New product launch!

Taqilla imaginary village

 

Hi, everyone!

It’s been a while I haven’t add something to this blog. Today I’m announcing that on July 21 2011, Taqilla will have a mini village at Mekar Networking Event on Sampoerna Strategic Building Jl. Jend.Sudirman Kav.45 Jakarta.

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You’re probably wondering what’s a mini village? Well, in this mini village you can see how Taqilla laptop bag is made from a drawing in a piece of paper to the finished product, complete with people behind it. It’s going to be exciting because not only you can see the proccess, you will be one of the first people to see a few Taqilla new laptop bag design! Isn’t it great? Here’s a few spoiler: some ethnic, some sweet flowery themed, some colorful bags… aren’t you curious?

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So if you are nearby Sampoerna Strategic Building Jl. Jend.Sudirman Kav.45 Jakarta on July 21 2011, do visit us!

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PS: here is a bag preview, Mekar bag just won a batik design competition.
 I’ll tell you a little bit about that latter.

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Taqilla at INACRAFT 2011

We are at Main Lobby!

Jakarta International Handicraft Trade Fair or INACRAFT 2011 is considered as one of the largest handicraft exhibition in Asia and the biggest in Indonesia. It will be held at April 20th – 24th 2011 at Balai Sidang Jakarta Convention Center. There will be a huge and various amount of handmade and fabricated handicrafts, from traditional and modern home industry or manufacturer, featured at the exhibition.

Taqilla Laptop Bags will be participating the exhibition for the first time this year. This is a great opportunity for Taqilla as an Indonesian fashion laptop bags brand to be exposed to a wider range of consumer and buyer. Taqilla have been lucky enough to enter this highly sought after event because of our achievement on UNESCO Award of Excellence 2010 where Taqilla managed to get three award for three products.

If you have been wanting to see Taqilla’s product in person instead of online pictures, this is your good chance. You can find Taqilla’s booth at the JCC Main Lobby booth no.15. Get Taqilla’s special offer that can only be found at the event such as 10% discount, 3x instalment for BNI Credit Card Holder, and if you spend more than Rp 350.000 and bring an INACRAFT map from Femina magazine, you can get candy colored bag, handphone pouch or a key holder for free!

So, mark your calendar on April 20th – 24th 2011 and we’ll see you at JCC Main Lobby!

-Taqilla-

Circa Lurik

Circa Lurik (Green)

Circa Lurik (Pink)

TAQILLA STORY COMPETITION

WIN IT!

2 EXCLUSIVE BAGS
Just finish the ending of story..

I have wrote a love story,  about an Italian guy who stole my heart. He was my first love. But that’s not the way I want my story end. So let’s daydreaming with me and submit your ending version, now!

…2 version of story ending that I pick as the winners will be published here on taqilla.wordpress.com on August 22th, 2010.

The winner will get a cool bag from Taqilla’s men’s collection that you can give for your own special man. It’s absolutely free!

• Want to know the story? Go to my blog on taqilla.wordpress.com and read the post about an Italian guy who stole my heart.
• Send your version of story ending by email to quiztaqilla@yahoo.com before August 20th, 2010.
• Write your name, ID card, address, postal code and mobile phone number.
• If you live in Jabodetabek region the present should be pick up by yourself at our store Galeri Taqilla, Plaza Semanggi 1st floor #44, Jl. Jend Sudirman Kav 50, Jakarta. Don’t forget to bring your ID card.

***important*** Please call Revi (+62 856 155 1133) at least one day before you come

Happy daydreaming 🙂
Taqilla.

The Story Behind: Envelope bag

One of my hobby back when I was in a 3rd grade was collecting cute letter set. Theres a lot of cute motiff such as flowers, animals, cartoon character, and hearts. If my parents take me to a book store, I would go to the stationery section to admire those letter set. Usually my mother would nag when I ask her to buy me a new letter set because she thinks I already had too many and I never use them.

