CCG

CROSS-CULTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESIDENCY

Initiated and organized by CushCush Gallery, in partnership with Arcade – Design à la campagne®, the Embassy of France in Indonesia and the Institut français d’Indonésie.

Launching its call for applications for the 2026-2027 Artist Designer In Residence (ADIR) program.

CONTEXT

The Artist Designer In Residence (ADIR) program has successfully run for its initial phase from 2022 to 2025 with the support of the French Embassy in Indonesia and the French Institute in France and in Indonesia. ADIR aims to reinterpret Bali’s unique traditional arts and crafts through the prism of contemporary design as a way to preserve Bali’s unique heritage and to promote the relevance of craftsmanship. Over 3 editions, the program has gained visibility, showcasing the relevance and high quality of Balinese craftsmanship on the international scene through the prism of French design. Building on this positive momentum, CCG is expanding the residency.

In this new phase, CCG is partnering with Arcade – Design à la campagne® based in Burgundy, France to establish ADIR as a cross-residency for two designers, one from France and one from Indonesia. The residency will unfold in two parts, in Bali, Indonesia (16 August – 20 September 2026) and in Burgundy, France (1 – 28 August 2027). 

Founded in 1986, the ARCADE Design à la campagne® association is dedicated to promoting and supporting design and crafts. Located in the heart of a rural area, it develops a unique cultural project that combines research, exhibitions, and experimentation, directly engaging with local realities and contemporary issues.

For its 2026 – 2027 edition, ADIR is responding to Arcade’s current involvement in Tomorrow, forests, a multi-disciplinary project blending science, practices, culture and creativity to explore the future of forests in the Burgundy region. 

Everywhere in the world, forests are indeed increasingly at the center of crucial issues: sustainable management of natural resources, ecological degradation, transmission of forestry-related know-how and crafts, preservation of biodiversity, the evolution of our perception about these ecosystems that sustain our lives. Recent disruptions that have been impacting Bali further fuel ADIR’s direction towards environmental concerns.  

Design and art are some of the disciplines through which the project aims to explore the bond between humans and forests, especially to invent new ways to better understand, interact with and highlight the value of these vital natural spaces. In association with the project, ADIR will provide a multicultural space of experimentation for the designers and the artist to develop their own interpretations and perspectives on this complex multi-faceted theme in specific local natural and cultural environments.

• ADIR in Bali (16 August – 20 September 2026)

While in Bali, the residents will explore this complex topic through the island’s specific cultural and natural context. They will immerse themselves for 4 weeks into Bali’s rich natural environment, unique arts, crafts traditions and culture through direct encounters with local artisans, artists and cultural practitioners. Based on their experimentations and interpretations, the residents will develop their own creative response to this unique experience in the form of a collection of objects. The collections will be produced as a collaboration between the designers and CushCush and will be presented at various design fairs and events in Indonesia and France, notably Paris Design Week.  

The residency will be punctuated by a series of presentations, discussions and workshops to provide an opportunity for the residents to directly engage with the local creative communities and the public. The residency will culminate with an exhibition retracing their Balinese  journey and presenting their creative process in conceptualizing their collections.

The residents will then embark on a one-week roadshow that will take them to Yogyakarta, Bandung and Jakarta, to further share their inspiring journey with local creative communities and professionals.

• ADIR in Burgundy (1 – 28 August 2027)*

The French and Indonesian designers will participate in a 4-week residency hosted by Arcade – Design à la Campagne at the Château de Sainte-Colombe-en-Auxois in Burgundy, France. Building up on their shared experience during their residency in Bali, they will team up to work on a common project rooted in Burgundy’s specific territorial context in close collaboration with local craftsmen, thus expanding their exploration of the cross-residency’s theme in a completely different local environment and forest-related issues.

During their residency in Burgundy, the designers will focus on developing an experimental aesthetic working with local materials sourced from Burgundy’s forest. The output of their experimentations will be exhibited as part of Arcade’s showcase during France Design Week 2027. 

