STUDENT DESIGNERS MOUNT ‘CHROMA’ EXHIBIT AT S MAISON

Chroma: Color your furniture,” an exhibit of the De La Salle College of Saint Benilde’s Interior Design Program, recently gave mallgoers a glimpse of a different kind of borderless furniture design at the atrium of S Maison.

A joint project of Saint Benilde and S Maison, the exhibit featured fun, colorful and unique furniture pieces that explored the depths of design and construction through traditional and digital hybrid approach

A partial fulfillment of the Interior Design Program’s Furniture Design and Construction 1 class, the subject focused on designing “free-standing” furniture and following step-by-step construction techniques. This aims to help and hone the students to design a core collection of different types of furniture pieces while exploring various forms and materials for their very own prototypes.

The students drew inspiration from nature like coral reefs and twilight sky, historical concepts like the 20th century rotary dial and Piet Mondrian’s “The Composition.” Some were also inspired by iconic furniture designs like Ito Kish’s Baluster collection, the Queen Anne lowboy, mariposa and batibot chairs.

At the exhibit opening. Adviser IDr. Khae Manansala, CSB-Interior Design Program chairperson Ar. Larry Carandang, SM’s SVP for marketing communications group Millie Dizon, and S Maison’s mall manager Grace Mindanao with Chroma Exhibit student head Michelle Raven Landicho.

Danielle Victoria Camus’ Loom Fusion table is inspired by traditional looms used by traditional Filipino fabric weavers.

The hand-painted Pintados chair by Michelle Raven Landicho is inspired by the remnants of paint on a palette. Nicole Angelique Quiat’s Retrophone end table includes the 20th Century Rotary phone dial in its design.

Ana Patricia Robles and Joren Matthew Manuel’s Seklusyon chair is a hybrid chair which pays tribute to both Ito Kish’s Baluster collection and Philippe Starck’s Ghost chair.

The dazzling colors of the Afterglow sofa by Martin Dena and Nicole Lopez represent the twilight sky.

The vibrant Crab chair by Andrea de Castro