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Stilo ArteFino Awards 2025 winners

STILO ARTEFINO AWARDS: Best Booth - Floret Local

STILO ARTEFINO AWARDS: Best Product Men's Fashion - TAGPI

STILO ARTEFINO AWARDS: Best Product Womens Fashion - PamPinay

STILO ARTEFINO AWARDS - Best Product Womens Fashion - PamPinay

STILO ARTEFINO AWARDS: Best Product Accessories Fashion and Modern Filipino Awardee - Carry Om

STILO ARTEFINO AWARDS: Best Product Accessories Fashion - Carry Om

STILO ARTEFINO AWARDS: Best Product Home - Azcor Lighting Systems

STILO ARTEFINO AWARDS - Best Product Home - Azcor Lighting Systems

STILO ARTEFINO AWARDS: Pamana Awardee - Charming Baldemor Studios

STILO ARTEFINO AWARDS: Champions of Change Special Recognition (The Vanguard) - Idyllic Summers

STILO ARTEFINO AWARDS - Champions of Change Special Recognition - The Makers of Change - Zarah Juan

2025 HeArteFino grantee - Project Nova

<p><strong>ArteFino </strong>continues to celebrate the talent and creativity of local artisans, moreso with its <strong>Stilo ArteFino Awards</strong>. Last July 31 to August 3, ArteFino shone the spotlight once again on Filipino craftsmanship, underscoring the theme &quot;<strong>Champions of Change</strong>.&quot; The fair, held at The Fifth in Rockwell, gathered over 100 brands that showcased unseen collections under a united vision of telling the Philippines&#x27; heritage story through timeless products fit for modern-day Filipinos. The goal was &quot;to create with purpose, preserve our culture, and move Filipino design forward.&quot;</p><p>More than a fair, ArteFino, which just concluded its ninth edition, remains committed to stirring a sustainable movement. That is why &quot;Champions of Change&quot; serves as a tribute to their brand partners, whom the group describes as &quot;the true champions who lead with purpose, create with care, and move with meaning.&quot;</p><p>Stilo ArteFino Awards, graced by Senator Loren Legarda, recognized several brands for their exceptional craftsmanship, their dedication to their art, and the compelling stories behind their products.</p><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754723855600artefino 2025 stilo awards winners.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Photo from @artefinoph</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>According to Stilo ArteFino Awards judge <strong>JJ Acuña</strong>, he looked at &quot;novelty, new forms, interesting colors, inventive use of material, and just the overall vibe&quot; when he decided on who to pick as winners. </p><p>Commenting on the theme &quot;Champions of Change,&quot; JJ told <strong>Metro.Style</strong>, &quot;The only constant in life is change. And when we change, we&#x27;re shedding our old selves so that our new selves can be revealed. So there&#x27;s always evolution and growth. And what I like about the theme of &#x27;Champions for Change&#x27; is that a lot of the products you see here at ArteFino are from innovators and entrepreneurs and creatives who want to take the things in the Philippines, whether its material or form, and really shed the old skin and make it evolve for a new generation of fashionistas, design lovers, homeowners. And it&#x27;s really great to see that.&quot;</p><p>Designers and booths that stood out for JJ included <strong>Zarah Juan</strong> (whose collab collection with HeArteFino features products from a new eco-printing initiative with the Bagobo Tagabawa and other artisan communities) and <strong>Idyllic Summers&#x27; Earthbound II </strong>(a collaboration between Geraldine Javier, Marionne Contreras, and Steffi Cua). &quot;They&#x27;re really doing innovative and novel cyanotype and other interesting printing methods on fabric that everyone can wear, and we really appreciate that,&quot; JJ noted. He also cited <strong>Floret Local</strong>, a new home accessories brand—&quot;I like their lamps... a very interesting use of buri palm. And it&#x27;s very iconic. And I think it touches a lot of different markets and age groups.&quot;<strong></strong></p><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754726116527artefino 2025 stilo awards winners 2.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Photo from @artefinoph</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Of the theme, judge <strong>Dindin Araneta </strong>also noted, &quot;It&#x27;s good to have champions for change within the design ecosystem as a way of helping the design aesthetic of Filipinos move forward. Perhaps with a more international or global thinking so that we can also be competitive. But at the same time, it&#x27;s also important to be able to create a design history, a Filipino-designed history. So I think ArteFino could be instrumental in that by creating a platform for their winners.&quot;</p><p>Among the brands that pleasantly surprised Dindin were <strong>TAGPI</strong> (he found the combination of local materials and mother of pearl in men&#x27;s clothing interesting) and <strong>Carry Om </strong>(whose colorful and youthful designs he loved, but more importantly, it&#x27;s a brand that champions upcycling). She also complimented Floret Local and <strong>Azcor Lighting Systems </strong>for their exquisite lamp designs. <strong></strong><strong></strong></p><p>ArteFino is never just about aesthetics—with this platform, there&#x27;s always a conscious effort to go beyond the surface and dig deeper to look at the bigger picture and see how the communities they serve can ultimately benefit from every initiative.  </p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re not just looking for the impact of a product, or we&#x27;re not just looking for how pretty it is. But we also look at sustainability and its connection to the community,&quot; <strong>Anna Sobrepeña</strong> explained their criteria for judging. &quot;So, how does this elevate the awareness, and how does it apply to maximizing or exposing or applying the historical, cultural community content of the products that are being offered as merchandise?&quot;</p><p>Anna added, &quot;I appreciate that there are things that are at the ArteFino fair, which take into consideration that it is made by craftspersons, by women, by indigenous people, and how these are now translated into apparel, into accessories, home design—things that can be part of your personal collection at home or in your closet.&quot;</p><p>And creations by Zarah Juan easily fit into that description. Anna talked about Zarah and how she&#x27;s impressed by the designer&#x27;s body of work. She shared, &quot;Zarah used to—well, she still does—she makes all these beautiful bags, very creative. They’re conversation pieces. But, she diversified into making apparel, and is using very specialized techniques to apply to these fabrics. And I think that that is a great way to expand her creativity.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMxA8k_zfGL/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=810&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A5832053.1%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>Here are the winners of the Stilo ArteFino Awards:</strong></div><div><strong></strong>[[PHOTO ALBUM]]</div><div><br/></div><div><strong>STILO ARTEFINO AWARDS</strong></div><p>1. Best Booth - Floret Local</p><p>2. Best Product Men&#x27;s Fashion - TAGPI</p><p>3. Best Product Women&#x27;s Fashion - PamPinay</p><p>4. Best Product Accessories (Fashion) - Carry Om</p><p>5. Best Product Home - Azcor Lighting Systems</p><p>6. Pamana Awardee - Charming Baldemor Studios</p><p>7. Modern Filipino Awardee - Carry Om</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>&quot;Champions of Change&quot; Special Recognition</strong></div><p>1. The Vanguard: Idyllic Summers presents Earthbound II </p><p>2. The Makers of Change: Zarah Juan </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>2025 HeArteFino Grantee</strong></div><p>Project Nova</p><div><br/></div><p>Interviews by <strong>Katrice Cuason</strong> </p>

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