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Dreamesh :”Living The Dream” in your dream house!

Hmm….Maybe it’s only my thing, but maybe it’s equally yours ;p: Whenever I go to thriftystore, or IKEA, or eye-candy furniture shop, there’s a huge crave of …HAVING A HOUSE ! and images of decorated rooms and colours and patterns and smell of paint would pop crazily in my head… I know. I’m now being delirious. Having a house is not yet in my current agenda…but when I will have it in my list, I know now to whom I would run for advise and for all the cute things that would fill my future house with some ‘ooh-aah’ delicious items!

DREAMESH. It was simply a dream of Amesh, the founder, which turns into a dream for all! Started when Amesh herself was moving to her own house, hence you can imagine, she felt a big surge of furniture and decorative items-crave. However, “mission to build our dream house’, she said,”was not satisfied by what the market offers.” …..and Voila! so she made herself cute cushions from bright-coloured, retro-patterned batik tasik (like those you can see in the picture above). And a surprise for her, the blog readers loved it! Aferwards, she started to sell her products with her brand “Dreamesh Living”. As beautifully phrased in her philosophy, “Living The Dream”, she aims Dreamesh at those who just have the chance of moving into their ‘dream house’. ;p You aim it right, Amesh, I believe, this is a EVERY girl’s dream.

Amesh herself had been dreaming to dwell in art, reflecting her affinity in drawing and writing. “I love colors, patterns, those sort of things.” she said. She went school, however, not to art school, but to International Relations dept of UNPAR. While doing her thesis on Globalization theme particularly on influence of US’ in Indonesian mass media, she focused the research on CosmoGIRL!. —-the first international magazine for teens entering Indonesia, also where DIY were widely covered in the magazine! There, she found her passion. She moved to Cosmogirl after graduation and learnt whole beautiful bunch about colours, pattern, pictures and good writing in the company—which now she really feels, influencing significantly on her current project at Dreamesh.

Although her production capacity’s still limited and sell based on ready stock, but her market has reached Beijing, Singapore, Dubai! You can also find her products in  Alun-Alun Grand Indonesia, Chic Mart Kemang, and Kids Republik Lobby 2 Mall of Indonesia. 

Now…As usual, I’ll put here something to let you know Amesh more…

What inspires you?

Everything! My surroundings, my job, but mostly my personal taste and style :P

Whatwould boost your mood in a cloudy day?

A kiss from my son! definitely! and also ice cream, window shopping, a good TV show, great food, my husband listening to my complaints. oh am easy to please :)

What’s your crave?

Bright colors, retro patterns, old cookie jars, tin colanders, bold rugs, danish designed furnitures, india inspired accessories, handmade products, vintage bags, and of course pretty shoes! after all am just an ordinary girl :P

What were your dreams when you were a girl?

A LOT !! Engineer, Housemaid, and still one I would like to be : Cartoonist

What is the best and worst thing about living at Bintaro?

Star-canopied (still) sky at nite, Blue sky at daylight, Vanilla sky approaching maghrib (evening), and everywhere I still see green! THE BEST LAH ! Worst? I don’t know, can’t think of any other than it’s far from the center.

Ooh, :p from the last question, I can really tell she’s a color-person! She define the world in colour! No wonder her work are so mesmerizingly eye-candy! …Amesh! I’m so all inspired. Well maybe I wouldn’t really do the creative work like you, but I’d definitely be seeking advise, and buy super comfy cushions from you!! (just wait for the day—amien) hee hee….For you who are just happy at the moment coz you’re moving to your new place, or in a stage of renovating your house, or just bored with your dull room, check her blog, and flickr shop, You will ABSOLUTELY be inspired!

Art, Business, Social and Environment, all together by Pakuan Kriya Waruga

An enterpreneur with a vision collaborating art, business, social and environment, Pakuan Kriya Waruga has succesfully synthesized their idea into value-multiplied pieces of art. Claiming self as an Eco Cultural Trading & Consultant, Tony, Arifin and Suhaeti, the founders are working hand in hand with local Sundanese artists forwarding epic traditional arts to market. Finding their affinity to Sundanese art, they remark that there is a lot of Sundanese values that are putting emphasize on nature, albeit the limited exploitation—which is ironic, regarding the vast opportunities in front of us.

They believe that our grand vision on eco-friendly art and market can be achieved only if we are moving forward hand in hand, and not sporadicly like they witness nowadays. ‘Let’s learn from our ancestors’, Tony would suggest. As the name implies—which means “reunion or kingdom of creative souls and individuals to create in ensemble”, taken from Ancient Sundanese and Sanskrit languages—Pakuan Kriya Waruga therefore exist as benefit oriented enterprise basing on local society, sundanese culture and nature, creating sustainable quality crafts. With It’s philosophy “cageur, baguer, bener, singer, pinter”, it brings forward modernity adapted to indegenous sundanese culture (and noted carefully, not vice versa.).

As probably noted from previous lines, Pakuan Kriya Waruga is not a production house. Instead they focus on giving consultancy service on production and marketing towards local artists. As for the moment, there are two craftsman that work with them. MotekArt and ThreeArt, in which ThreeArt is using waste generated from MotekArt production. Waw!

I personally simply A-D-O-R-E this no-end-loop sustainable industrial process ! ^^….(BRAVO!)…and not to mention the produced OOh-Aah artsy stuffs : we are NOT talking cheap here! :D

Apart from art pieces, Pakuan Kriya  Waruga also runs production in parcel/hampers, eco packaging using recycled wastes and nature. Taking into account social and environment matters soo carefully, they’re maintaining quality and sustainability by hand-made production, in order to, plus, absorb quality craftmen in the neighborhood. 

They are open for ideas and desain, as well if somebody would like to join the force in the marketing side. So far, I can see people response in facebook is quite promising. I really hope they can strand further ahead! and Go international, as they have been wishing.

And here some personal touch from the interview :

What inspires you ?

Tony : Our anchestors that can live harmoniously with nature
Arifin : God, Love, Art
Suhaeti : Art

When you’re having a really bad day, what are some of the things that will definitely cheer you up?

Tony : My daughter, Keira
Arifin : Good Movie
Suhaeti : My family

Your crave?

Tony : Black Cofee without sugar
Arifin : FOOD (I can see why you love Bandung ^^)
Suhaeti : ….

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Tony :F-16 pilot or Mig, ahaha, so standard (ahehee, might be yes, but I wish your business will rocket!)
Arifin : diplomate, Artist
Suhaeti :…

What is the best and worst thing about being living in Bandung?

Tony    : the best & the worst : everything came in 1 package hehehe
Arifin  : idem
Suhaeti : idem

Basing theirselves at Jl Cihampelas no 258 Bandung West Java - Indonesia, they admitted that they have fallen in love with the city. As matter-of-factly-speaking, so do I, and I dearly miss it ^^ …Tony and friends, Good luck for your inspiring work!!! I truly love your idea and hope it’s as contagious as spring buds!

And others, Hum soo what else? give a knock to their little shop, go to their exhibitions, put something on their wall, go to their site, and be inspired!