And then I had an idea to use my letter set to send my cousin, Nena, a letter. Nena is my cousin that I’m really close to because we had the same age. We actually live in the same city and go to the same elementary school. The content of our letter is so funny now that i read them again. It always started with, “Hello! How are you? I’m doing fine here.” While we met almost everyday.

Nena then started to collect letter set too but she have a different taste when it comes to it. She likes bold colors such as red hot, electric blue, bright yellow and black. While that time my taste is more to soft colors. Our hobby just stands to the 5th grade because that time we were in the same class so the letter topic kind of limited when we had the same friends.

Now, Nena grow up to be an edgy style woman like her letter set colors and work in the cool advertising world. Both of us didn’t send each other emails like we used to but I’ll never forget the feeling while waiting the bold colored envelope with my name on it from Nena arrived. This “Envelope” collection is inspired by my memories with Nena.

Envelope raw sketch

Envelope sketch

Salah satu hobiku mulai kelas 3 SD adalah mengumpulkan kertas surat dan amplop yang lucu. Ada yang bermotif bunga, binatang, tokoh kartun, dan bergambar hati. Bila orangtuaku mengajak ke toko buku, aku pasti ke bagian stationery untuk mengaggumi kertas-kertas surat yang lucu dengan amplop yang senada. Biasanya ibuku mengomel setiap aku minta dibelikan set yang baru, karena menurutnya aku sudah punya cukup banyak dan tidak pernah aku gunakan.

Lalu aku punya ide untuk menggunakan koleksi kertas surat itu dengan mengirimkan surat ke sepupuku, Nena. Nena adalah sepupu yang seumuran denganku sehingga kami sangat akrab. Kami sebenarnya tinggal satu kota dan masuk ke sekolah yang sama. Isi surat kami lucu sekali bila aku baca lagi. Pasti dimulai dengan, “Halo! Bagaimana kabarmu? Aku disini baik-baik saja.”  Padahal kami bertemu hampir setiap hari di sekolah.

Nena jadi ikutan mengkoleksi kertas surat sepertiku tapi seleranya berbeda denganku. Ia menyukai warna-warna berani seperti merah cabe, biru elektrik, kuning dan hitam. Sementara aku saat itu menyukai warna-warna yang lebih soft. Sayang, hobi ini hanya bertahan sampai kelas 5 SD karena sejak saat itu kami sekelas sehingga bahan pembicaraan kami di surat jadi terbatas.

Kini Nena tumbuh menjadi wanita yang bergaya edgy seperti selera kertas suratnya dulu dan bekerja di bidang periklanan. Aku dan Nena memang tidak surat-suratan lagi, tapi aku tidak pernah lupa perasaanku menunggu amplop berwarna berani, bertuliskan namaku dari Nena. Koleksi tas “Envelope” kali ini diinspirasi dari kenanganku dengan Nena dulu.

-Taqilla-

Envelope series

Envelope (Black) LAPTOP CARRYING

Material: Glossy Leatherlike – Green suede lining

Available for laptop 10″ to 15″

IDR 345.000 ~ 375.000

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Envelope (black) POUCH

Material: Glossy Leatherlike – Green suede lining

Fit for Blackberry

IDR 150.000

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Envelope (Red) LAPTOP CARRYING

Material: Glossy Leatherlike – Grey suede lining

Available for laptop 10″ to 15″

IDR 345.000 ~ 375.000

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Envelope (Red) POUCH

Material: Glossy Leatherlike – Grey suede lining

Fit for Blackberry

IDR 150.000

An Italian guy stole my heart…

Being in Italy, I can’t help admiring one of the country’s best traits: young Italian guys. I got to admit there are a lot of handsome men there. My friend Zara who lived in Milan once said, “Even Italian frogs look handsome”. Italian guys are stylish. A lot of the using designers outfit, sometimes head to toe. Maybe their underwear too, hehe. The bags that they wear are also stylish. I even re-sketch 2 bags that I saw on guys there and name it “Skiro” and “Tsavo”.

