Left: Lozenge pendant is a collaboration between designer Stanley Ruiz and local manufacturer Arte Cebuana. Ruiz worked for Jonathan Adler in the US and also West Elm. His scaled-up rattan light shades are variations on existing Arte Cebuana products. “I just squished it a bit and elongated the shape.” They come in white, black and natural rattan. Positioned beneath the Lozenge pendant is the Orion Cabinet by Nix Alonon, made by . It features the traditional “Solihiya” open weave using the skin of the rattan palm.
Nazareno is also creative director of S.C Vizcarra, the Manila company started by her grandparents and continued by her mother Vicky Vizcarra Amalingan-Sales.One of the earliest Filipina trading companies, S.C Vizcarra, was founded in 1925. It began as a hand-embroidery studio, evolving into a retailer selling various locally-made products to locals, US servicemen during the war, and tourists. The company invented those giant wooden fork and spoon sets that hung on kitchen and dining room walls in the 70s! S.C Vizcarra’s creative director, Rita Nazareno, now guides artisans in the workshop started by her grandparents 93 years ago to produce a contemporary accessories collection under her brand . Last year Rita and her mother, Vicky Vizcarra Amalingan-Sales, opened an S.C Vizcarra flagship store in Paranaque, where Rita’s contemporary wicker handbags and home furnishings – including collaborations with other artists – are displayed alongside her mother’s classic designs. Zacarias 1925 has global stockists, including Scanlan & Theodore in Australia.
‘Phage’ abaca weave is a recent contemporary design from the brand. The mats, rugs, wall art and even wall-to-wall carpets are woven from a sustainable natural fibre, abaca and come in various thicknesses, patterns and shapes.Social entrepreneurism ventures that pair artisans with communities practising traditional Filipino crafts is paying dividends for numerous local companies and savvy designers. Projects are tapping into available local materials and weaving methods (which, along with the dialect, can differ from island to island) to provide an income source for provincial village weavers while ensuring their crafting traditions are preserved. “Every island is unique and there is something that ties them together but there’s not one thing that singularly represents the entirety of the Philippines,” says Noni Agulto from the trade promotions arm, . He is heading up a project that pairs Taiwanese designers with community crafters. The designs will be displayed at in October 2020.
designs include the folding Beach Bummer chair and Ikaw at Ako chairs along with rugs made from scrap carpet and bags made from old jeans. Creative director Wilhelmina S Garcia sells the designs in her Manila store. Each Ikaw at Ako chair uses 4kg saved plastic, collected, cleaned and manually twined. The base is an industrial steel bar made from recycled materials.When interior designer Wilhelmina S Garcia joined a pilot project to re-form recycled plastic waste from households on Taal Volcano, Batangas, she could hardly have imagined it would blossom into a community project involving 80 island women. Today the community is paid for the materials generated and receives 5% from end-product designs sold in Garcia’s Manila interiors store . The plastic from 300 households and sari-sari stalls would otherwise have been burnt or thrown in the lake. is an Envirosocial Design Company run by architects Joey and Ina Gaston. By engaging sugarcane workers between harvests they are providing many rural villagers with a new source of income. “We focused on the skills people had and the locally available materials,” says Joey. The same hands who make fishing nets and crab pots are now weaving lamp shades. “The Philippines used to produce dirt cheap stuff. We’re now starting to make products that are not throwaway. People are now more conscious of what they buy. The new generation appreciates the hand-crafted, natural products.”
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