manila fame 2011: the chairs on parade
Before we take a break for another long weekend (yay!), we’ll leave you with a preview of the recent Manila FAME 2011 show last October 16-19. The show featured a lot of designerly goodness, from...
View Articlemanila fame 2011: stripped, bleached, natural
I was in Shangri-la Mall yesterday and saw for the first time the newly renovated 2nd and 3rd levels of Rustan’s Department Store. The clean and sophisticated design of the store made everything look...
View Articlemanila fame 2011: handmade with love
Probably one of the highlights of the recent Manila Fame show is the addition of live vignettes featuring craftsmen (and women) in action—weaving fabrics, carving wood products, and weaving rattan and...
View Articledutch design week 2011: reimagination
Two days after our Manila Fame 2011 show, the designers from the Netherlands celebrated creativity with their annual Dutch Design Week. Amsterdam-based writer Deepa Paul-Plato, Ana’s batchmate from...
View Articleandy & nina’s tagaytay wedding
Sharing with you our friends’ lovely Tagaytay wedding last weekend. The whole ‘Geng’ including the four of us helped wedding planner par excellence Apple Consunji coordinate the whole event. We met...
View Articletailored & chic: camerich furniture
While interior design has been flooded by all things ornate, kitschy, detailed and patterned in the past couple of years, it seems that I always fall for the simple, no-nonsense designs. In almost...
View Articlesneak peek: the mind museum
In 2009, Lilli shared with us the launch of The Mind Museum, a project initiated by the Bonifacio Art Foundation Inc. (BAFI). The objective was to put up the country’s first world-class science...
View Articlework, work, work and a tiny bit of leisure
I like travelling in general. But after two weeks of marathon business trips to Vietnam and China for a company that I’ve recently joined, I realized that it will take some time for me to learn how to...
View Articlei saw design: mid-century wallpapers
I wanted to update my laptop with a new wallpaper. I used to have an illustration of a shoe with argyle socks from Fossil graphic artist Brent Couchman. But because I recently started using my laptop...
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