When you have a home with a classic or traditional design, and you want to take a modern spin with it, you need to keep in mind that the complexity and uniqueness of the details in every design are essential. You can achieve an exceptional modern home by knowing what to decorate and prepare that...
This designer’s current collection, ‘Memento,’ represents a triad of virtues most essential in this pandemic-stricken world—courage, faith, and luck DIVINE MAGIC Solae necklace Her goldsmiths are frustrated. Not only does jewelry designer Joyce Mäkitalo prefer stones that gleam rather than...
With a lot of time spent at home, parents are busy fixing up the house to make it more conducive for the whole family to live in. But what happens if children play a more active role in home renovations? Mother-of-twins Loralee Soong was elated to find out that her 12-year-old daughters Gabbie and...
Calling all Filipino artists! The pandemic may impose numerous restrictions for health and safety concerns, but it is not strong enough to stop Filipinos from being creative. That is what The Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) wants to celebrate with the launch of the 2021 edition of Metrobank Art...
Engineering and infrastructure firm Megawide today (Dec 11) revealed details of its Banaue Rice Terraces -inspired architectural design for the P109 billion rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 (T1). "We’re not just rehabilitating an airport, we're creating a...
The TV host offended some designers for working with an unlicensed decorator and then asking: 'Do you really require a license or law for choosing fabrics, colors, and furniture? Sometimes, there comes a necessary—if a little aggressive—conversation that shines a spotlight on a long brewing...
Thirty-two-year-old Peej Tolentino could still vividly remember the knee-high water that entered the garage at his family’s small furniture workshop. He thought it was the end of their small business. But after picking up the (wood) pieces, literally, Peej continued to persevere and, with the...
Luca Vezzaro is an Italian wood artist who has been residing in the Philippines for the past two decades. He is the founder of Four Legged Tiles, which was launched in 2017, specializing in the production of handcrafted wooden tiles, wall art decors, and tiled accent furniture. The early part of...
Umay , that nauseating feeling you get when eating the same food over and over again, can also be used to describe your feeling toward your home interior, especially after seeing the same view over and over again for six months. As lockdown eases and as people adjust to the new normal way of...
How a single mom left a stable job to pursue jewelry design to empower local artisans Choosing between a stable job and a full-time artistic career is a bridge many artists and artisans eventually end up crossing. Pursuing the latter presents a new challenge. It is not, after all, easy to make a...
Why throw your face masks when you can plant them Koobly face masks Can you imagine seeing more face masks in the ocean than jellyfishes? That will be the next new normal for the environment if world leaders, and regular citizens, continue to look over the pandemic’s ecological hazards. The rise...
In the controversial 2007 book The Cult of the Amateur by Andrew Keen , he warned us of the inevitable destruction of our cultural institutions—newspapers, music, movies, design, etc.—because of the Internet. For example, amateur singers, with little training and a large amount of luck, can...
