Good News From Indonesia

Some of Indonesia’s three million Blackberry owners use their smartphones to pass the time until they can break their Islamic Ramadan fast. As the joke in Indonesia goes, if you don’t have the right gadget you may end up a social outcast. Undoubtedly, the gadget of the moment is the Blackberry smartphone. A walk through [...]

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Grammy-award winning American rock band Linkin Park has announced they’re coming back for a second concert in Jakarta in September. “Jakarta, Indonesia. We’re coming. September 21. Stadion Utama GBK. See you soon,” they said on their official Twitter account, @linkinpark. Tickets are priced from Rp 550,000 to Rp 2.5 million and will be available on [...]

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The Kintamani breed of dog has long sought accreditation by Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) as the only purely Indonesian breed of dog. The growing acknowledgement of the Kintamani breed and the attractive characteristics of the breed, have created a booming demand for these dogs, both at home and abroad. The spokesman of the Bali Dog [...]

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It’s hard to imagine Jakarta without Starbucks, LG and McDonald’s. But there was a time, not so long ago, when none of them had any footing in this country. The first McDonald’s in Indonesia opened in Jakarta’s Sarinah building in 1991. While initially wildly popular, the Sarinah outlet has seen many ups and downs over [...]

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A gown by young Indonesian designer, Tex Saverio, adorns Lady Gaga in the May edition of Harper’s Bazaar magazine. Gaga’s stylist Nicola Formichetti announced it on his Twitter account that Gaga was donning the unique gown by Tex Saverio, also known as Rio, for the fashion spread. In the photo published on Harper’s Bazaar’s Web [...]

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The year 2010 was a bright year in local fashion industry, with the debut of some young designers while old players presented their explorations of traditional textiles, mainly tenun woven fabrics. January-February In early February, Adrian Gan presented his latest collection called Lingdreights, a combination of flowing lingerie and 1980s fashions.  For the collection, he [...]

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A brighter consumer outlook for 2011 marks the end of a year marred by recession and economic crises, according to a poll on Friday. More than three-quarters (77 percent) of 18,000 people in a global survey by Reuters/Ipsos said next year will be better than 2010. Nearly half the respondents (48 percent) polled across 24 [...]

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This is a story about a young Indonesian designer who’s getting people attention because of her unique and fabulous designs of clothing. her collections now can be found not only in Indonesia, but also in Singapore and Netherlands. For the past three years,  Nina Karina Nikicio has worked hard to establish her label, Nikicio. Focusing [...]

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Long known as feminine and demure, Indonesia’s traditional kebaya is headed for a makeover at the hands of innovative designers. Growing demand for stylish yet still modest fashions in the world’s most populous Islamic nation is helping power efforts to bring Islamic fashion into the modern age, a movement symbolised by changes to the iconic [...]

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A few weeks ago GNFI posted about three blackberry applications from Indonesia that successfully became Asia-Pacific regional finalist in Blacberry Super Apps Challenge (read again here). The regional winner result has just been released, and one of those applications wins the competition! The Asia-Pacific regional winner in the 2010 Blackberry Partners fund super apps Developer Challenge is [...]

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