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Mahakarya: The Architecture of Guruh Soekarno Putra’s Sovereign Genius
A Tribute to a Legendary Maestro To be born under the shadow of a titan is both an inheritance and a sentence. For Mohammad Guruh Irianto Soekarno Putra, the surname was not merely a family…
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Firstlady for Every Man
After seven years of studying automotive history, Tuksedo Studio is ready to create a car of its own. Designed and handcrafted in Bali, Firstlady marks the beginning of a new chapter in Indonesian automotive artistry.…
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A Gatsby Evening
At the Long Table with Sababay & Tuksedo Studio On Saturday, 18 July 2026, Tuksedo Studio joined House of Sababay for an evening inspired by the glamour and exuberance of the 1930s, bringing together fine…
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The Skin Remembers
Long before machines and studios, ink already lived on Southeast Asian skin — tapped in with thorns, poked in with bamboo, whispered over with prayer. It was never decoration. It was armor, identity, and passage.…
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Bali’s Sacred Water
Beyond the beaches, Bali’s lakes reveal an older relationship with water, one rooted in spirituality, agriculture, landscape and the belief that water is life. Bali is usually imagined through its coastline: temples perched above crashing…
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A Masterpiece from Prison
Pramoedya Ananta Toer and the Enduring Memory of a Nation The history of Indonesian literature is filled with remarkable writers, yet few lives are as deeply intertwined with the political history of their country as…
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When Development Becomes a Platform for Culture
At Jimbaran Hijau, the arrival of AXEAN Festival offers a glimpse into how a new generation of developments can create space for culture, creativity and connection to become part of everyday life. There is a…
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Indonesia’s Unsolved Fire Problem
Indonesia Has Been Fighting Forest Fires for Decades. Why Are We Still Not Better at It? In 2026, Kalimantan is burning again. Indonesia has the technology to detect fires, the manpower to fight them and…
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Heritage, Women, and the Future
At Jakarta’s Roepa Merdeka exhibition, fiber and thread become a way to celebrate women, preserve cultural heritage, and create social impact. There is something quietly powerful about working with thread. A single strand can appear…
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Indonesian Cinema for a Cause
A Piece of Indonesian Cinema History Was Just Auctioned for a Cause Twenty years after Berbagi Suami first challenged Indonesian audiences to confront the complicated realities of polygamy, an original piece of the film’s history…
An Editorial by Tuksedo Studio