And then there is Sebastian. Remember the guy who’s looking at me while taking picture’s in piazza Venezia? Well, apparently we met again. I was drinking cappuccino in an outdoor table of a cozy little café, watching people pass me by, feeling happy after finishing the “Nava” bag sketch. He suddenly stands in front of my table and take my picture without asking me. I thought it was rude. He disturbed my moment! I was going to protest but then he seat on my table like he knows me or something and call the waiter to order. I said to him, “Erase my picture. I don’t like strangers taking a picture of me like that and there are other unoccupied tables here!” I was hoping he understand English or we might have a big scene. Thankfully he did understand. He just casually reply, ‘Why? Are you waiting for someone else? Your lover, maybe? And as the picture… I can’t do anything about it. It is done and this is not a digital camera where you can erase a picture so easily.”

Despite of that rocky start, we then can make friends. Sebastian actually lived in New York and currently visiting for his cousin’s wedding. That explains his excellent english. The blonde girl I saw on Piazza Venezia was the girl his cousin’s married to. That explains why he is so friendly to her. He offers me to be my guide in Rome for 3 days before I went to Paris. We travel through Rome with his father old motorcycle and it was amazing.

Sebastian is very handsome with his tan skin, thick curling dark hair, thick eyebrow too, tall body build, and also very Italian. He sometimes holds my hand, compliment me, hold me, and kiss my cheek when we meet and departed but still very polite because he respect that I am a nice eastern girl. I can’t help to fall for him in those 3 days. Sadly, he didn’t show up at Trevi fountain in the afternoon before I leaved as promised. I waited for an hour but eventually I got to go catch my night train to Paris. I don’t know what happen that day, I lost his name card. It must have been slipped somewhere. I just hope nothing serious keep him to see me that day. I must admit he still haunts my thoughts sometimes. Then I got a Facebook message by the end of last year. The message was:”finally found you on facebook”. The sender: Sebastian.

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Ketika di Itali, aku tak dapat mengingkari salah satu aset terbaiknya: lelaki muda Italia. Aku harus mengakui banyak lelaki tampan disana. Temanku, Zara, yang tinggal di Milan pernah berkata, ”bahkan kodok Itali terlihat ganteng”. Lelaki disana pandai bergaya. Banyak dari mereka yang mengenakan pakaian dari desainer kadang dari kepala hingga kaki. Mungkin pakaian dalam juga. Hehe. Tas-tas yang mereka gunakan juga tampak bergaya. Aku sampai menggambar ulang 2 tas yang aku lihat dipakai oleh beberapa lelaki disana dan menamainya ”Skiro” dan ”Tsavo”.

Lalu ada Sebastian. Ingat lelaki yang melihatku ketika mengambil foto di Piazza Venezia? Ternyata kami bertemu kembali. Aku sedang meminum segelas cappuccino di meja luar sebuah kafe kecil yang nyaman, melihat orang-orang berlalu-lalang, dan merasa senang karena baru saja menyelesaikan sketsa ”Nava”. Sebastian tiba-tiba muncul didepan mejaku dan mengambil fotoku tanpa izin. Aku sempat akan protes ketika ia duduk semeja denganku dan memanggil pelayan untuk memesan sesuatu. Aku berkata padanya, “hapus fotoku tadi. Aku tidak suka orang asing mengambil fotoku seperti itu dan masih banyak meja kosong disini!” aku berharap ia mengerti bahasa Inggris atau kami akan mempunyai masalah. Untungnya ia mengerti. Ia hanya menjawab dengan santai, “kenapa? Apakah kau menunggu orang lain? Kekasihmu mungkin? Dan tentang foto tadi… aku tidak bisa berbuat apa-apa. Ini bukan kamera digital dimana fotonya bisa dihapus dengan mudah.”

Walaupun awalnya kami bertengkar, kami tetap bisa berteman. Sebastian sebenarnya tinggal di New York dan sedang mengunjungi Itali untuk pernikahan sepupunya. Itu menjelaskan mengapa ia bisa berbahasa Inggris. Gadis yang ia temui di Piazza Venezia adalah tunangan sepupunya. Itu menjelaskan mengapa ia sangat akrab dengan gadis itu. Sebastian menawarkan untuk menjadi guide di Roma selama 3 hari sebelum aku berangkat ke Paris. Kami menjelajahi Roma dengan motor lama ayahnya dan itu sangat menyenangkan.

