" Indonesian Graphic Designer King of the World "

Indonesian Graphic Designer King of the WorldSunday, June 16, 2013 13:58 pmNewspaper SI - SI newspaperIllustration
JAKARTA - Indonesian graphic designers rule the world! That fact is what happened and this is not widely known for most people.
The professionals in these fields not only in quantity to show their dominance, but also has membuktikankualitasnya. Merekatelah suggests an important role for the birth of the world-class works ranging from company logos, comics, animation and film box office class.
Based on data 99designs.com, website graphic design market is the largest in the world based in the United States (U.S.), this time there were more than 225 thousand designers from 192 countries that are members. Surprisingly, approximately 17 thousand of them are from Indonesia. This number has passed the Philippines who had been dominating. Jason Aiken, Community Director of 99designs, revealed that out of that number, 4,000 of whom have won the design contest on 99designs site.
"Indonesia has great ability on the resource potential in the world of graphic design. Appear Every year designers are ready to compete internationally," said Aiken, during a roadshow 99designs in Yogyakarta some time ago.
Furthermore, he points out, since the site is digawanginya stands in 2008, it had paid more than $ 10 million to designers from Indonesia and the Philippines. This figure is greater than ever paid 99designs to design communities of other countries. "In total, we paid more than USD54 million to community designers in the world," he said.
Among the graphic designer from Indonesia who had stuck his strength in the creative industries market, there are a number of prominent names such as Danton Sihombing, Yolanda Santosa, Lucia C Dambies, Henricus Kusbiantoro, Melissa Sunjaya, and Christiawan Lie. Danton Sihombing who holds a master's degree in graphic design from the Savannah College of Arts and Design (SCAD), Georgia, USA has worked in a number of global companies such as Allied Graphic Arts (AGA), New York City.
He is also known as one of the major figures who contributed to the revitalization of the prestigious project brand Marks & Spencer and Nascar. "My involvement in various large projects are part of the work that has defined the company I used to work. Various experience raises the confidence to present in front of the world," said Danton who began his career as a professional graphic designer since 1990. Speaking of success stories Indonesian graphic designers on the world stage, it does not fit if not name Yolanda Santosa.
Woman called the greeting Yo this is a person who has contributed in several movies such as 300, The Hulk, An Inconvenient Truth, The Shaggy Dog, Herbie Fully Loaded, Catwoman. She also became an important figure in a number of television series, including Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, The Triangle, Into the West, Tarzan, and Weeds. Yo Indonesian known as a successful young talents in the field of branding and motion graphics in the land of Uncle Sam. Through his company, Ferroconcrete, Yo even designing a successful box office films.
ABC, CNN, Paramount Pictures, Pinkberry, Sci Fi Channel, Showtime, Sony, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, and 20th Century Fox is a row of female clients who admire Apple founder, Steve Jobs, this. Lucia C Dambies or who is often called by not less lustrous Loucee call. Since in junior high school he wanted to be a graphic designer.
Graduated from Visual Communication Design, FSRD, ITB in 1999 cum laude had a chance to work part-time at the legendary graphic design studio Chermayeff & Geismar and branding firm Wolff Olins. For his work, which took Loucee masters in Visual Communication Program Designdi Pratt Institute, New York City, the award winning Circle Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement Award from Pratt Institute. Loucee chemical researcher who is married to French nationals now living in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.
In this city he worked as the head designer at WhartonBradley Mack, a company that specializes in internet marketing specialist. Talk to the world of graphic design, is less precise without talking Henricus Kusbiantoro. Understandably, Henricus is one of Indonesia's top graphic designers. How not, his name is inextricably linked with Landor, a pioneer and leading company brand and logo as a consultant based in San Francisco, USA.
Henricus is an art director at Landor. Graduates of graphic design and fine art ITB has produced many world-class logo. The man from London who enjoyed drawing since childhood and infatuated with this puppet illustration after graduating from ITB continuing education at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York and graduated in 2000 with honors highest achievement. After that he joined with Wolff Olins, the brand consultancy innovative and controversial British origin and directly involved in the overall revitalization of the brand General Electric (GE) in 2004.
Melissa Sunjaya also recorded a successful achievement in the global level. WanitakelahiranJakarta, 1974, was never active in some of the leading graphic design studio in California as CMG Design Inc., Ph.D, and Siegel & Gale Los Angeles. After studying graphic design at Trisakti University, he continued his studies at the Art Center in Switzerland and California. After that he was involved in various projects such as corporate branding Twentieth Century Fox, 29Palms, GeanGardner Photography, and Mark Hanauer Photography.
Another with Christiawan Lie. Men born in Bandung, 5 September 1974, it managed to penetrate the mainstream U.S. comics industry. Chris has produced 40 comic translated into various languages ​​and 25 characters comic characters. Comic work that has been published in the U.S. in 6 books including GI Joe Sigma 6, GI Joe Arashikage Showdown (GN / graphic novels), Return to Labyrinth (GN) volume 1, Josie & The Pussycats-short stories (12 books), Dungeon and Dragons: Eberron volume 1. He also collaborated with John Rogers, the author of the story Transformer: The Movie.
Gait number of Indonesian graphic designers prove that their quality is very capable in the world. Therefore, the author of graphic design book Surianto Rustan said, the potential and creativity of Indonesia is very large. Unfortunately, they have a very basic problem, which is lack of confidence and lack of international communication skills.
"Only a few can speak in the international world.'s As if there are walls that limit, one of which is communication. Moreover, various eventinternasional very rarely held in Indonesia," said the author of HURUFONTIPOGRAFI in