Chiquita Kusumahadi

(Chika) is a designer, researcher & writer exploring contemporary ways of living through design, direction & discourse. She builds

stories & identities for offline/online experiences

; regularly working on F&B, hospitality,

lifestyle & cultural

projects

across Southeast Asia & UK.

After completing a BA(Hons) 🎓 in Graphic Communication Design at Central Saint Martins

^UK

& a few stints in London & Jakarta, she is undertaking a Master’s programme in Arts & Cultural Management at King’s College London

^UK

. Chika is certified in

🚨

Level 2 HACCP Food Safety & Hygiene & a member of

🌏

Food Design Nation.

WORKS ✏️

🥐

Brand development for a quirky bakery²⁰²¹

🍜

Identity for a Southeast Asian food magazine²⁰²²

📙 Tete-a-beché

architecture book

²⁰²²

🍰 M

icro bakeshop (@boredom_bakery)^2020–2022

💧

Internal campaign for an American water brand

²⁰²²

☕️

Retail identity for an artisanal coffee brand²⁰²⁰

🌱

Exploration of

material futures²⁰¹⁹

🍽

Dining experience on alternative food futures²⁰¹⁸

WORDS
🖊

🍄 Fungal Encounters, Serving Suggestion

²⁰²²

🐓️

The Urban Chicken,

Lazy Susan

²⁰²²

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

Past projects have been featured on Graphic Design School 7th edition²⁰²⁰, DIY Decadence with Bompas & Parr and Friends²⁰²⁰ & Fonts in Use. Her project ‘Future Folds’ was

nominated for LVMH Maison/0 Green Trail Award²⁰¹⁹.

She has taken part in 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

& Arch:ID 2020^ID

Past

clients/collaborators include: Jump!

^UK

, PHM Hotels

^ID

, Suburbia Projects

^MY

, Asia Center Japan Foundation

^MY

, Each Other Company

^ID

, Further Reading Press

^ID

, Vital Arts

^UK

, Innovatours

^UK

🫱🏼‍🫲🏽

: chikakusumahadi@gmail.com

/ @chikakusumahadi

^IG