Home Fashion Philippine Exporters in Maison et Objet, Paris, France

Elon Musk's HYPERLOOP is a breakthrough for Science, Physics, and Design rolled into one. The machine will take a commuter from Los Angeles to New York in just 35 minutes.  It boasts of a modern futuristic, fashionable and functional design making you travel faster with comfort than any transportation available in the whole world.  Hyperloop fashion is rendered with impressive commuter benefits as designed by Elon Musk.  Fashion is applied everywhere, be it consumer or industrial.  Unbelievable but true, no one can ever appreciate something without its fashion attributes.  Fashion Trend setters inspire us in trying out the latest products and services available in the market, the ones that will best suit one's need and satisfy the want all together.

Philippines on the other side of the globe, the South East Asia, is haven for renowned Artisans' innovation and ingenuity when it comes to Home and Apparel fashion.  After some years of absence in the much acclaimed design trend setter event for Home Fashion, Maison et Objet, the Philippine exporters and designers finally united themselves to form a delegation and showed their designer home crafts made from raw materials endemic to the Philippines.  Artistic and eccentric, traditionally ethnic yet modern inspired, with function and aesthetic combined - home fashion products from the Philippines were sensationally striking and was the talk of the industry in the recently concluded Maison et Object in Paris, France. Held in Paris Nordic Villepinte last 6-10 September 2013, organized by the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), an attached agency of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry in collaboration with the Foreign Trade Service Corps France and the Philippine Embassy.

The relaunch in Maison et Objet featured twelve upcoming Philippine young designers and export manufacturers, under the Design.ph brand, paraded their most acclaimed home collections: Betis Crafts' Gustavian chair; Celso Advincula Jr and Kenneth Cobonpue's Nature inspired lamps; Industria's Jude Tiotuico and Eric Paras' Living Room Bee Web accent pieces; Ito Kish' Gregoria Lounge Chair and Basilica Side Table; Luisa Robinson's decorative vases made of shell; Wataru Sakuma's wall paper art made of salago and paper mulberry fiber; CSM Philippines' Mayumi Fine Bone China dinnerware collection; Rene Alcala's Domicillo wall metal votive holders; Kalikasan Krafts' Schema Octa trays, jars, and lamps; Tadeco's T'nalak pillows and Mangrove bowls and trays; Triboa Bay's wood chairs and lamps; and Vito Selma's Geo furniture pieces.  

Working with Interior Designers, Industrial Designers, Architects, and Engineers during my past jobs in private corporations gave me an eye for reviewing home and hospitality products based on aesthetic and performance.  Product Features and advantages likewise play major roles in selecting raw materials to come up with a finished good for selling. I have witnessed actual production of home products in other Asian countries and I could say that the Philippine designers and manufacturers have more passion for unique designs with western Influence on product specifications.  With this sensibility, Philippine design evolved in hybrid types of home pieces without sacrificing the performance.  Our Artisans would always come up with amazing product innovations, even with minimal source of raw materials available at hand.  Each piece of their collection tells a story of whom, how, and why they were made.    

All twelve exporters delicately handcrafted their masterpieces and collections with expertise that awed most buyers, guests, industry influencers, and media who visited the Philippine pavilion in Maison et Objet.  These products will be remounted in the upcoming 58th edition of Manila FAME in SMX Convention Center, Philippines on 17-20 October 2013.  Manila FAME is the only design and lifestyle event all over Asia.  Organized as well by CITEM, DTI.  More information about Design.ph on www.manilafame.com.

Manila FAME features the MILLENIALS / Gen Y

Manila FAME showcases the Millennial Home

For its 57th edition, Manila FAME explores what tomorrow’s home will be like through its special showcase of the Millennial Home from March 14 to 17, 2013 at the SMX Convention Center, Metro Manila, Philippines.

The Millennial Home is a representation of today’s market demographic crossroads which is a crossover of the Baby Boomers and the Millennials. It explores how this transition of influence affects the design industry in terms of living and space through design, form and function.

Design icons Budji Layug and Kenneth Cobonpue lead the group of talented designers for Manila FAME’s special setting of the Millennial Home.

Budji Layug is an acclaimed furniture and interior designer who has built his reputation on his holistic approach to design. His designs are largely organic in form and material, using natural materials from the Philippines.

Kenneth Cobonpue is a multi-awarded furniture designer who has been dubbed “rattan’s first virtuoso.” He and his work have appeared in countless international periodicals and many of his designs have been featured in both film and television.

The Millennial Home is a collaboration of Layug and Cobonpue with renowned designers Jinggoy Buensuceso, Wataru Sakuma, Olivia D’Aboville, Leeroy New, Iñigo Elizalde, Eric Paras, and Ito Kish.

“I think this is very good for young designers and seasoned designers to come together and to come up with new products that would be more global, more vibrant, and more youthful,” Layug said.

Manila FAME, The Design and Lifestyle Event, is the country’s premier trade platform for exports and design and is one of the flagship events of the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), the export marketing arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). It is one of the longest running trade shows in the Asia-Pacific, featuring the latest Philippine-made creations from artisans and manufacturers and is the only trade event in the country approved by UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry.

For more information about the show, visit www.manilafame.com.

by:  MarCom, CITEM