Manila FAME, considered as the country’s premier design and lifestyle event, stripped down for its 66th year to showcase what Filipino craftsmanship has to offer. Since the event will be bombarded by ...

Senseware is rethinking a Filipino material that has over time faded into obscurity—a lamp, a table, a chandelier, and an ornamental blob at a time Experimental design studio Senseware specializes in ...

In the Philippines, seashells are more than souvenirs. Jocelyn Gonzales explains the history and craft of capiz, a species of bivalve shell widely used in design. Traditionally used in mosaic and ...

After a dramatic chase from Pen to Panvel, the forest department officials have seized huge quantities of capiz shells worth crores in the national as well as international markets. The shells are ...