Upon completing the Burgundy residency, the designers will travel to Paris to participate in the launching of their ADIR collection developed together with CushCush at Paris Design Week and to share their ADIR journey with the French and international creative communities and professionals.

*Please note that dates for the Burgundy residency may be slightly postponed to align with Paris Design Week 2027 dates. The final dates will be confirmed in early 2027. 

• CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

Read our full guidelines, terms and conditions carefully to make sure you are eligible to apply:

– For French designers: full call terms and conditions
– For Indonesian designers: full call terms and conditions

Submit your application by filling our online form: 

– For Indonesian designers: https://bit.ly/ADIR2026_ApplicationForm_Indonesia 
– For French designers: https://bit.ly/ADIR2026_ApplicationForm_France 

Please note that:
– Applications submitted through other means will not be accepted.
– Each candidate can submit only one application. 
– All applications, including submitted documents must all be in English. 
– Any false declaration will void the submitted application.

The 2026 – 2027 ADIR call for applications are now closed.

ADIR 2026-2027 DESIGNERS PROFILE

We are thrilled to welcome Clara Rivière and Cokorda G.B. Suryanata (Tjok) as our resident designers for our 2026-2027 ADIR edition!

Clara Rivière

Hailing from Southwestern France, Clara Rivière has developed her perspective through a close attention to the nature that surrounds her. She designs objects that give form to contemporary rituals and practices that foster greater respect for living systems. Through their use and making process, everyday objects become vehicles for connection, weaving economic, human and cultural relations rooted in territory.

She studied product design at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and graduated from ENSCI – Les Ateliers. She founded her studio in 2018. Her collaborations include Hermès, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, Iratzoki Studio, and emerging companies.

Her work has been exhibited at La Galerie du Côté in Biarritz, the Basque Museum, the Museum of Bayonne History, and the Musée national Adrien Dubouché in Limoges. Some works are installed in public spaces, including the Eau fountain at Domaine d’Abbadia in Hendaye and the COSMOS sundial in Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle.

Cokorda G.B. Suryanata (Tjok)

Tjok is a Bali-based industrial designer and founder of Studio Banda. His practice treats existing manufacturing and craft processes as underutilized resources, viewing craft as a living body of intelligence that carries possibilities yet to be fully explored. Rather than chasing prescribed aesthetics, his work stems from a close attention to material behavior and everyday gestures combined with playful technical deviations.

Trained at Institut Teknologi Bandung, with formative periods in Tokyo, his prior experience ranges from last-mile technology development to a stint in architecture. This background shapes an acute sensitivity to the cultural, political and ecological conditions surrounding the act of making, allowing him to resolve unconventional process experiments through a rigorous construction logic. His work spans experimental objects, furniture, lighting and consumer electronics.

His creations have been exhibited internationally, notably at SaloneSatellite 2026 in Milan. He also serves as Chairman of the Indonesian Industrial Design Alliance (ADPII), Bali Chapter.

ADIR 2026  – JOIN THE TEAM

Get your chance to be part of this exciting programme! We are looking for an assistant to help out our resident designers during their stay, and 2 volunteer photographers to document their creative journey in Bali. 

Do you think you are the person we are looking for? Check out our post to find out how to apply!

Application deadline: 19 July 2026

We are looking for 1 Assistant to Designers to join our ADIR 2026 team.
Submit your application by sending your CV and motivation letter in English to hrd@cushcushgallery.com.

We are looking for 2 Volunteer Photographers to be part of ADIR 2026 team.
Submit your application by filling our online form with your CV and portfolio at https://bit.ly/ADIR2026VolunteerPhotographer

ADIR 2026-2027 PRESS KIT

For more  information about our ADIR 2026-2027 programme, please download our press kit:

Click here to download  ADIR 2026-2027 press kit in English

Click to download high resolution pictures

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