Meet Avicenna

An industrial engineer and designer who loves to solve
everyday's problem through design thinking.



A short story



A boy, A designer, An industrial engineer, who enjoys , traveling, Japan, jazz, console games, soccer.

A boy, A designer, An industrial engineer, who hates , his cowardness in love, his over thinking, his reckless thinking.

A boy, A designer, An industrial engineer, who regrets , his time in high school, his early period in university.

A boy, A designer, An industrial engineer, who values , his time in last period in university, jobless period, Prodev, and IBM.

A boy, A designer, An industrial engineer, who misses , his time in Prodev, three persons in Prodev, two juniors in Prodev, one mentor in Prodev.

A boy, A designer, An industrial engineer, who has a name , Avicenna.






His journey so far



  1. A boy was born

    October, 17th 1992

    Abi was born in YPK hospital at Menteng, Jakarta. He is the third child of Argadiredja's family. He has an older sister, Sari, and an older brother, Arya. His name came from the well-known Islamic doctor, Ibn Sina. But, his parent decided to use Ibn Sina's western name, Avicenna, as his name. Why his parent chose to call him Abi, is unknown.

  2. Too young to start

    Jul, 1996

    Abi would turn five in three months. It would be a perfect time to play and study in kindergarten. However, the kindergarten didn't permit him to enter the school. The reason was rather simple. They thought he was too young and not ready to enter the school, which is rather absurd now (we knew there are many students who is younger than normal). Then he enrolled next year.

  3. Such a cute toddler

    March, 1997

    Didn't get a chance to study and play in kindergarten doesn't mean he wasn't happy. While he was playing, his father took a chance to capture some moment. Then, his father looked at a competition on a magazine and decided to send the best picture. The result was surprising as Abi won the runner-up and the judges commented that she wanted to kidnap him because of his smile.

  4. First step to design

    January, 1998

    Living with a father as an architect and playing with LEGO trained his visual ability very well. Little Abi loved to draw and read a cartoon books. Moreover, when he attended kindergarten, his teacher would give him a lot of chance to hone his interest. Then, he won a runner-up of coloring competition with his mother. Such a huge step for a kid.

  5. Officialy being an elementary schooler

    July, 1999

    After spending two years in kindergarten, now it's time to move to its neighbour. Yeah, his elementary is beside of his kindergarten. So, actually it was not a radical change. It was still on the third year of kindergarten. In this cool elementary school, he met great friends, a fierce rival, first love, and great teachers.

  6. Got dengue fever

    December, 1999

    After getting the report of first four months, he got sick because of dengue fever. At first, his family thouoght that he just had another fever. But at a night, his condition was going worsen. His temperature reached 42 degrees celcius, and then he was run to hospital's emergency unit. Then, it was revealed that he got dengue fever.

  7. Le rival appeared!

    April, 2000

    One day, his class went to school field for sports class. The teacher asked them to do a little run competition. He and his best friend, Andika, was standing side by side and then running as fast as they could after the teacher blew the whistle. Run! Run! Run! Like a wind! Then the wind hit the ring and he won the match! Enjoy while it lasts... Because after that Andika is always in front of him in all matches...

  8. Typhus attacked!

    December, 2000

    42 degrees Celcius! He lost his concious and his body was burning hot! His parents took him to Tebet Hospital and it seemed the condition was really worse! He was treated in Emergency and it was really suffering for him! Nurses could not find his blood vessel (he was kinda fat) so they failed to inject the IV which hurted him a lot! Luckily he was going better in two weeks.

  9. Got chicken pox

    April, 2001

    Just a couple of months from Typhus, he got attacked by chicken pox from his friend. Free days for him again! Then, of course, his grades going worsen and his ranking dropped to the lowest level in his school period (except high school).

  10. Joined Basketball club

    September, 2001

    Having a weak body despite his fatty body, his parent asked him to join an extracurricular. Having a greater jumping skill than his friends, he decided to join basketball club which he will remember forever.

  11. Ditched and failed

    October, 2001

    Having a lot of activities in his school, He was really tired when he got to home. Meanwhile, he had another extra lesson for his religion studies. So, he faked his attendance and ditched the class. Then, when he got home, his mother realized the truth, and banned him to enter the house. He cried for two hours at the front of the door.

