productive to find muse. Both movies were recommended b...

Composing The Story of Admiral Kasarung

When Melissa first shared me her idea of incorporating Indonesian folk tales on Tulisan's 2012 edition series, I wondered if I could still explore these stories as much as I could do on an original...

Funlentine!

Happy belated Valentine's Day! What a fun day it was for us. Melissa was invited to do a live shooting for TV One's Coffee Break program with Irwanardi and Nira Stania. She talked about everything!...

Thinking Outside of The ToyBox

By now many of our New Year’s Resolutions have been cast aside or mentally filed away under “naively ambitious projects.” At Tulisan, we may not be able to make a treadmill pleasurable, or dieting ...

Newly Minted Ideas

On a recent trip to the Mint Museum of Toys in Singapore I was so enchanted by the bright colors and fonts seen on the packages of the delighful vintage toys, that when I returned to Jakarta I imme...

Daisy Loop

Last week my mom, Didi, gathered different scraps of our printed canvas and turned it into daisy-shaped ornament loops. It can be used to personalize your hand bags, color code your luggages or dec...

The Sketches of Admiral Kasarung

Dear you who reads this, It is close to midnight in Jakarta and here I am in my art studio, having a little insomnia and thinking of my new collection “The Secret Garden of Admiral Kasarung” – the ...

A Box of Love

Putting a gift for Valentine's Day might be tricky. You want something nice and thoughtful, but you don't want to over do it. So we put together our favorite traditional cookies in our gift box and...

Mimosa Love

Introducing the new line of "Curatorial Project" edition, a special edition of illustration and design from our featured artists. Curated and art directed by Melissa Sunjaya, "Mimosa Love" is Tiky...