INNOVATION IN PRODUCT AND

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
 Yet another breakthrough arena for Filipino imagination,
ingenuity, and innovativeness in recent decades has been
that of design.

 Product and industrial design is applied to furniture,

lighting, and interior accessories, as well as fashion from
haute couture to bridal ensembles to casual wear.

 As a result, a number of Filipino designers have risen to

superstardom both locally and internationally.
KENNETH COBONPUE
A Cebu-based multi-awarded
designer and the creative director
of Hive, a design and
manufacturing facility for designers
of interior accessories and lighting.
 His fresh and exciting concepts and
excellent craftsmanship have
earned him the acclaim and the
patronage of discerning clientele
the world over- including
prominent Hollywood celebrities.
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MONIQUE LHUILLIER
 Also from Cebu City, Filipina fashion
designer Monique Lhuillier first rose
to prominence for her exquisite
wedding gowns.

 Her collections include bridal and

bridesmaids dresses, ready-to-wear,
evening gowns, linens, tableware,
stationery, and home fragrances.
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JOSIE NATORI
 Josephina Almeda Cruz, born in Manila, is a Filipino-American
fashion designer who began her career as an investment
banker before she made the dramatic shift to creating her
own lines of lingerie, resort and lounge wear, as well as
semiformal and casual attire.

 She establish The Natori Company and her collections

includes four lingerie lines, the Josie Natori ready-to-wear
collection, home accessories, fragrance, and eyewear.
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RAJO LAUREL
 Best known to the general public as a judge on the
television series Project Runway Philippines.
 A much-admired Filipino fashion designer with a number of
national and international awards to his name.
 He trained at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology
and at the Central Saint Martin’s in London.
 His creations maintain a Filipino sensibility, incorporating
embroidery, beadwork, and hand-painted prints, while also
offering the prestige of limited edition pieces.
 Laurel also co-pioneered the social
enterprise known as Rags2Riches.

 Rags2Riches enables women from

poor communities across the
country to earn through creating
fashion and home accessories out
of up-cycled scrap cloth, organic
materials, and indigenous fabrics.
Today, Rags2Riches has evolved
into an eco-ethical lifestyle brand.
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LULU TAN GAN
 Known for her fashionable knitwear lines since 1985.

 She has been dubbed as the “The Queen of Knitwear” in

the country.

 That specialty has since evolved into a new hand-woven

line, called Indigenous Couture, that blends Philippine
artisan crafts, fabrics, fibers, and other local materials with
Tan Gan’s signature contemporary lifestyle dressing.
 Her vision is to encourage the use of
stylized indigenous and traditional
wear, as she draws inspiration from
the rich textile and embroidery
traditions of the Philippines and
interprets these in modern styles
silhouettes.
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DITA SANDICO-ONG
 Another Philippine designer who has been advocating the
use of local weaving techniques and natural fibers.

 She was known as the “Wrap Artiste” of the Philippines for

her famous bold-colored wraps.

 She first experimented with the local weave of Ilocos Sur,

known as inabel, as well as pineapple fibers blended with
Irish linen, dubbed piñalino.
 Today, her collection includes wraps
or panuelos, as well as boleros,
jackets, and long tunics of banana
fiber and abaca.
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 QUIZ
1. __________________is applied to furniture, lighting,
and interior accessories, as well as fashion from haute
couture to bridal ensembles to casual wear.

a. Product and industrial design

b. Industrial arts
c. Product design
d. Cultural design
2. A Cebu-based multi-awarded designer and the creative
director of Hive.

a. Dita Sandico-Ong
b. Lulu Tan Gan
c. Josie Natori
d. Kenneth Cobonpue
3. Best known to the general public as a judge on the
television series Project Runway Philippines.

a. Lulu Tan Gan

b. Rajo Laurel
c. Josie Natori
d. Kenneth Cobonpue
4. Why is Dita Sandico-Ong known as the “Wrap Artiste”
of the Philippines?

a. Because of her own lines of lingerie, resort and lounge

wear, as well as semiformal and casual attire
b. Because of her fashionable knitwear lines
c. Because of her famous bold-colored wraps
d. Because of her exquisite wedding gowns collections
5. Her vision is to encourage the use of stylized
indigenous and traditional wear, as she draws inspiration
from the rich textile and embroidery traditions of the
Philippines and interprets these in modern styles
silhouettes.

a. Lulu Tan Gan

b. Dita Sandico-Ong
c. Josie Natori
d. Monique Lhuillier
6. One of her collection is this very
beautiful bridesmaid dress.

a. Lulu Tan Gan

b. Dita Sandico-Ong
c. Josie Natori
d. Monique Lhuillier
7. She’s a Filipino-American fashion designer who began
her career as an investment banker before she made the
dramatic shift to creating her own lines of lingerie, resort
and lounge wear, as well as semiformal and casual attire.

a. Lulu Tan Gan

b. Josie Natori
c. Dita Sandico-Ong
d. Monique Lhuillier
8. This social enterprise enables women from poor
communities across the country to earn through creating
fashion and home accessories out of up-cycled scrap
cloth, organic materials, and indigenous fabrics.

a. Riches2Riches
b. Poor2Rich
c. Rags2Riches
d. Riches2Rags
9. A design and manufacturing facility for designers of
interior accessories and lighting.

a. Hive
b. Beehive
c. Rags2Riches
d. Have
10. Known as the local weave of Ilocos Sur.

a. Inamel
b. Piñalino
c. Panuelos
d. Inabel
11-16. List all the artists under Innovation in Product and
Industrial Design.

17-20. List 4 collections of Monique Lhuillier.

ANSWERS:
6. D
1. A
2. D 7. A
3. B
8. C
4. C
5. A 9. A

10.D
11-16. List all the artists under Innovation in
Product and Industrial Design.

KENNETH COBONPUE
JOSIE NATORI
DITA SANDICO-ONG
MONIQUE LHUILLIER
LULU TAN GAN
RAJO LAUREL
• 17-20. List 4 collections of Monique Lhuillier.
(ANY OF THESE)
• bridal and bridesmaids dresses
• ready-to-wear
• evening gowns
• Linens
• Tableware
• Stationery
• Home fragrances.
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