Meet The Team
Founder & CEO
Rengkuh Banyu Mahandaru
Rengkuh Banyu Mahandaru, Since his final year in the Product Design Program at Institut Teknologi Nasional, Bandung, Rengkuh worked for Karsa Design Studio Indonesia. During his three years working with Karsa, he had the opportunities to explore a myriad of materials and its application for product design. Through this experience, he has acquired a great understanding of the current design industry and trends. His passion for social design has led him to take role on various projects outside of his assignments with Karsa. For example, he joined the annual program by the Ministry of Trade, Designer Dispatch Service, and more recently, IKKON by BEKRAF (Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy).
Experiences
Specialised Product Research Developer
BEKRAF, IKKON
DDS, Ministry of Trade
Community Livelihood Consultant
Kelola Sendang, ZSL
PRODUCT DESIGNER
Karsa
Founder & COO
Almira Zulfikar
After obtaining a degree in Product Design, she continued her studies at Institut Teknologi Bandung for Masters in Design where she focused on exploring waste material for a more sustainable production design. Her interest lies in integrating design theory, methods, aesthetics, ergonomics and sustainability for innovative product development that is also culture sensitive. Almira Fikrani is passionate about traveling and exploring diverse cultures across Indonesia and abroad to learn more about the inherited local design. This also allows her to synthesize the prevalent trends and apply it to the designed product.
Experiences
Specialised Product Research Developer
BEKRAF, IKKON
DDS, Ministry of Trade
Community Livelihood Consultant
Kelola Sendang, ZSL
PRODUCT & GRAPHICS DESIGNER
IFEX, Amygdala Bamboo,
CASA Bravacasa, Greeneration, Alem+, BCCF
CFO
Bintang Heru
Bintang Heru is experienced in developing contents and systems in VR, AR and other interactive medias. His ultimate desire is to build a better education system that is more accessible to wider communities, especially those who are still unreachable by conventional education that utilize technology as one of the intervention methods. With his MBA background from ITB, Bintang is also very familiar with numbers in financial calculations with experience in calculating financial for feasibility studies.
Experiences
CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Infinomedia
CO-FOUNDER
After Idea
PROJECT MANAGER
Niraga Studio
CMO
Maulana Ahmad
Maulana Ahmad, also known as ‘Molen’ is a passionate product designer from Bandung, Indonesia. Capable of developing product that are specialised in electronics, plasticware and wearable products. Technological insights has become his specialty to reach innovation in product designing but still emphasising the aspect of func- tion and aesthetic at its ideal measure. Powered by excellent material knowledge, Molen loves to create tangible works during the design process, especially in prototyping/model making. Most of his recent projects focuses on product development for electronics for branding and identity.
Experiences
Technical Director
Infinomedia
Industrial Designer Esta Indonesia,
Ravelware Teknologi,
Nazava Water Filter
Technical Director
Indonesian Pavillion at Venice Art Biennale 2019