Sebastian adalah lelaki yang tampan dengan kulitnya yang coklat, rambut ikalnya yang tebal dan gelap, alisnya yang juga tebal, badannya yang tinggi, dan juga sangat khas Italia. Ia kadang memegang tanganku, memujiku, memelukku, dan mencium pipiku saat kami bertemu dan berpisah. Namun ia tetap sopan karena ia menghormatiku sebagai wanita timur yang baik. Aku tak kuasa untuk menyukainya. Namun sayang, ia tidak muncul ketika di Trevi fountain sesuai janjinya dihari ketika aku akan berangkat ke Paris. Aku tidak tau apa yang terjadi padanya hari itu dan aku kehilangan kartu namanya. Pasti terselip di suatu tempat. Aku hanya berharap tidak ada hal serius yang menahannya untuk bertemu denganku saat itu. Aku harus mengakui ia masih menghantui pikiranku kadang-kadang. Lalu aku mendapat pesan Facebook di akhir tahun lalu. Pesan itu berisi:”finally found you on facebook”. Pengirim pesan: Sebastian.

-Taqilla-

Taqilla for Men!

Taqilla’s classic Mens design, “Skiro” bag

Material: Leatherlike – Nylon – Suede

for Laptop up to 13,3″

490.000 IDR

“Tsavo” Bag

Material: Canvas – Leatherlike – Suede

Available Color: Grey-Black, Grey-Brown

For Laptop size 12″ and 15,4″

450.000 IDR – 475.000 IDR

“Nava” bag

Material: Leatherlike – Suede

for Laptop up to 14″

450.000 IDR

“Romansa” Inspiration

This is a story of how I got my inspiration for “Romansa”

I was reorganizing my room a few moths ago and then I found a photo album about a journey that I took way back when I was fresh out of college. The photo album brings up a lot of memories. It was a journey to Europe and I remember having a lot of memorable moment there. But one thing for sure from that journey, of all the cities I’ve been to, Rome has captured my heart the most. The city awakes a lot of my senses. I found love in Rome and it’s not just for the city.

I was just finished my last academic responsibility at college that time. All I have to do was waiting for the graduation 2 months ahead. My parents already promise to finance this trip as a graduation gift from a year ago. It became my motivation to finish my thesis early. I have a best friend called Eleni who lived in Rome. She’s an Italian and she used to live in my neighborhood when her father was assigned to work in Indonesia. We were close back then, and still keep in touch until now. Now, she’s playing the violin for Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma. Isn’t she’s great? Her violin lessons have paid her well. She was so excited when I told her about the trip and insist me to stay in her place for as long as I pleased.

Rome was the 1^st city I visit on my trip. I stayed there for more than a week. Eleni was so busy preparing for the orchestra’s next performance so she can’t accompany me as much as she liked to. But that’s ok with me. It’s actually feels like an adventure when I explored the city all by myself. Rome is such an amazing city. When I got there in the afternoon, I almost cried because of the beauty of the buildings there. I can’t believe the city is right in front of my eyes. I keep shaking Eleni’s arms to show how excited I am.

I went to Colosseum, of course. The scale of that place is amazing. The thought that this civilization could build such a vast space that has now inspired our arenas. The Colosseum can hold 50,000 people. It is somewhat difficult to picture what the place once looked like with all of the marble finishes on most of it and all the seats. It must have been great. If only I could do some time traveling to see what it looks like in its golden era.

I visited the ruins of the Roman city of Foro Romano that was buried and then excavated around the 1900’s. There are housing neighborhoods, forums, temples, monuments, pillars, little pieces of marble and buildings lying everywhere and yes, I touched a piece! It is like touching a piece of the past. It has old streets and buildings, monuments then underneath the city as old as 2800 years. You can feel the history here, and yet there is a modern city next to it all.

