Nara Wiradana, designer and creative developer

Independent designer and creative developer in Yogyakarta, making identities, typefaces and websites that keep a trace of the hand that made them.

Booking projects from January 2027

See selected work

Selected work

2024–2026

  • Lumbung

    Identity and website for a farmer-run seed bank in Central Java.

    Identity, Website

    2026

  • Tirta Records

    A variable typeface and cover system for an independent record label.

    Type, Art direction

    2025

  • Pasar Malam

    Festival site and wayfinding for a night market that moves to a new street every week.

    Website, Signage

    2025

  • Kala Ceramics

    Packaging and an unhurried online shop for a small pottery studio.

    Packaging, E-commerce

    2024

  • Arsip Suara

    An interactive archive of oral histories recorded with Javanese elders.

    Website, Motion

    2024

About

I started out printing zines on a borrowed risograph, two colours at a time, never quite lined up. That slight misregistration is still what I chase: work that is exact where it matters and human everywhere else. For eight years I have built brands and websites with small teams who would rather be remembered than be safe.

Services

  • Brand identity
  • Type design
  • Web design
  • Front-end development
  • Motion

Clients

  • Lumbung Benih Merapi
  • Tirta Records
  • Kala Ceramics
  • Rumah Baca Sanggar
  • Omah Ngasem

Recognition

  • Awwwards Site of the Day
    Arsip Suara
    2024
  • TDC Certificate of Excellence
    Tirta Sans
    2025
  • Brand New, Noted
    Lumbung
    2026