Interior Design

Julia Tan, M.Sc.

Executive Dean of School of Design

Julia Tan graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design (2000) and Master of Science in Strategic Design Management (2018) from Parsons School of Design. She joined Janko Rasic Architects in New York City, handling clients such as Credit Suisse, Westdeutsche Landesbank, Bank of Thailand, the African Union, the English-Speaking Union and the Coca-Cola Company. In 2004, she received her Interior Designer license from the National Council of Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) in New York. Julia later opened her own design firm and a retail jewelry business for ten years. She was active not only in Interior Design and Jewelry Design but also in Product Design, Exhibition Design, Visual Merchandising, Web Design and Textile Design. In 2010, Julia moved to Indonesia with her family. She loves teaching and developing people to discover their passion, purpose and calling. She believes that a great designer brings a transformative solution and impact to the society. She hopes that she can bring the design community together and raise Indonesia's appreciation for this community through international accreditation and licensure.

Dr. Martin Luqman Katoppo, S.T., M.T.

Acting Dean of School of Design

Dr. Martin Luqman Katoppo, S.T., M.T. was educated, trained and graduated as an architect at Universitas Kristen Indonesia (UKI) on the year of 1998, when Indonesia had its turmoil and entering the era of Reformation. The uncertainty at that time made Martin questioning the relevance of architecture and later becoming his obsession. In 2002 Martin obtained his master in architecture - specializing in history, theory and criticism at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), where as Martin also achieved his Doctoral degree in 2017 with a dissertation entitled Design as Generator for Empowering Communitya. Martin then entered both architectural practice and academic institution, believing that both are necessary means for being an architect. In architectural practice, Martin and his wife mostly acknowledged for their Rumah Besi (steel house) an experimental (sustainable) home that they created and became the finalist in IAI awards 2011 (highest national architectural competition held by Indonesian Architect Association). In academic institution, Martin became a lecturer in Interior Design Department, School of Design, Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH) since 2005 until now. Martin held the position of Head of Department of Interior Design from 2010-2013 and now served as Acting Dean for School of Design (SoD), UPH. As an academic Martin published scholarly article in both indexed International and National Journal. Propelled by his passion in architecture and his obsession of always pushing its limits, in 2013 Martin and other lecturers from SoD, UPH founded DAG-Design as Generator, where he explores the possibility of making design as a champion, a generator of change within community. as an organization with a vision of empowering people with an approach of participatory and collaborative design. DAG already had several projects, especially in urban kampong at Southern Tangerang ranging from making design interventions for domestic waste problems, greenery and creative space for children and up to remote area in Kalimantan. Martin carry out all of these with a belief that design should become light for others.

Vanya Alessandra, S.Sn., M.M.

Join the team since 2009. Start as an assistant lecturer, learning from the other great lecturer. Then continuing as a lecturer, learning from extraordinary students. Mainly teach in fundamental study about design, abstraction of form with design elements and principles as the language. Interested in Color Study and how the application of color, with the help of material and lighting, influence the surrounding.