Piazza Venezia is very beautiful. It is not a very old building in Rome standard, but I can see it was build to match the greatness of the Romans era. The pillars of stones and the statues were so grand. It was located at the centre of Rome and a lot of people meeting there. I imagine it as a romantic place to wait for a date. There’s gorgeous Italian guy stands not far from me. He keeps looking at me while I’m taking pictures, making me blush. But then a blonde girl comes up and hugs him. Ups, false alarm.

There are a lot of other amazing places I have visited in Rome but if I write it down here, it would be a 12 chapter book and it wouldn’t be about the inspiration for “Romansa”. The three places that I mention to you in this post are what inspire “Romansa” for me. I pour down the shapes, the colors, and the feelings I get from these threes places to the “Romansa” bags. The sophistication of the Roman’s past and how it influences my design. I just hope you can feel that too.

To be continued…

Ini adalah cerita tentang bagaimana aku mendapatkan inspirasi untuk tema “Romansa”

Saat aku membereskan kamar beberapa bulan lalu, aku menemukan album foto yang berisi sebuah perjalanan saat aku baru saja lulus. Album foto itu membawa banyak kenangan. Itu adalah perjalananku ke Eropa dan disana aku mengalami banyak kenangan-kenangan yang selalu kuingat. Namun satu hal yang pasti, dari semua kota yang telah aku kunjungi, Roma yang paling menarik hatiku. Kota itu membangunkan banyak rasa. Aku menemukan cinta di Roma dan itu tidak hanya pada kota tersebut.

Aku baru saja menyelesaikan tugas akhir perkuliahanku saat itu. Setelah itu aku menunggu saat-saat wisuda yang baru datang 2 bulan kemudian. Orang tuaku telah berjanji untuk membiayai perjalanan ke Eropa ini sebagai hadiah kelulusan. Itu telah menjadi motivasiku selama ini untuk cepat menyelesaikan tugas akhir. Aku mempunyai sahabat yang tinggal di Roma bernama Eleni. Dia orang Itali dan dulu pernah menjadi tetanggaku saat ayahnya bertugas di Indonesia. Kami adalah teman akrab waktu kami kecil dan masih berhubungan hingga sekarang. Sekarang ia bermain biola untuk Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma. Dia hebat, bukan? Kurasa pelajaran biolanya berhasil mewujudkan cita-citanya dulu. Eleni sangat gembira mendengar rencanaku dan ia memaksaku untuk tinggal ditempatnya selama yang aku mau.

Roma adalah kota pertama yang aku kunjungi. Aku tinggal disana selama lebih dari satu minggu. Eleni ketika itu cukup sibuk mempersiapkan pertunjukan orkestranya sehingga ia tidak bisa menemaniku sebanyak yang ia mau. Namun itu tak apa bagiku. Aku merasa seperti sedang bertualang saat aku menjelajahi kota sendiri. Roma merupakan kota yang menakjubkan. Ketika aku sampai ke kota itu di sore hari, aku hampir menangis melihat betapa indahnya gedung-gedung disana. Aku hampir tak percaya akhirnya kota ini ada di depan mataku. Aku terus menggoyangkan lengan Eleni karena aku sangat bersemangat.

Tentu saja aku pergi ke Colosseum. Besar bangunan itu sangat mengagumkan bahwa kebudayaan saat itu dapat membangun tempat megah yang menginspirasi arena jaman sekarang. Colosseum dapat menampung 50000 orang. Namun agak susah membayangkan bagaimana tempat itu waktu jaman dulu dengan finishing marmer dimana-mana. Pasti kelihatan sangat hebat. Andai aku bisa melintasi waktu untuk melihatnya di era keemasannya.

Aku mengunjungi puing-puing dari Foro Romano yang terpendam lalu digali sekitar tahun 1900an. Disana ada bekas perumahan, forum, kuil, monument, pilar, bongkahan marmer dan bangunan berserak dimana-mana, dan ya, aku menyentuhnya! Aku merasa seperti menyentuh sebuah bagian dari masa lalu. Jalan, bangunan dan monumen lama yang terdapat disana berusia hingga 2800 tahun. Sangat mengagumkan bahwa kita dapat merasakan sejarah disana, lalu ke kota Roma modern yang terletak berdekatan.

