NOW EXHIBITING

FURNITURE
PHILIPPINES INTERNATIONAL
FURNITURE SHOW
(MARCH 1113 AT SMX
CONVENTION CENTER)

The best of the worlds shops, hotels, and resorts get their
furniture from none other than the masters.

F YOUVE EVER LODGED

IN HANARE, a town-wide

hotel in Tokyo, or waited

for a girlfriend to try some
clothes on at the Christian
Dior House in SaintTropez, France, chances
are you would have sat on
furniture designed, created,
or manufactured in the
Philippines.

To see the latest world-class

Filipino designs, visit the
Philippines International
Furniture Show (PIFS)
at the SMX Convention
Center, SM Mall of Asia
Complex, Pasay City, from
March 11 to 13, 2016.
Register before March 4 to
get a complimentary pass.
Otherwise, entrance fee is
at the accessible price of
Php500.
90 percent of my stock
comes from the Philippines
and 10 percent from Italy. I
like dealing with the Filipino
people and their designs
are different [from] anyone
elses. We are increasingly
looking for contemporary
styles and the young Filipino
designers are
doing some

interesting
things, said
Gregory Frehling
of Oggetti
Designs (USA)
in an interview
with PIFS Consultant
Margaret Moore.
Foreign buyers share
a fondness in Filipino
designers use of local
materials. As hotels
and resorts clamor for
Sustainable Design,
the market is ever
growing. Potential
buyers (not just
from the resort
industry) are
encouraged to
attend so this is
your chance to get
home decor from
design worlds
best.
Included in the
2016 exhibitors
are Ann
Pamintuan, Obra
Cebuana, and E.
Murio.
Event organized
by Global-Link.
pifs.ph.

We are increasingly
looking for contemporary
styles and the young
Filipino designers are doing
some interesting things.

Design depicts the carabao, a Filipino

mans best friend in the rural.
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Sustainable decr for homes

and resorts. The floor is open
for discussions on the design
trends. Nathan Turner of
Million Dollar Decorators was
the special guest in 2015.

PAINTING
LOVE THE EARTH,
HEAL THE SPIRIT
(FEBRUARY 25
MARCH 15 AT
HIRAYA GALLERY)

Fernando Modesto is back,

together with his bright
pastels and angel motifs.

ARELY DID ANGELS

appear in Philippine
paintings. The only
memorable one repeatedly
cited in Art History is that of
painter Fernando Amorsolo,
used in the label of a native
liquor, Ginebra San Miguel.
Then came another Fernando
who proliferated in the 1980s,
whose work can be identified
from a line of paintings due to
its signature angels and bright
pastels.
Fernando Modesto is back
with Love the Earth, Heal
the Spirit, which fronts the

Looking Through and

Hello! from Hirayas
collection.

serious and contemplative

side of his bright pastel style.
In a review, art critic and
book author Cid Reyes writes,
In this current show, one just
has to meet The Angel on
Top of The World, for that
is exactly where Modesto
should be, having reached a
stage in life where nothing
more need be proven.
Visit Hiraya Gallery at 530
U.N. Avenue, Ermita, Manila.
Call 5233331 or email
dididee@hiraya.com for more.

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