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Background: Holycow! Restaurant, Surabaya, Indonesia.
While the visual experience of design and art is essential, Readesign Magazine is committed to moving beyond surface aesthetics, diving deep into the process, philosophy, and techniques embedded within each work to provide in-depth critical analysis. Our mission is two-fold: to offer essential insight for our readers and to serve as a platform that recognizes and appreciates the diligent intellectual and creative labor of designers and artists.
Recent articles
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ARTSUBS 2025: Antara Agensi Material dan Representasi
ART | EXHIBITION | SURABAYA | 2025 Oleh Dimas Tri Pamungkas. Pameran seni rupa kontemporer ARTSUBS di tahun 2025 bertajuk Material Ways penanda sebuah kecenderungan kuat dalam lanskap seni Indonesia kontemporer: kembalinya material sebagai subjek gagasan. Pameran ini mengusung lebih dari 120 seniman dari berbagai daerah dengan pendekatan lintas medium, dari kain dan kaca hingga Read more
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Another Day to Play: An Exhibition That Invites Us to Play Again
ART | EXHIBITION | SURABAYA | 2025 By Vini Salma Fadhilah. Lotus Art Course (LAC), an art studio for children and teenagers established in Surabaya in 2019, has collaborated with Orasis Art Space to hold an exhibition titled ‘Another Day to Play’. Twelve young artists from LAC are brought together in one space with the Read more
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Reflecting on the Essence of Art Through ARTJOG 2025: Motif ‘Amalan’
ART | EXHIBITION | YOGYAKARTA | 2025 A personal review by Vini Salma Fadhilah. When Art Is Questioned “War can stop and abolish art. But to this day, art has not been able to stop war.” This quote by Hendro Wiyanto, curator of ARTJOG 2025: Motif Amalan, lingered long in my mind after his opening Read more
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Merefleksikan Kembali Esensi Berkesenian Melalui ARTJOG 2025: Motif ‘Amalan’
ART | EXHIBITION | YOGYAKARTA | 2025 Sebuah ulasan personal oleh Vini Salma Fadhilah. Ketika Seni Dipertanyakan “Perang bisa menghentikan dan menghilangkan seni. Tetapi sampai hari ini, seni belum bisa menghentikan perang.” Kutipan Hendro Wiyanto, kurator ARTJOG 2025: Motif ‘Amalan’, dalam sambutan pembukaan seremoni, mengendap cukup lama di benak saya. Pertama kali mendengar kalimat itu, Read more
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Presentation of WOF
DESIGN | FURNITURE | MALANG | 2025 Text provided by the studio. WOF and Keyreative have successfully executed a series of creative events, starting with Taku mini installations at Particular and Stoffel cafes. This Pre-Event aimed to provide direct information to the audience regarding the Main Event, which took place on July 5th and 6th. Read more
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WOF 2020-2025: A Presentation of Stillness
DESIGN | FURNITURE | MALANG | 2025 Text provided by the design studio. Taku means home. Being WOF’s first catalogue, Taku is also a living archive. It has become a foundational home where ideas are collected, organized, and developed. Since the beginning, Taku has lived up to the meaning of its name: as an initial Read more
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