Piazza Venezia sangat indah. Bangunan itu tidak terlalu tua menurut standar di Roma, namun aku dapat melihat bahwa bangunan ini dibangun untuk meyamai kemegahan era bangsa Roma.  Pilar batu dan patung-patung disana terlihat megah. Tempat ini berlokasi ditengah kota sehingga banyak orang bertemu disana. Aku membayangkan tempat ini tempat yang romantis untuk menunggu kencan. Ada seorang lelaki italia yang ganteng berdiri tak jauh dariku. Ia terus melihatku saat aku mengambil foto sehingga aku tersipu. Namun kemudia seorang wanita berambut pirang menghampirinya dan memeluknya. Ups, false alarm.

Masih banyak tempat menarik lainnya yang aku kunjungi di Roma tapi bila aku menulisnya semua disini bisa menjadi buku 12 bab dan tidak berisi tentang bagaimana aku mendapat inspirasi untuk tema “Romansa”. Tiga tempat diataslah yang menginspiasiku untuk “Romansa”. Aku menuangkan bentuk, warna, dan perasaan yang aku dapat dari ketiga tempat itu pada tas-tas “Romansa”. Keindahan dari sejarah roma dan bagaimana itu mempengaruhiku, aku berharap kalian merasakannya juga.

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The story of “Cappuccino”

Hello!

It’s me, Taqilla.

Thank you for visiting this blog. This blog is dedicated for my love and my work of bags under my own brand name, Taqilla. Taqilla’s brand has been around for 2 years now and has gained some loyal friends who made it possible for Taqilla to be around this long. As a special treat, I want to share some stories with you about “behind the scene” of how I got my design inspiration. Almost all of my designs are inspired from the events of my life. It can come from a simplest thing of every day’s life to the events that change my life. But let’s start from something simple like how I got the inspiration of the “Cappuccino” bags.

I hope you enjoy the stories as I do writing it. Come again and get the updates.

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Halo!

Ini aku, Taqilla.

Terima kasih telah mengunjungi blog ini. Blog ini aku dedikasikan untuk rasa cinta dan kerja kerasku akan tas-tas dari merekku sendiri, Taqilla. Merek Taqilla sudah berdiri selama 2 tahun dan telah mendapatkan teman-teman setia yang telah membuat Taqilla tetap ada sampai sekarang. Sebagai persembahan spesial, aku ingin membagi cerita-cerita dengan kamu tentang ”dibelakang layar” inspirasi desain tas Taqilla. Hampir semua desainku terinpirasi dari peristiwa dalam hidupku. Inspirasi bisa datang dari hal-hal sederhana dalam kehidupan sehari-hari sampai peristiwa yang telah mengubah hidupku. Tapi aku akan memulainya dengan cerita sederhana tentang inspirasi tas ”Cappuccino”.

Aku harap kamu menikmati cerita-ceritaku seperti aku menikmati menuliskannya.

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Behind the design of “Cappuccino”

My ideal type of day always starts with a cup of coffee.

Particularly, cappuccino.

My day would not be perfect without it. Call me addicted but a doze of that mix of coffee and milk with a little bit of foam can soothe me and makes me feel that everything is going to be alright. Well, maybe I exaggerated a little bit.  🙂

One day, I woke up in the morning and get ready for work as usual. But when I’m about to make a cup of cappuccino, it turns out my favorite instant cappuccino box is empty! I forgot to include it in my grocery shopping list yesterday. Mean while I have a morning meeting with a buyer at their office and I don’t have time to buy a cup of cappuccino. I might just have to survive the morning without it.

Fortunately, the meeting went well despite my concentration is a little bit distracted by the dancing cappuccinos in my head. I have to thanks Melissa, my officemate who came along in that meeting. She covers for me so I don’t look so clueless in front of the buyers. Yes, the buyers didn’t serve us coffee. They only serve us tea and I don’t want to look so demanding by asking coffee instead.

