[01]
AnchoredCAC[adj.]
Firmly secured; a stable base that every project, team, and idea can extend from.
A Bali-based creative collective built around a simple idea: make room for the things that don’t fit neatly into one category. Tattoos, aerial movement, creative services, community events, and a café all share the same address. Brand, space, and experience, built from the ground up as co-founder.
[02]
LiminalMaunoh[adj.]
Occupying the threshold between one state and another; neither here nor there. Guiding collaborators through the in-between, where the best ideas are still taking shape. And, where Maunoh lives entirely.
Maunoh, from the Malayalam മൗനം (maunom), meaning silence. A social app for meeting the people around you without the pressure of being perceived. No profiles. No audience. No permanent record. Just a thought, a place, and the possibility of someone nearby saying yes.
[03]
AdaptiveHilton[adj.]
Able to adjust to new conditions without losing its essential shape. One voice, reshaped for every client and season, always recognisable no matter where it lands.
A brand voice holding steady across two years of seasonal campaigns, stretching across festive seasons, cultural celebrations, guest experiences, and physical brand touchpoints. The work changed constantly. The feeling behind it didn’t.
[04]
InterpretiveMcQueen[adj.]
Offering a reading of something, rather than a literal copy of it. The same reference, returned to again and again, never quite the same way twice.
Three pieces over five years: a thread installation, a portrait published by a fashion magazine, and an oil on tile liked by the house itself. Different mediums, same fixation, read again and again.
[05]
DeconstructiveVolk[adj.]
Taking something apart to question how, and why, it was built. Briefs, campaigns, structures: undone, examined, then rebuilt with intention.
A leather accessories collection that reads the corset as a mask: a restrictive shell we hide behind, pulled apart piece by piece and rebuilt as strap, buckle, and harness. A full range designed, two pieces made by hand.
[06]
ArtisanalCoomink[adj.]
Made with care, by hand — resistant to shortcuts and mass production. Where that instinct actually lives day to day: hand-done work, one appointment at a time.
The flagship studio, where the work actually happens. Custom tattoo designs drawn from clients' own stories and themes, alongside the brand and social presence that carries the studio's voice day to day.

About

Alaïda
Background
  • Creative direction & brand strategy
  • Tattoo artistry
  • Photography & videography
  • Ceramics
  • Based in Canggu, Bali

Ten years across luxury fashion, film production, hospitality marketing, and tech led me to the same conclusion: the most interesting work rarely stays inside the boundaries of a job title.

A Master’s in Creative Direction from Polimoda, Florence, and a Bachelor’s in Fashion Communication sit alongside skills that never belonged to a single role for very long: ceramics, tattooing, photography, brand strategy, product design, writing, and running a space.

That way of working doesn’t belong to any one place. It has shown up as a brand system for an international hospitality name, a social app designed to make meeting strangers feel less intimidating, a tattoo studio where every piece starts with a conversation, and a creative collective built to hold all of those interests at once, instead of forcing them into separate boxes.

Some projects become brands. Some become products. Some become places. The thread running through them tends to stay the same.

“I’m interested in the moments people carry with them. More often than not, it isn’t the big milestone or grand purpose. It’s the personalised bookmark slipped into a hotel guest’s book while they’re out for the day. The tattoo drawn from a story someone’s carried for years. The stranger who leaves an art club with three new friends. Those are the moments people remember. They’re also where the most interesting stories tend to begin. Different forms, same instinct: creating things that make people feel seen.”
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Other Projects

Film
Aroha
Brand launch film for a homegrown line of handcrafted clothing, exploring the textiles of India.
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Rusted Brocade, Chapter II
Campaign video for Kartikeya India.
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Morte Dell’arte
A university film fusing theatre with filmmaking, on the death of art in the fashion industry.
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Web design
Maunoh
Website designed and built for the Maunoh app.
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Cara Artisan Collective
Website designed and built from scratch for the collective.
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Photography
Railroad Industrial Furniture
Product photography for a Bali workshop building furniture from salvaged ship parts.
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Villa interiors
Interior photography for a villa listing in Bali.
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José
A low-light portrait series, styled and shot.
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Tattoo portraits
Coomink clients photographed with their new tattoos.
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Illustration
Painting & illustration
Paintings in oil and acrylic, alongside digital illustration.
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Publication
Idem
A publication of dialogues and photography on creative minds, self-doubt, and identity.
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Fashion Forecast
Research, trend report, and publication design for a university project.
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Contact

Get in touch
Email
alaidatresa@gmail.com
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WhatsApp
+62 813 2571 0612
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Instagram
@alaidatresa
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LinkedIn
linkedin.com/alaidatresa
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Based in
Canggu, Bali
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