Ong Cen Kuang

ONG CEN KUANG is a lighting atelier based in Bali, Indonesia, founded in 2008 by Budiman Ong, who was born in Kisaran, Sumatra, and studied applied arts at Gray’s School of Art, part of Robert Gordon University, before returning to Indonesia as head of lifestyle design at John Hardy. Rudi Winata, a graduate of UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, joined as partner in 2013.

The atelier makes decorative lighting by hand, one piece at a time, with an in-house team of artisans, combining traditional craftsmanship with modern design and valuing the expressive potential of familiar and unexpected materials. Its pieces are distributed across Europe, Asia and the USA and have been commissioned for hotels and institutions, from COMO Shambhala in Bali to the cabinet meeting room of the new presidential palace in Indonesia’s IKN.