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IN CELEBRATION of the institution’s 50th anniversary, the Philippine School of Interior Design (PSID) presented GOLD: Glamorous, Opulent, Luxurious Designs, an interior design exhibit featuring 23 elegant and sophisticated interior setups by 72 graduating students, as well as alumni and faculty members. The exhibit was held at the ground floor of Uptown Mall in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City.

“We are celebrating our 50th year as a testament to the numbers of graduates who have passed through our walls [and] have been legitimately practicing interior design. We would like to honor them because without them, the school will not be what it is today,” PSID Dean Victor Ruel Pambid, Jr. told BusinessWorld.

Since 1979, PSID has been holding thesis exhibits of the graduating students’ interior designs.

Mr. Pambid said that the exhibits are done for students to gain firsthand experience and apply what they have learned in their courses.

The students are divided into groups and the design concepts and rooms types are picked via lottery. Students have a chance to either work on a cultural, traditional, or period style, or modern and contemporary design concept. The design concept will then be incorporated into the type of room ( living room, dining room, bedroom, etc.) assigned to them. The students are free to choose a sample client for their designs.

Mr. Pambid noted that the project’s mechanics are tied to how interior design is done in practice. An interior designer cannot choose his/ her projects and works with the client accordingly.

The students do the research, source of materials, and contact a contractor. They are given three months to build their designs from conceptualization to the construction of a 24-squaremeter booth. Their initial designs were presented in July; construction began in mid-August. The exhibit was held from Oct. 1 to 31.

Mr. Pambid always tells his students, “Our motto in school is ‘Genius lies in the details.’ It’s not just a matter of creating one holistic room. Pay attention to the details.” —