Nowadays in Indonesia, cultural and heritage conservation starting to gain a big concern from our society. But did you know that you could actually use a certain software to design a batik pattern?

That method were used by Nancy Margried, an Indonesian fabric and clothing designer. She uses computer software to generate a batik pattern called “Batik Fractal”.

Fractal itself, to put it simply, is a concept of drawing a pattern, within a pattern, within a pattern, and so on (patternception, indeed :)). To generate a fractal pattern, the computer uses mathematical operations and recursive algorithm. 

Nancy use the fractal concept to create a contemporary and modern batik pattern, creating opportunities for future Indonesian designer to develop batik in a simpler and more convenient way. 

She create a new way of designing Batik by marrying arts and science, culture and technology, heritage and innovation. It’s amazing how those pairs were actually could go together, and it inspires me. We knew Batik is just one of our abundant arts and cultures. So, what else is here to innovate? 

above snapshots were taken from Intel Visibly Smart Video presenting Batik Fractal innovation by Nancy Margried.