Gustaff Harriman Iskandar (1974) – IYCEY Design Award 2007 finalist

A media artist, researcher, and director of the Bandung Centre for Media Arts and the Common Room Network Foundation, Gustaff is the initiator and driving force behind a number of international film, music, and new media art festivals, events and workshops in Bandung. A Fine Arts graduate of the Bandung Institute of Technology, Gustaff is also the co-author of the first-ever cultural mapping of Bandung’s creativity. After his return from the UK, Gustaff, alongside Ridwan Kamil (IYCEY Design 2006) and Fiki Satari (IYCEY Fashion 2007), is engaged in his capacity as the head of the Bandung Creative City Forum with the West Java and Bandung city governments, developing the region’s creative industry and creative cities initiatives.

UK jury citation:

“Spoke eloquently of how developing countries like his must use their creative talents to find a way out of economic and political crises into the future they deserve.”