The principals of Macan Tidur are Susi Johnston and Bruno Piazza. Each brings idiosyncratic talents to the mix. Susi is an art historian, scholar of architecture, author, blogger, and an expert on Indonesian textiles. Bruno, an Italian from Milan, was a fashion and lifestyle photographer, then turned his acute eye to art, and is now a respected dealer in tribal art, antiquities and ornament. They both design and build and travel and are inordinately fond of lively discussion.
Macan Tidur’s clients include collectors, connoisseurs, designers, architects, hotels, clubs, museums, galleries and astute eccentrics. Their sourcing and custom work is in scads of interiors magazines and books. The shops have been lauded by the picky LUXE guides, Travel & Leisure, Town & Country, Tropical Living, Bali Chic, and the Yak, Bali’s premier lifestyle mag. Macan Tidur is often cited in writing as “the best shop in Bali”.