Last October, Andriew Budiman’s Design Pedaggedon, first published in : Learning Within, Learning Without, was featured on e-flux Education. Many thanks to Juliana for coordinating this. ☄️📚

Here’s what e-flux had to say about it:

e-flux Education feature: Further Reading, a publishing platform based in Bandung, Indonesia, recently published the fourth edition of its serial journal, Further Reading Print, titled “Learning Within, Learning Without (Modes of Design Enquiry).” Further Reading Print No.4 compiles essays on the unique tasks of teaching and learning design within, Indonesia, greater southeast Asia, and beyond. In “Design Pedaggedon: Utopian Daydreams in Today’s Dystopia,” design director Andriew Budiman reflects on how personal dislocation, colonial legacies, and rapid technological shifts within the region have shaped design education and practice.

Read the full feature via the link in our bio.

Images: [1] Priyanto Sunarto, Untitled (25/42), 1973. Silk screen, 59 x 84 cm. Gift of United World College of South East Asia. Collection of National Gallery Singapore. [2] Cover of Further Reading Print No.4: Learning Within, Learning Without (Modes of Design Enquiry).

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To purchase Further Reading Print No.4, place your order via Tokopedia or TikTok Shop (link in bio 🔗), or visit the latest iteration of at Kurasu Indonesia Gunawarman.

Alternatively, find it through our distributors—Idea Books Amsterdam (Rest of World), Art Data (UK), (AU/NZ), or directly through us for Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore—or via selected .

23/06/2026

—Amanda Ariawan (Mandy | Amanda Ariawan) is a young curator and art writer based in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. She obtained her Master of Research in Contemporary Art Exhibition Production degree from Université de Lille 3, France. Since then, her curatorial practice has involved working in response to both gallery settings and unconventional spaces for art. Many of her projects involve social mapping and inclusive public programming. Through her exhibitions, she hopes to amplify the voices of Southeast Asian artists.

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Read the full story, ‘Learning through Monsoon, Kites & Community Practices,’ by Amanda Ariawan in Further Reading Print No.4: Learning Within, Learning Without (Modes of Design Enquiry).

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To purchase Further Reading Print No.4, place your order via Tokopedia or TikTok Shop (link in bio 🔗), or visit the latest iteration of at Kurasu Indonesia Gunawarman.

Alternatively, find it through our distributors—Idea Books Amsterdam (Rest of World), Art Data (UK), (AU/NZ), or directly through us for Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore—or via selected .

17/06/2026

—’Learning through Monsoon, Kites & Community Practices’ by Amanda Ariawan (Mandy | Amanda Ariawan) recounts the author’s experience collaborating as a researcher on an artistic project by Malaysian artist Cheng Yen Pheng, titled When the Land Tortoise Meets the Sea Turtle (2020).

The story follows the author’s observations of the artist’s practice in learning how communities in Terengganu, a region on Malaysia’s East Coast famous for its monsoon season, adapt to this period through creative means. During the monsoon, fishermen in Terengganu shift from fishing to crafting wau, the traditional Terengganu kite. Through this process, both the author and the artist come to learn resilience through creative practice and communal engagement.

Read the full story in Further Reading Print No.4: Learning Within, Learning Without (Modes of Design Enquiry).

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To purchase Further Reading Print No.4, place your order via Tokopedia or TikTok Shop (link in bio 🔗), or visit the latest iteration of at Kurasu Indonesia Gunawarman.

Alternatively, find it through our distributors—Idea Books Amsterdam (Rest of World), Art Data (UK), (AU/NZ), or directly through us for Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore—or via selected .

12/06/2026

—Nishkra (nishkra) is the pseudonym of Krishnamurti Suparka, which he chooses to adopt for certain projects. As to what parameters affect the decision of its usage is uncertain and is of little to no
interest to the person. The alias first appeared around the turn of the last millennium, in some
independent publications and mixtapes circulating in Bandung.

