Philippine delegation presents its 'Handcrafted for the World'

Following a six-year hiatus resulting from the constricting Novel Coronavirus 2020, a delegation of Filipino furniture, furnishings and fashion designers are participating at the ongoing “Index Interior Design & Furniture Exhibition” in Dubai World Trade Centre.

- Mariecar Jara-Puyod, Senior Reporter

Filipino artisans — with the confluence of the diversity of indigenous tribes among Spanish, American, Asian and Arabic persuasions - have been behind numerous aesthetically-designed hand made products

Through the theme “Handcrafted for the World” that pronounces the Philippines as the place to be for the sought-after enduring strength of craftsmanship and quaint-yet-universal creativity of handmade products, the participation of the IO enterprises, is the answer of the Department of Trade and Industry-Centre for International Trade and Expositions and Missions (DTI-CITEM) to the interest of three of the largest organisations of furniture manufacturers to “return to Index.”

DTI-CITEM-Service Business Department manager Marjo Evio, from the inauguration of the DESIGN-Philippines’ 90-square metre pavilion on Tuesday,

told Gulf Today that it was some time in 2024 when the “largest of furniture manufacturers in Manila, Pampanga and Cebu paid a courtesy call” to the then newly-appointed DTI-CITEM executive director Romleah Juliet Pulido Ocampo.