Meet These 10 Proudly Pinoy Design Brands Joining This Year’s AIFFS VX 2021
These ten FAME+ exhibitors pay homage to the rich heritage of the Philippines through their designs
Bringing Filipinos’ design sensibilities to the larger Asian market, the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) takes ten proudly Pinoy brands for the first-ever fully-digital ASEAN International Furniture & Furnishings Show VX 2021 (AIFFS VX), happening on March 9 to 12.
Seven ASEAN countries will be present for this fully-digital showcase, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The brands will represent the best of Philippine craftsmanship in the home and lifestyle sectors at the event, with each brand showcasing its commitment to paying homage to Philippine culture through their designs.
All ten exhibitors are part of FAME+—CITEM’s response to the evolving and rapidly digitizing demands of trade and export. The digital trade platform was launched in October 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, to improve the searchability and discoverability of its over 200 exhibitors from the home, fashion, and lifestyle sectors to buyers and design enthusiasts across the globe.
“A keen emphasis on technique, particularly material manipulation, and design sensibilities rooted in our proud heritage are just some of the Philippine-design signatures you can expect to see at AIFFS,” CITEM Executive Director Pauline Suaco-Juan says. “We’re looking forward to sharing the story of our great artisanal tradition with our ASEAN neighbors and with buyers and design aficionados all over the world.”
Get to know these Philippine brands who are joining the AIFFS in the gallery below:
AIFFS VX 2021
AIFFS VX 2021
Prizmic & Brill
Prizmic and Brill’s items are a versatile bunch. With a design and craft ethos identified most closely with the Gregorian-Victorian tradition of campaign furniture, particularly its delicate synthesis of high design and portability, their handcrafted pieces are each unique in their own way.
Acento Colleccions
As an advocate of “going green”, Acento Colleccions Inc. uses recycled materials for their products instead of using chemicals to produce virgin glass products. Boasting of their masterful designs and exceptional quality pieces, they are known for their very distinct and unique patterns which exemplifies how creative the Filipino designer can be.
La Galuche
La Galuche focuses on offering custom-made high quality accessories and furniture with exceptional materials, including exotic skins such as stingray, parchment (goat skins), python, tropical shells and luxurious woods (ebony, palm wood).
Enpekei International
Enpekei International’s design-oriented products have traveled from all over the Philippines to the whole world. With more than a hundred new product designs released each year, each piece is made of indigenous materials carefully finished by hand, thus producing a unique work of art.
GOLTRIO
Carrying a range of home decor and other items, from lampshades to home accessories, photo frames, and more popularly, holiday-themed pieces, GOLTRIO highlights the use of native materials such as capiz shells, natural fibers, bamboo, rattan, wood, and stone. The company believes in elevating Philippine design and being innovative in its use of indigenous and natural materials, which captures a sophisticated global aesthetic, seamlessly combining natural forms and materials with modern, ageless designs.
Junk Not!
Junk Not’s services revolve around finding creative ways to transform regular plastic waste into functional furniture pieces, while providing livelihood to a community and protecting the environment. They envision to help, in its small-scale way, solve these problems that our society is facing.
Mejore
Mejore’s collections are a testament to Filipino creativity and craftsmanship, whether it’s their minimalist lines or the more traditional and elaborately designed pieces they’re known for. Offering premium and luxurious furnishings for homes, offices, and commercial spaces, find a touch of local in each and every product they release.
Obra Cebuana
Known for their rattan furniture and home accessories and custom-made transitional pieces, Obra Cebuana’s pieces are skillfully handcrafted by generations of expert Filipino craftsmen. They believe in preserving the legacy of world-class Cebuano furniture-making and ingenuity through elegant contemporary designs that evoke the beauty of local culture and heritage. Their works feature natural materials which are then carefully manipulated, woven, and finished by hand.
E. Murio
The beauty of E. Murio’s pieces come from both the design and the quality of their craftsmanship. Specializing in natural materials such as tropical woods, fiber and grass weaves, rattan, and bamboo, as well as metal, leather, bone, veneers, and synthetic weaves, bindings and bone fittings are just some of their fine finishing details that distinguish their furniture.
Stonesets International
Carrying products that take pride in fine craftsmanship and dedication of experienced craftsmen who make perfection their trademark with every step of the production process, Stonesets International continually produces masterpieces which clients treasure for years.
Visitors can interact with exhibitors on the AIFSS VX online platform from March 9 to 12, and can still view exhibitor catalogues from March 13 to 18, 2021. Visitors and buyers may log on to
www.aiffsvx.com to register.
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