Michael Handojo

Working with Creativity and Integrity, Michael Handojo, Interior Design UPH Alumni Establishes Fuze Collective

As communication medium continues to develop, so does design and style to keep up with the generation that is growing in the digital era. So does Fuze Collective, a design studio based in Bali, initiated by Michael Handojo, UPH's Interior Design Alumni cohort 2013 with his partner, Francisca Simon, since early 2020. Fuze puts forward time flexibility as well as place far before the pandemic took place, integrating composition and context to express oneself.

Fuze's vision, “an integrated design studio”, has led it to be entrusted by clients, especially by foreign investors interested to build a haven in Bali. Villa Massilia, one which gained attention, is one of Fuze's masterpiece. With a modern and unpretentious interior design concept, Villa Massilia became one of Bali's hotels with a contemporary and natural design. Backed-up with great interest for each project, Fuze aims to create the best as well as discretion for each client to bring their dream designs into reality.

Values such as creativity, open-mindedness, communication, flexibility in professional terms Michael hold does not stream far from the education he's gained at UPH. Michael admits that his education has shaped him mentally for the professional world, especially to be imaginative in his work, determine when and where he will work, and to put forward professionalism at all project. Furthermore, the trust he has been given as Interior Design's Head of Student Association helped integrate and structure his mindset.

“For most design students, our overtime sessions and hardwork during university are precious stories to retell. One of them is in being entrusted as Interior Design's Head of Student Associaton. I learn to communicate and bring myself further and not limit myself to my design skills, but how to think in an integrative and structured way through the experience," Michael closes.