W_LIST: Best Local Music of 2025 So Far
Sederet pilihan lagu-lagu lokal terbaik sejauh ini di 2025, langsung dari ruang editorial kami.
Sederet pilihan lagu-lagu lokal terbaik sejauh ini di 2025, langsung dari ruang editorial kami.
Starting a blog for fun over 7 years ago, Ayos Purwoaji's Hifatlobrain has become a travel-media that offers writings that are unlike most. With a team of fellow journey-enthusiasts, Hifatlobrain offers a personal look into individual trips, bringing different perspectives and stories to every article. Whiteboard Journal talked to Ayos about his blog and his views on travelling.
“I hate Monday” and “Thank God it’s Friday” are some of the most popular sayings among middle class people in big cities. The urge to escaping daily routine and all of its regiment is getting more and more apparent. Float 2 Nature is a unique way to esperience that escapism. This annual event offers more than just travel, it delivers the most important part of the escapism itself: an experience.
Beginning her career as a rapper in the early 2000, Nova Ruth continues to explore different mediums to express her ideas. Her footprint of ideas can be found in music, activism and art. While preparing for a tour across Europe, Nova Ruth talked to us in Legipait, her coffee shop and culture corner, about music, environmental issues and the latest development of her hometown, Malang.
Many of us know Sacha Stevenson from her "How to Act Indonesian" series. The expatriate's satirical Youtube videos served as a mirror for Indonesians to look and laugh at themselves, and quickly went viral through various social medias. Currently broadening the themes of her sketch comedy series, Whiteboard Journal had a chance to talk to Sacha Stevenson before a shoot in Kemang, South Jakarta.
Though Jakarta is not known as a green capital, the city still has some green spaces to visit. With the increasing level of urbanization every year, the significance of green spaces also is becoming more apparent. Not only are green spaces essential for a fleeting escape from the uproar of the city, they also contribute to what most humans pursue in their life: happiness.
Zinnia Nizar-Sompie has been in the graphic design industry for over 15 years. Her past works include Neo Magazine, Djakarta!, and PS: Magazine.She also has taught at IDS (International Design School), established Konsep M which is a graphic design company and recently elected to be the National Chairman of ADGI (Asosiasi Desain Grafis Indonesia). On our recent visit to her newly minted, sun-filled office building, Zinnia talked to us about many aspects of graphic design in Indonesia since the reformation era.
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