Identity · Constellation
The Dreamer Plane
Why do we fly? A livery, a calendar, a toy, and a short animation — built as a single constellation of artifacts inviting travelers to tell their own reasons. Commissioned by Cebu Pacific, painted by Airbus, and landing in Cebu late 2026.
2025 — 2026
Program Design · Co-production
The Kalibutan Project
Pairing designers with Cebu artisans during the pandemic to make products for a world that had suddenly lost its tourists. I served as co-creative director.
2020 — 2022
Platform · Co-production
Visayan Artisan Map
An ongoing co-production platform mapping the artisans and crafters of the Visayan region — book, video series, and directory, built with the makers themselves as co-authors.
2024 — ongoing
Festival · Play
Duwa Children's Festival
Co-founded Cebu's first children's festival — rooted in traditional Filipino games, with workshops pairing kids with industrial designers to imagine the transportation of the future.
2023
Event · Publishing
Cebu Art Book Fair
Co-founded an event to promote Cebu's storytellers. The zine is the easiest form of publishing, and the results have been wonderful, personal, introspective, and funny in equal measure.
2021
Industrial · Heritage
Cebu Mango Jeep
Led the design of a modern replacement for the traditional Filipino jeepney — navigating the fine line between heritage and modernization.
2022
Residency · Systems
Door to Asia
A residency pairing foreign and local creatives to address community problems. Our team designed a vouching system as a form of tourism in Bataan.
2019
Youth · Program
Young Idea Party
A youth development program for college students, centered around storytelling, design, and making.
2023
Convening · Place
Atua Midtown
An informal role bringing the right makers into a new retail development. No official title — just the pied piper. What I was really designing was trust.
2023 — ongoing