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Celebrating his fifty-year milestone, Architect Antonio partners with Punt Mobles to create a commemorative piece shaped by history and heart

Published Dec 11, 2025 02:38 am
Arch. Ramon Antonio celebrates five decades of architectural vision and devotion to craft.
Arch. Ramon Antonio celebrates five decades of architectural vision and devotion to craft.
Marking fifty years in the craft, Architect Ramon Antonio reflects on the small discoveries that shaped how he understands people and the way they live. This milestone comes to life in the Harvest Side Table, created with Punt Mobles and launched at Studio Dimensione in Bonifacio Global City, a tribute to a career built on observing, listening, and designing for real lives.
His long-standing approach is evident in the homes he’s known for: calm, connected to nature, and intentionally lived in. Blending Asian warmth with European clarity, he creates spaces where architecture, interiors, and landscape work as one. Practical and lasting, this philosophy has made him one of the country’s most trusted architects, giving this milestone—and the piece honoring it—added weight.
The Harvest Side Table at Studio Dimensione, inspired by Arch. Antonio’s childhood memory of the wooden plows that farmers attached to their water buffaloes to till the land.
The Harvest Side Table at Studio Dimensione, inspired by Arch. Antonio’s childhood memory of the wooden plows that farmers attached to their water buffaloes to till the land.
Pablo Ramiro, CEO of Punt Mobles
Pablo Ramiro, CEO of Punt Mobles
The partnership behind the table deepens the story. Punt, the Spanish home furnishings company led by CEO Pablo Ramiro, is known for treating each piece as both object and story. Their values aligned naturally with Arch. Antonio’s respect for materials and quiet precision, creating the foundation for a meaningful collaboration.
From that shared mindset came the Harvest Side Table, a limited-edition piece where his architectural clarity meets Punt’s sculptural, artisan-driven approach. The result is a tribute rooted in craft, intention, and a mutual belief in design that endures.
Punt describes the piece as more than a collaboration. “It is a tribute to an extraordinary career, celebrating 50 years of architectural vision and devotion to craft. The Harvest Side Table, designed by Arch. Ramon Antonio and exclusively crafted by Punt Mobles, is the perfect synthesis of architecture and craftsmanship—a dialogue between structural thought and the beauty of furniture making.”
A special moment marking the unveiling of Arch. Ramon Antonio’s latest piece and his 50 years in architecture.
A special moment marking the unveiling of Arch. Ramon Antonio’s latest piece and his 50 years in architecture.
Philip Laude, Ben Chan, Small Laude, Mons Romulo, Alice Eduardo, Arch. Ramon Antonio, Lucy Torres-Gomez, Richard Gomez, and Miguel Pastor
Philip Laude, Ben Chan, Small Laude, Mons Romulo, Alice Eduardo, Arch. Ramon Antonio, Lucy Torres-Gomez, Richard Gomez, and Miguel Pastor
That dialogue continues in the table’s details. Shaped in Spain by skilled artisans, it brings together technical precision and material sensitivity. Oak plywood legs in a walnut finish hold a Dekton Arga tabletop with soft, stone-like veining, while an anodized bronze aluminum trim ties the legs together, adding both strength and subtle elegance.
Its inspiration reaches back to Antonio’s childhood, when weekend drives passed through rice fields bordered by bamboo and shaded groves. He recalls farmers guiding carabaos with wooden plows, tending the land with patience and hope. These early scenes—shaped by nature, family stories, and everyday beauty—became the foundation for the piece.
A fitting story for the table, carrying the same steady curiosity that has guided Arch. Antonio’s fifty-year journey. While it honors his past, it also looks ahead, grounded in a design philosophy that remains practical, thoughtful, and tied to how people truly live.

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