When the meeting is over, Melissa literally drags me to the nearest coffee shop. So there we are in a Coffee shop, Melissa cut my pleasure of ordering my cup of coffee by ordering it for me. I know she’s doing it just so she can get on my nerve. But it’s all forgotten when my cappuccino arrives. I smell the aroma and take a zip of my cappuccino. Suddenly the world is in Technicolor again. My mood is instantly better. I don’t even care if Melissa is making fun of my milk foam mustache.

As I steer my cappuccino, I suddenly have a vision of a bag. A brown leather bag with an accent of something that looks like milk foams. Maybe from something like wool fabric. I grab my pen and draw it on a piece of the coffee shop’s tissue right away so I wont forget. It becomes the 1^st draft of my “cappuccino” theme.

Melissa then takes something out of her bag and said, “do you know what can make this cappuccinos tastes even better? Oreo biscuits!”

She offers me some of her Oreos and my day is getting better already.

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Menurutku, hari yang ideal selalu dimulai dengan segelas kopi.

Terutama Cappuccino.

Hariku tidak akan sempurna tanpanya. Silakan bilang aku ”addicted” tapi memang segelas campuran kopi dan susu disertai busa susu itu akan menenangkanku dan membuatku merasa bahwa semuanya akan baik-baik saja. Ok, mungkin aku sedikit berlebihan.  🙂

Suatu hari, aku bangun pagi-pagi dan bersiap untuk bekerja. Namun, saat aku akan membuat segelas cappuccino barulah aku menyadari bahwa kotak cappuccino instan favoritku kosong! Aku lupa memasukkannya kedalam daftar belanja kemarin. Sementara itu pagi ini aku harus rapat di kantor buyer dan tidak punya waktu untuk membeli segelas cappuccino. Pagi itu aku harus bertahan tanpa kopi.

Untungnya, rapat berjalan lancar walaupun konsentrasiku sedikit terganggu oleh cappuccino yang menari-nari dipikiranku. Aku harus berterimakasih pada Melissa, teman sekantorku yang turut ikut rapat. Dia membantuku agar tidak terlihat terlalu linglung di depan para buyer. Yah, ternyata dikantor mereka kami tidak diberikan kopi. Mereka memberi kami minuman teh dan aku tidak ingin terlihat terlalu ribet untuk meminta mereka mencarikanku kopi.

Ketika rapat berakhir, Melissa menyeretku ke kafe terdekat. Ketika kami sudah sampai di Coffee shop, Melissa memotong kesenanganku untuk memesan kopi dengan memesankan untukku. Aku tau dia hanya melakukannya hanya karena ingin jahil. Tapi semua terlupakan ketika cappuccino-ku datang. Aku menhirup aromanya dan menyeruputnya sedikit. Dunia pun serasa penuh warna kembali. Suasana hatiku langsung baik. Aku bahkan tidak peduli ketika Melissa tertawa melihat kumis susu akibat busa cappuccino-ku.

Saat aku mengaduk cappuccino-ku itu, tiba-tiba aku mendapatkan inspirasi tas dikepalaku. Tas kulit coklat dengan aksen yang menggambarkan busa susu bercampur dengan kopi. Mungkin sesuatu yang seperti bahan wool. Aku segera mengambil pena dan menggambarnya di sehelai tisu kafe supaya aku tidak lupa. Itulah draft pertama dari tas tema ”cappuccino” untuk Taqilla.

Melissa lalu mengambil sesuatu dari tasnya sambil berkata, “kamu tau nggak apa yang bisa bikin cappuccino ini makin enak? Biskuit Oreo!”

Dia menawariku biskuitnya dan dengan senang hati aku menerima tawaran itu. Hariku pun berubah menjadi lebih sempurna.

1st cappuccino sketch

Cappuccino laptop bag

Cappucinno backpack sketch

another Cappucino backpack sketch

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