ART UNBOUND
It has been almost a year now, since our lives took a turn into unprecedented territory. And ever since, we’ve been trying to adapt. Throughout the past year, Prestige has presented dozens of names and faces of those who have led, inspired, or paved new ways to adapt and grow. For this issue, we look at the world of design and art, which has indeed adapted to the realities and needs of this new world we live in. Not only that, art and design have grown and thrived.
For one, as many of us have spent the better part of the last 12 months or so indoors, we’ve come to better appreciate the finer points of architecture and interior design. So, we reached out to Lim Masulin and Danish-Italian designer duo Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi – aka GamFratesi – to learn more about those two worlds. From the world of art, we have young artist Roby Dwi Antono as well as Cindy Tan from Museum MACAN to shed light on how art exhibits and museums maintain public interest and utilize digital channels. We also touched base again with event designer extraordinaire Alexander Gotama, as even during a pandemic like this – and after so much time has passed – people are still eager to celebrate new beginnings and happy occasions.
And what happens then, when things simply can’t go on and those new beginnings or happy occasions have to be postponed? For that, I invite you to go through our interview with singer Raisa, who graces the cover of this issue, which, in turn, was done in collaboration with Dior. Her interview is a solid example of what it’s like to fall, then dust yourself of and get back up again.
Finally, in keeping with this issue’s art and design theme, we have an expanded home and living section that we hope will inspire you in making your own personal spaces more artsy and appealing. That is, of course, on top of our regular updates from the world of fashion, fine dining, beauty and more. Happy reading...