Philippine School of Interior Design Exhibit
The Philippine School of Interior Design (PSID) Advanced Class of 2007 will mount its graduation exhibit dubbed as “Forty, Filipino, and Fabulous” (“F3”) on Sept. 29-Oct. 31, at the Paseo Center, Paseo de Roxas cor. Sedeno st., Salcedo Village, Makati City. Today, I took part of the press preview of all the 19 exhibits. It was a fantastic adventure seeing all the talents of these graduates especially in furniture design.
Would you believe my favorite is the “Bunso” exhibit , booth 6 (see photo above). I just love the aqua blue theme. The use of a non-traditional color scheme and designed with clean lines and geometric palates allows the room to grow together with the little one’s unique personality.
Mounted in cooperation with the Chamber of Furniture Industries of the Philippines (CFIP), ‘’F3’’ will celebrate PSID’s 40th anniversary with an exhibit showcasing Philippine furniture integrated into masterfully-designed and executed interior spaces.
“We welcome this opportunity for cooperation between CFIP and PSID. We’ve worked with a lot of PSID’s faculty and alumni, and we’ve always been impressed with their talent and professionalism,” says Joy Cancio, CFIP vice president for Chamber Development. “With this exhibit, we look forward to the students’ designs as they promote Filipino furniture. We hope this will inspire students to explore furniture design as well.”
‘’We are celebrating the union of CFIP and PSID with a breakthrough interior design exhibit. All 19 booths are carefully planned, researched and executed to promote the ingenuity and creativity of Filipino-designed furniture pieces in fabulous interior settings, and to emphasize the importance of furniture as an indispensable element in creating interiors that work,’’ explains PSID professor Jie Pambid.
PSID is the country’s premiere institution in interior design education, established in 1967 by Engr. Augustine Cancio and Herminia Cancio-Layug, with the curriculum conceptualized by interior designer Edith Oliveros, Arch. Lor Calma and National Artist Napoleon Abueva. Since then, PSID has produced a number of successful practitioners and has been consistent in topping the local board examinations for interior design.
PSID offers Basic and Advanced Interior design courses to around 350-420 students, with a pool of 25-32 professors. The Advanced Course is marked by a major exhibit that serves as the thesis of the graduating batch.
View more photos of the Forty, Filipino, and Fabulous exhibit.
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Born in unassuming simplicity, the T-shirt has since been exalted to the heights of fashion. It has been cropped, ripped, dyed, printed or otherwise left to bask in plain perfection, but through it all, it has always been a medium for putting forth ideas.
In this spirit of fashionable candor and stylish wit, David & Goliath—the international cult brand known for transforming the crewneck into a wearable representation of ideas—has given Philippine personalities a chance to Speak their Mind.
Creating exclusively customized tees displayed at Archaeology, Power Plant Mall, David & Goliath recently unveiled a collection of iconic slogans created by some of the country’s most prominent celebrities, public figures and personalities. Each one has wit, intelligence and a point to make, expressing an exponentially more influential visual style which stays true to the brand’s trademark sense of humor.
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Call it an extension of your thoughts, an expression of personal humor, a wearable representation of your wit—because for cult clothing brand David & Goliath, the medium is indeed the message.
There’s no need to speak. Whether you have gut-wrenchingly deep opinions about boys, or an affinity for sardonic, mildly scandalous jokes, your t-shirt can now be the broad, fashionable canvas that says it all.
The colorful line was started by Todd Goldman whose main intention was to make people laugh by combining his wry sense of humor with his propensity for doodling while studying Accountancy at the University of Florida. In 6-months and with no formal art training, Goldman was able to produce a 30-page catalog of tongue-in-cheek one-liners and graphics that marked the beginning of his own t-shirt company, David & Goliath.
His clothing brand, which he named after his father and his dog, is a collection of conspicuously simple witticisms that is above and beyond the overtly obnoxious slogan tees that plague the market today. With that said, David & Goliath has gained serious attention for using the iconic crewneck as the medium to broadcast thoughts and opinions that would otherwise be deemed inappropriate should one attempt to say it out loud. It’s also responsible for creating the effortlessly stylish shirts that grace the shelves of exclusive boutiques in L.A. such as Kitson and department stores like Fred Segal.
In essence, quips from David & Goliath that run from sassy declarations like “I can tell your bag is fake” to attitudinal proclamations of “Anything you can do, I can do better,” gives the wearer a hip and trendy pulpit from which they can make their fashionable statements. The shirts are readily available through their official website and in over 3,500 retail outlets worldwide, which include a dozen stand-alone stores in the United States and Europe.
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