From left to right: Grace Dimaranan, Kenneth Cobonpue, Martin Gomez, Amina Aranaz-Alunan, Brian Tenorio, me, Jowee Alviar of Team Manila
A huge, huge thank you to our industry representatives who served as resource persons for today’s Senate hearing for the Design Council bill!
It’s such a privilege to be gaining so much insights from these incredible people — industry representatives who don’t just design for profit, but actually strive to use their craft to give back to the country. I’m very grateful to be working with designers with so much heart — heart that goes beyond just personal passion, but extends to things bigger than themselves. :)
On a lighter note: Tried not to get too starstruck with Kenneth, but it simply could not be helped (especially with those blue shoes).
And when he told me that he read my speech and that he thought it was very well-written, it felt like just the way I presume it would feel if I received my owl bearing an acceptance letter to Hogwarts.
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Tags: #amina aranaz-alunan #brian tenorio #kenneth cobonpue #team manila #me #design #senate
SenTG with Team Manila.
You don’t know how awesome this is FOR ME. I’m at this place where I can’t even distinguish between what’s work, what’s life, and what are my dreams - they’ve just gone and thrown themselves into one big Venn Diagram Party.
This photo is from our studio tour yesterday - and a preview of even crazier things (and paradigm shifts) to come. *insert meaning-laden wink* ;)
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ANOTHER COLLABORATION FOR THE NATION
We were more than honored to have Sen. TG Guingona visit our office and hold a dialogue with representatives from the Filipino creative industry. The energy was incredible, and we are all hopeful that this is just the start of a great partnership with the government.
Thank you to everyone else who came: Jowee and Mon of Team Manila, Amina Aranaz of SoFA, Rafa Alunan, Dan Matutina of Ideals Creatives, Rina and Trina of PortfolioMNL, Adrian Tecson of Underground Logic, Lex Ledesma of The One School, Xander Angeles, Karla and Chinie of Elite Manila, Raphael Kiefer of PMAP, Eric delos Santos of Young Designers’ Guild, AJ Dimarucot, and Angel Guerrero of Adobo Magazine.
To read more and to watch a video about what happened in the meeting, click here.
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SIDE STORY: So during my visit to the Senate last week, our butler-of-sorts, Kuya George, approaches me earnestly & seriously with a piece of paper and a pen, and starts this conversation:
KG: “Ma’am Arriane, ano daw po yung coffee na meron sa office niyo?”
Me: “Cappuccino. Or espresso. ….Hahahaha sandali Kuya George, bakit ka nangengealam?”
KG: “Kasi po Ma’am last week pagbalik ni Senator galing sa office mo tinawag niya ko sabi niya, ‘George, halika nga - pumunta ka sa office nila Arriane. Magpaturo ka gumawa ng kape. Masarap yung kape nila dun.’”
Me: “PUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”
The End.
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tgtv:
“A group of young Filipino creatives requested a dialogue with me last Friday, here is a video recap of what happened. Such an energetic group, and all very passionate to make the Philippines recognized all around the world as a nation of artists. Let’s make this happen!”
- Sen. TG Guingona
This is what happens when you put a Senator together in a room full of the country’s best creative industry representatives.
- Mon Punzalan and Jowee Alviar of Team Manila (@TeamManila)
- Eric delos Santos of the Young Designers’ Guild of the Philippines
- Chesa Zimmer and Danella Yaptinchay (@hidanella) and Chuchu of co.lab (@colabmanila)
- Rina Malonzo and Trina dela Rama of PortfolioMNL
- The senator (@TGguingona) and his team (interspersed everywhere)
- Aram Beheshti of Graphika Manila
- Dan Matutina (@danmatutina) of Ideals Creatives
- Angel Guerrero of Adobo Magazine (@adobomagazine)
- Raphael Kiefer of PMAP
- Aids Tecson (@crispyparty) of Underground Logic
- Lex Ledesma of The One School
- Rafa Alunan, and Amina Aranaz-Alunan (@aminaaranaz) of SoFA
- AJ Dimarucot (@ajdimarucot) of Collision Theory
- Karla Lim and Chinie Go of Elite Manila (@EliteManila)
- Xander Angeles (@xanderangeles) of… Xander Angeles? You all know who he is ;)
More about this collaboration here.
