Wender·Vista
Bandung
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIndonesia
in the West Java highlands, southeast of Jakarta

Bandung

— — a city the volcanoes look down on.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A highland city in West Java, set in a basin at about 768 metres with the cone of Tangkuban Perahu standing to the north. The Dutch called it Paris van Java for the Art Deco blocks that still line Jalan Asia Afrika. The air is cooler than Jakarta, three hours below by road; the tea plantations begin where the suburbs end.

from the studio
Bandung
— bring it home

Bandung, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Bandung

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Bandung is the capital of West Java and the third-largest city in Indonesia, holding roughly 2.5 million people in the city proper and around 8 million across the wider metropolitan area. It lies in a high plateau basin at about 768 metres, ringed by stratovolcanoes including Tangkuban Perahu to the north. The city's cool, rainy climate and its colonial-era university and Art Deco architecture earned it the nickname Paris van Java. Today it is also a major centre of Indonesian technology, fashion, and higher education, home to the Bandung Institute of Technology founded in 1920.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the air

The basin sits high enough that the air runs markedly cooler than Jakarta — daily averages around 23°C rather than 28, with frequent low cloud and afternoon rain through the wet season from October to April. The cooler climate is what drew Dutch planters to settle the surrounding hills in tea, and what makes Bandung a weekend escape from the coastal heat today. North of the city, Tangkuban Perahu vents sulphur from its craters, and the smell sometimes carries down on the wind when the weather is still.

— the visit

The civic heart is Gedung Merdeka on Jalan Asia Afrika, the white-pillared hall that hosted the 1955 Asia-Africa Conference where twenty-nine newly independent African and Asian states first met. The building now holds the Asia-Africa Museum, open most days, with the original conference room preserved. North of the city, the road climbs through Lembang to Tangkuban Perahu, a 2,084-metre stratovolcano whose Ratu crater can be reached by car. The tea plantations of Ciwidey and Pangalengan lie south, easy day trips by road.

— where
Indonesia · Bandung, West Java
— elevation
768 m · 2,519 ft
— position
-6.9175° S · 107.6191° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
25 km N
Tangkuban Perahu
stratovolcano
1 km C
Gedung Merdeka
historic hall
45 km S
Kawah Putih
crater lake
15 km N
Lembang
highland town
N
Bandung
Tangkuban Perahu
Gedung Merdeka
Kawah Putih
Lembang
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Bandung — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Bandung is the capital of West Java, in the highlands of western Indonesia about 140 kilometres southeast of Jakarta. It sits in a plateau basin at roughly 768 metres, ringed by volcanoes on all sides.

The nickname dates to the Dutch colonial period and refers to the Art Deco buildings that lined the new boulevards in the 1920s and 1930s. Many still stand along Jalan Braga and Jalan Asia Afrika.

Gedung Merdeka hosted the Asia-Africa Conference in April 1955, the first large-scale meeting of newly independent Asian and African states. Twenty-nine countries attended. The original conference hall is preserved as the Asia-Africa Museum.

Tangkuban Perahu is an active stratovolcano about 25 kilometres north of Bandung, rising to 2,084 metres. Its name means 'upturned boat' in Sundanese. The main Ratu crater is reachable by road and remains a working geothermal vent.

The city proper holds about 2.5 million people, making it the third-largest in Indonesia after Jakarta and Surabaya. The greater Bandung metropolitan area is closer to 8 million, spread across the basin and the surrounding highland districts.

Highland tropical, cooler and wetter than coastal Java. Daily averages run around 23°C through the year, with a distinct wet season from October to April. Cloud often sits low over the basin in the late afternoon.

— about the piece in your home

It has carried well for our customers with ties to the city — university alumni from ITB, families with roots in West Java, people raised among the volcanoes. A Small or Medium with a studio note travels nicely in the post.

The cool greens and volcanic greys read into Japandi, modern tropical, and warm Minimalist rooms. The stained-glass colourwork also sits comfortably in a Maximalist room already running deeper jewel tones.

Yes. Both styles have moved away from generic palm prints toward art that names a specific place. A piece like this gives the room a real geographical anchor rather than a stock tropical reference.

For a standard sofa the single Large is the most common pick. Above a wider console or a long sectional the 4-tile Mural balances better; for a true statement wall, the 9-tile Mural.

Yes. For bathrooms, showers, kitchens, and any vertical install near steam or splash, choose the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The Glossy is meant for framed wall art in dry rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth and clean water. No solvents, no abrasive sponges, no glass cleaner. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath a thin finish, so dust and fingerprints lift off easily.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original work from one studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license or resell. Reid curates the atlas, the studio paints, and each tile is hand-finished in-house.

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