FERRY TAN founder & creative director

Ferry is Chinese Indonesian and through a scholarship program received a degree in Advertising and Graphic Design from Columbus College of Art & Design, USA (one of the top Art College in USA). Ferry graduated with honours and then was offered a job in the prestigious Mlicki advertising house. Later she decided to return to Indonesia to established PTIC; a successful branding, interior and furniture design manufacturer in Java. Driven by a constant search for new challenges, Ferry moved to Bali to establish White Whale Media Group; a publishing company that launched two successful internationally distributed magazines.

CARL MASSY business consultant

An Australian Army Major by the age of 29, he decided that the box he had learnt innumerable skills in was just not big enough; so he resigned and moved to Salt Lake (USA) in 2002 to consult for the Winter Olympic Games. This lead to 5 years of consulting to Olympic and Asian Games committees and stakeholders across the world; which honed his skills in helping individuals and organizations get superior results, regardless of their cultural backgrounds or experience.

His principle vocation is as a Life Coach in Bali, Indonesia where he focuses on where a person currently is in their life, where they would ideally like to be, and then coming up with a plan, strategies and the motivation to help them achieve it. He has also written for a number of magazines on health and fitness (including editing), and maintains a blog on all matters to do with wellness. Carl has a Management Degree, a Diploma in NLP, an Associate Diploma in Resources and Personnel Administration, is a qualified personal fitness trainer and is a reiki master.

JILL GOCHER photographer & writer

An Australian photographer and writer she has lived more than twenty years in Asia, working for magazines, print media and books. She has photographed and written guide books including stories for Frommer’s prestigious Adventure Guide to India, Pakistan and the Himalaya; as well as Southeast Asia guides to Indonesia, Malaysia and Indo China. Her published books include Asia’s Legendary Hotels, Bali- Island of Light, Indonesia - Islands of the Imagination, Australia - The Land Down Under, Indonesia – The Last Paradise and Cirebon – explores the cultures and traditions of Cirebon. Her pictures have appeared in National Geographic, Time, International Herald Tribune, Asia Spa, Discovery, Silver Kris, and her work has been published throughout Asia, Hong Kong, France, Holland, USA and UK.

Her photo exhibitions were held in Singapore, Kathmandu and Bali. She now lives in Bali – where she edits a magazine, and creates signature photographs of villas, lifestyle, fashion, portraits and private art projects.

BUDI HARIYANTO web developer & programmer

Budi is originally from Java and he has been a web developer and programmer for more than ten years. He is currently working freelance from Denpasar. He has worked with some of Bali’s biggest companies such as Up and Away Bali Tours, White Whale Media Group and Baru di Bali, to develop and master their websites. Budi’s specialities are Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, HTML/XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Mootols, JQuery, PHP, MySQL, Apache for Windows, Unix and Linux Systems.

JEANE SEAH business consultant

Jeane specialized in photography and writing, organizing art shows and books. She had held jewelry exhibitions in Amstel Jewelry Fair in Amsterdam and sculpture-shows at prestigious fairs Oisterwijk Sculpture and is planning to exhibit her photography. Jeane has been working with Kabar/Expat Magazine, Villa & Yacht, Chi & Insight, Elle Kroatia, The Communities of Indonesia and La Gazette de Bali. She is now a consultant, writer and photographer for the Saga Bali.

Jeane has written seven artist books, and did commercial photography for Jardin d’Eden Spa, Restaurant Bali and Alluré Spa Bali. Jeane is originally a model from Singapore and even has had the fortune to work with personalities such as Lord Snowdon and Peter Bogdonavich. She has lived in Vienna, Holland, Belgium and France. Jeane utilizes her knowledge and exposure to generate an ever-evolving combustion of ideas, and specializes in events and people. Jeane enjoys theatre, music, history and culture right up to the latest trends!

MENUR ASTUTI writer, editor & english - indonesian translator

Menur is a Public Relations Manager in a five star hotel in Bali and also works part time for Hard Rock as a Radio Announcer. Menur also writes and translates documents between English and Indonesian for NGOs on social, economy, tourism and fishery. Menur’s clients include ILO (interpreter), Sanur Village Festival (copywriter and editor), Anova (interpreter in Fishery), AusAid (document translator), EF English First (online editing) and Georgetown University Hospital (interpreter) in Washington DC. Menur was also an Indonesian Teaching Assistant in John Hopkins SAIS, Washington, D.C, and is familiar with both consecutive and simultaneous interpreting; as well as basic Internet and Microsoft Office programs.

FELIX CAHYONO graphic designer & photographer

Felix is an adventurous person who likes to travel and take photos, wherever he can, to expand his vision and creativity. He is a creative communicator who was exposed to uniquely high quality art and design when he attended La Sale College in Jakarta. For several years, Felix was involved in the life-style entertainment of Embassy Club Jakarta as the in-house Computer Graphic Designer. Two years after, he was the Managing Editor for Muscle Fitness Magazine, Indonesia. Now, Felix is a free lance Computer Graphic Designer in Jakarta and skilled in Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe After Effect, Adobe Premier, Flash and 3D Studio.

DEBORAH CAYETANO photographer

My photographic journey began in Paris in 1981. I worked with Tony Costa, the well known magazine cover photographer. Ken Topolsky, producer of “The Wonder Years, and “Party of Five,” hired me as his photographer on projects in France. Living there and speaking French was a great adventure. Al Nodal, then General Manager for the Cultural Affairs Commission of the City of Los Angeles, hired me for an extended period of special photographic assignments. Al managed dozens of events for the city each year; from the largest venues—The Hollywood Bowl—to neighborhood church functions. It allowed me a rare back stage view to the cultural life of a vibrant major city; a panorama I’m still delighted to have been part of.

I rediscovered another love in Los Angeles—salsa and Afro-Cuban jazz. Montuno Productions hired me to photograph their concerts and recordings, including the now legendary concert at the Wadsworth Theater, featuring Israel Lopez “Cachao” and hosted by actor, Andy Garcia. I moved to Thailand in 2001 but after a visit to Bali in 2008 I was smitten with its beauty, culture, and the Balinese people. I’ve just finished an exciting project as still photographer for an ambitious table top book “The Glass Age” by Ari Wekku Saaski featuring the extraordinary hot glass works of Ron Seivertson.

ANDY RAHARDJO web developer & programmer

Andy graduated from Widya Karya University in Informational Technology program with a Diploma as a graphic designer. Andy has five years of experience in designing website layout and databases. He specializes in Photoshop, HTML, JavaScript Application, Flash and SwishMax for both PC and Mac. He is also experienced in Adobe Premier, hardware maintenance and troubleshooting, network and software installations. Andy is now working freelancing from Denpasar.

EVA NATASA industrial designer

Eva has a strategic and holistic approach to her design. She is inquisitive, efficient and uses various methodologies to deliver straightforward and the most appropriate design solutions relevant to her brief. She studied interior design at Kent Institute of Art and Design, England. After working as an interior designer in Jakarta, she moved to Milan to study her Masters Degree in Industrial Design. Her former clients were 3M Italia, 3M USA, Post-it, Scotch Brite, Scotch, Hormel Food Corporation and many more.

She has a design patent as inventor for the project of Scotch brand. In 2009 she decided to work as a freelancer, so she could dedicate her time to her passions: design, food and photography. She is now living in Ubud, Bali and still working as industrial designer for clients in Milan and Jakarta.