CNN

Malaysia's traditional batik journeys to the world fashion scene

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-- Decorative batik clothing has long had its place as Malaysia's official national costume. But today, the eye-catching patterns of the age-old design method have reached new ...
Al Jazeera English

‘A name, a function and a philosophy’: The art of Indonesian batik

Solo, Indonesia – Gunawan Setiawan is the fourth generation of batik makers and sellers in his family, and hails from the historic royal city of Surakarta, or Solo, in Central Java which is also known ...
Korea

Indonesian Embassy in Seoul creates commemorative batik design

Indonesia celebrated National Batik Day on Oct. 2 to commemorate UNESCO's 2009 designation of batik, or clothing made through the batik technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to whole cloth, as a ...
Architectural Digest

Batik 101: Where It Comes From, How It’s Made, and How to Use It in an Interior

Celebrated by designers, tastemakers, and pattern-lovers for centuries, batik is both a type of fabric and an ancient dyeing technique with a long and complicated history. Often grouped with other ...
The Peninsula

Indonesian artist creates Qahwa batik design motif at NMoQ

Doha, Qatar: A special Qahwa batik design motif has taken centre stage at the National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) as part of the ongoing exhibition, “Growing Kopi, Drinking Qahwa; Stories of Coffee in ...