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Paulius Staniunas

Food & Drink

Thirsty work

Long a refuge for passing idle hours in the sun, Bali is now proving a lively launch-pad for a new crop of drinks businesses. We meet the entrepreneurs.

  • Issue #117
  • 7 min read
Wine bottles stored in diagonal metal rack showing various labels and bottle colors from white to red
Design

Architecture

We help Sydney improve the quality of after-life, meet the Vietnamese designers looking to the past for new solutions and venture into the dapper new showroom of an Italian design giant.

  • Issue #115
  • 6 min read
Architecture
Affairs

Not for turning

Indonesian president Joko Widodo tells us how he navigates hardline groups, political opponents and speed bumps.

  • Issue #112
  • 9 min read
Not for turning
Media

Faith and devotion

Despite the global trials facing print media and pressures from religious hardliners, one Indonesian paper is remaining faithful to its founding principles.

  • Issue #110
  • 13 min read
Faith and devotion
Entrepreneurialism

Ronald Akili

The entrepreneur behind hospitality brand Potato Head remembers returning empty-handed from hunting wild boar and his grandmother cooking huge family dinners of spicy Manado food in his youth.

  • Issue #109
  • 5 min read
Spicy Babi Genyo pork cheek dish garnished with red chilies and lime on a white plate with brass cutlery.
Business

Making the grade

Indonesia is known for its mall culture but a new wave of businesses is reaching consumers differently. We visit five innovative entrepreneurs thinking outside the air-conditioned box in Jakarta.

  • Issue #100
  • 12 min read
Making the grade

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