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Read the full story and access the full mixtape in Further Reading Print No.4: Learning Within, Learning Without (Modes of Design Enquiry).

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To purchase Further Reading Print No.4, place your order via Tokopedia or TikTok Shop (link in bio 🔗), or visit the latest iteration of at Kurasu Gunawarman.

Alternatively, find it through our distributors—Idea Books (Rest of World), Art Data (UK), Slow Burn Books (AU/NZ), or directly through us for Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore—or via selected .

10/06/2026

—‘Auditory Studies in Four Vignettes’ is a mixtape by that echoes Further Reading Print No.4’s theme of modes and practices of learning.

Using track titles as its point of departure, the mixtape unfolds through four loosely connected phases: language and expression, embodied learning, solitude and the unknowable, and reflection and introspection. From communication and shared experience to abstraction, memory and uncertainty, it considers learning as a process of discovery, unlearning and reformation. While the narrative eventually returns to more tangible ground, its ending remains open, resisting any fixed sense of closure.

Read the full story and access the full mixtape in Further Reading Print No.4: Learning Within, Learning Without (Modes of Design Enquiry).

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To purchase Further Reading Print No.4, place your order via Tokopedia or TikTok Shop (link in bio 🔗), or visit the latest iteration of at Kurasu Gunawarman.

Alternatively, find it through our distributors— (Rest of World), (UK), (AU/NZ), or directly through us for Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore—or via selected .

10/03/2026

It’s been over a year since the release of Further Reading Print No.4, titled ‘Learning Within, Learning Without: Modes of Design Enquiry’. We are grateful for the warm enthusiasm and support we have received from our readers. After the first edition travelled to countless book fairs, discussions, and launch events, we are excited to share that the second edition is now in production. 📓

In this issue, we bring together creative practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds to reflect on learning, from structured pedagogical approaches to more personal and community-centred experiences, as well as industry-led forms of learning. While it began as a discourse on design education, the book has evolved to explore learning from a more all-encompassing perspective.

At its core, is a book about creative learning. It celebrates multiplicity and interdisciplinary practices that extend beyond the field of design, opening up broader conversations about how knowledge is formed and shared within the creative sphere. With the second edition on the way, we look forward to bringing these voices and perspectives back into circulation.

Stay tuned for updates on the reprint!

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Further Reading Print No.4 is distributed internationally via Idea Books () for the rest of the world; Art Data () for the UK; Slow Burn Books () for Australia and New Zealand; or directly from us for Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia—as well as through our official .

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Images courtesy of Further Reading and Trim & Fold

21/11/2025

Speaking of language and translations, we are reminded of Neutral Colors 5: Language (2024), which featured the Japanese translation of Aditya Bayu Perdana’s Tracing the Traditional Indonesian Scripts—an essay first published in Further Reading Print No.3: Down South, Outgazing Our Views (2021).

The essay was originally edited by Almer Mikhail and Januar Rianto, translated into Japanese by Yuma Wada, with photographs taken around Jakarta—from Glodok and Blok M to Jagakarsa—by Keita Noguchi in 2023.

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The fifth issue of Neutral Colors takes language as its theme. Language, the editors claim, is a notion that cannot be communicated. In pursuit of a modern-day Rosetta Stone, the magazine is fully designed to express the essence of language through visual imagery and concepts. From tracing traditional Indonesian scripts, onomatopoeia, and the Japanese dance theatre known as butoh, to cephalopods and seeking a father’s language, this issue’s contents are as varied as the appearance of the magazine’s pages. Neutral Colors is an independent Japanese publication featuring vibrant offset and Risograph printing combined with a heavy duty saddle-stitched binding. (Excerpt from Temporary Unit)

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It has been a learning experience to see essays published by us find new connections across cultures—or even expand their cultural meanings—through translation. It’s something we hope to continue doing more often. Moving forward, we are working on two new translated and adapted titles, set to be released next year. Stay tuned for both!