Chiquita Kusumahadi

(Chika) is a designer, researcher and culture writer exploring contemporary ways of living. She builds

stories and visual identities

🏞

for food &

hospitality,

lifestyle and cultural

projects

Southeast Asia and

the UK.

She holds an

🎓

MA in Arts and Cultural Management from

King’s College London

^UK

and a BA in Graphic Communication Design from Central Saint Martins

^UK

. Chika is also certified in

🚨

Level 2 HACCP Food Safety & Hygiene.

WORKS ✏️

🥐

Brand development for a quirky bakery^2021-2023

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Identity for a Southeast Asian food magazine²⁰²²

📙 Tete-a-beché

architecture book

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🍰 M

icro bakeshop (@boredom_bakery)^2020–2022

💧

Internal campaign for an American water brand

²⁰²²

☕️

Retail identity for an artisanal coffee brand²⁰²⁰

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Exploration of

material futures²⁰¹⁹

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Dining experience on alternative food futures²⁰¹⁸

WORDS
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Rijsttafel: Feasting in the Dutch East Indies, Serving Suggestion

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🍄 Fungal Encounters, Serving Suggestion #

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The Urban Chicken,

Lazy Susan

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🌴 The Past Is New and the Future Is Too, Further Reading Print #2: Boundaries²⁰²⁰

Chika has worked with businesses and institutions including Japan House London

^UK

Bompas & Parr

^UK

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

^UK

PHM Hotels

^ID

, Suburbia Projects

^MY

, Asia Center Japan Foundation

^MY

, Each Other Company

^ID

, Further Reading Press

^ID

and Vital Arts

^UK

Past projects have been published in Graphic Design School 7th & 8th edition
^{2020 & 2023}
, DIY Decadence with Bompas & Parr and Friends²⁰²⁰. Her work ‘Future Folds’ was

nominated for LVMH Maison/0 Green Trail Award²⁰¹⁹.

She has taken part in Food Design Nation, Jakarta Art Book Fair 2022

^ID

, Business of Design Week 2020

^HK

, Non School^MY, Tate Exchange^UK,

D&AD^UK, Solidarity Spores^KR, Seek A Seek^ID

and Arch:ID 2020^ID

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: chikakusumahadi@gmail.com

/ @chikakusumahadi

^IG

Portfolio available upon request.