Rio Ardiansyah Murda

Alumnus of the Forest Product Technology Study Program, Class of 50

CEO of Let It Wood

Rio Ardiansyah Murda is one of the alumni who succeeded in turning wood waste into a more valuable creative craft named Let It Wood. Together with two colleagues, Indra Lorenza and Rendy Yudha Kurniawan, Rio has been pioneering Let It Wood since 2017. This product is made from container wood waste which partly comes from community wood. According to them, buying community timber can improve the welfare of smallholder timber farmers.

Let It Wood has a variety of forms, ranging from tokens, frames, paintings on wood (potodinakai) to furniture. The price also varies from 10 thousand to 300 thousand depending on the level of difficulty in the process. They sell it through Instagram, Facebook and the marketplace. This product has been sold to various regions of Indonesia and to other countries such as Japan and the Netherlands.