Alvin Tjitrowirjo featured in Business Times: “Designing South-east Asia” as part of “Five South-east Asian designers to look out for”

Words by Helmi Yusof for Business Times | Design 7 July 2022

Indonesian-born product designer Alvin Tjitrowirjo has developed a strong reputation for being faithful to his place of origin. His furniture brand AlvinT pays tribute to the humble rattan and reimagines it in fascinating ways.

He says: “The rattan that we use is indigenous to Indonesia. We work with local and traditional weavers to pass down their traditional values and wisdom through long-lasting contemporary objects and products. We utilise traditional processes that cannot be replaced by machines or robots, thus maintaining the human connection to the material.”