DTI-Design Center Executive Director Rhea Matute, community livelihood consultant Rambie Lim, TAYO Design Studio Co-founder Tasha Tanjutco, Ogilvy Consulting Asia President Paolo Mercado, Museo ng Kaalamang Katutubo Director Corazon Alvina, Dapat Studio Strategy Director Karina...
The Design Center of the Philippines (DCP), an agency under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), spent P1.9 million of the budget allocated for senior citizens and persons with disability (SCPDs) for other plans and programs in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) said.In its 2023 annual audit...
In celebration of Zero Waste Month, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda has partnered with Design Center Philippines (DCP) to promote the use of agricultural waste and overlook resources as raw materials through innovative design and continuous research. This, as Legarda formally...
The Philippine design economy generated P2.9 trillion in turnover, contributed P1.2 trillion in gross value added (GVA) and generated 705,000 jobs in 2020, thus accounting for 6.6 percent of the national GVA and 1.8 percent of total national employment, according to the “Making Design...
Future-proofing Filipino society through design
The Design Center of the Philippines mounted an event the other day at the Henry Hotel garden area, and it was a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with Design Center Director Rhea Matute. The Design Center has been busy all throughout the...
Finding that connection between design and our current COVID health crisis
PAALALABAS Health and Safety campaign
You mention Design Center of the Philippines, and ask someone to connect it to COVID-19 and our current health situation; and at first glance, it might be a bit of a stretch to find...
