It may be more compact than their sprawling space in Mactan, Cebu, but the newest showroom of Kenneth Cobonpue in Makati is much larger than other furniture stores. The space, located on the ground floor of The Residences at Greenbelt on Arnaiz Street (Pasay Road) carries many of the industrial designer’s popular pieces.
It took a major earthquake to make us realize that other than people’s lives, we also value our heritage structures, our centuries-old churches.
When Yolanda plunged many parts of Eastern Visayas into pitch darkness, even the tiniest of flames can usher in a glimmer of hope.
Kenneth Cobonpue sounded excited on the phone, like a fisher who finally felt a tug on his line.
RSK Furniture would have been another nondescript shop along the national highway to Tagaytay City, except that it allegedly sells products being passed off as those of renowned designer Kenneth Cobonpue.
Foremost Filipino designer Kenneth Cobonpue has just been chosen the first Maison Et Objet Asian Designer of the Year.
What an expressive age ours is. Design is everywhere and creativity is unprecedented. The recent inaugural Maison&Objet Asia held at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center in Singapore was tangible proof of this.
At the Philippine Furniture International Show (PFIS), exhibitors met the challenge to remain creative yet viable despite stiff competition from China and other markets.
A big chunk of butter was being sliced in the kitchen. But it wasn’t just any butter; it was from Brittany, used in several pastries displayed as one enters Tymad Bistro.
One might hesitate to call it seduction, but that was exactly what happened when the Ayala Group feted delegates of the World Economic Forum (WEF) for East Asia and the Asean Business Club to a welcome reception on the eve of hard-nosed talks on current regional affairs.