  12. Won first basketball trophy

    January, 2002

    First trophy in first competition! The basketball team became a really great team with a super rookie from his team, Moh. Wicaksono. Meanwhile, he got a special job to do for his team. Doing rebound for his team. Meanwhile his rival, Andika, was well-known for three-point shooter. Such a deadly combo.

  13. A mysterious keychain in my locker

    June, 2002

    Joined a super basketball team, always ranked on top, giving him a lot of attention either from teachers or his friends. One day, he needed to back home later as he needed to do a chore for his class. So, his friends were already back to their home. When he opened his locker and wanted to put his shoes, he felt something hard. And it seemed there was a keychain! A keychain of whale with a heart. Until know, he still does not know who gave him that keychain.

  14. Kinda scary...

    September, 2002

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  15. Soccer on the rooftop!

    June, 2003

    Having a bottle cap futsal was currently hype in his school! He always played it with his friends in the class. Yet, in his break time, he played futsal with plastic ball on the rooftop which was located beside of the class. One day, they played in break and did not really care about the class. So they decided to play even though the teacher was teaching in the class. Then in short, we got yelled by the teachers.

  16. Last match!

    November, 2004

    A competition in Alix remarked our last match! Unfortunately, we did not win the competition. Not a really great match for farewell match yet it is still one of my precious experience in my life.

  17. First date!

    January, 2005

    As he soon to be a junior high schooler, he wanted to express his feelings to a girl whom he liked. So, he decided to tell her through a text! Yes, a text! So coward. Luckily, he dated his crush. HA

  18. Rivalry continued

    April, 2005

    Last match! The award of best graduates! The rivalry continued until the very last moment in his elementary period. Aaaaaand, he got the first rank! Yes! First rank in his class, but second rank in his batch. The first place? Of course his rival. The positive thing is.. BYE RIVAL! The negative thing is.. he will miss my rival as Andika is also his very best friend which will be different when we met 10 years later.....

  19. White and blue!

    June, 2005

    First day being a white and blue! Not a really nice building, and such a culture shock also. Still, he got elected as a class chief voluntarily... Amazing. 10 years later? It will be different HA

  20. Affair and a month relationship

    August, 2005

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  21. A gang established!

    February, 2006

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  22. Awkward relationship

    May, 2006

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  23. Elected as a student council president

    July, 2006

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  24. Say hello to Photoshop!

    September, 2006

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  25. A rising star named as top scorer!

    November, 2006

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  26. An active leader

    February, 2007

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  27. Junior-senior relationship

    September, 2007

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  28. Let's make our yearbook!

    January, 2008

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  29. Crucial points! Aaand he failed

    May, 2008

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  30. It wasn't enough..

    July, 2008

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  31. A new me in white and gray

    September, 2008

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  32. I'm outta here

    November, 2008

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  33. Is this the right decision?

    January, 2009

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  34. First video clip was created!

    July, 2009

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  35. Introducing Biskop 28!

    September, 2009

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  36. Brilliant save by goalkeeper!

    December, 2009

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  37. Bali & Lombok, Here I come!

    March, 2010

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  38. Science-1? Interesting..

    May, 2010

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  39. Snack, eat, and BLAM!

    January, 2011

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  40. 75%? You kidding right?

    April, 2011

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  41. All hard work is paying off!

    July, 2011

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  42. Camera's always ready!

    September, 2011

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  43. Joined several committees and organizations

    December, 2011

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  44. Trusted to design competitions's brand

    July, 2012

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  45. Trusted by seniors to join Faculty's Senate

    November, 2012

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  46. Found his place to grow

    January, 2013

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  47. Went to Semarang!

    May, 2013

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  48. Got first research project

    July, 2013

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  49. Went to Yogyakarta!

    September, 2013

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  50. Exploring Japan!

    May, 2014

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  51. Bouncing back in Yogyakarta

    June, 2014

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  52. Internship in Nielsen!

    August, 2014

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  53. Continuing the research!

    October, 2014

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  54. Research in Garuda Indonesia

    December, 2014

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  55. Trip to Lombok!

    January, 2015

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  56. Graduation!

    August, 2015

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