Pocket Garden: Pocket Falaj by Stephen Amoyo at Design Doha
Filipino designer Stephen Amoyo shrinks an age-old Gulf irrigation system into the Pocket Falaj, a self-watering planter born of his 2025–2026 Liwan Craft Residency in Doha
Things We Learn to See: Jeric Rustia and Sit First’s ‘Kinalakihan’
Multidisciplinary creative Bien Alvarez shares his musings on ‘Kinalakihan,’ Jeric Rustia and Sit First’s exhibition on how time reshapes what we make of familiar and familial objects
At Home, with Feelings: The Road to Jia CURATED 2027
Jia CURATED founder Budiman Ong on embracing 2026 edition Nature Weave’s unruly beach, and why soaking in emotion is leading the festival home for 2027
Water Memory: Chini Lichangco and JB Woodcraft at Jia CURATED
Chini Lichangco revisits a ‘puddle’ she’s played with, albeit with a new material choice and partner for Jia CURATED
Going with the Flow: Jasser Aguila and Calfurn at Jia CURATED
For Vinta stools, Jasser Aguila lets an indigenous vessel’s vivid colors lead him home to rattan, in partnership with Calfurn for Jia CURATED
Root, Rise, Bloom: Selena Placino and VENZON at Jia CURATED
Selena Placino and VENZON turn a chance Bali encounter into Seasons, a lamp collection for Jia CURATED built on the premise of form follows feeling
Growth Curves: E/lou and A. Garcia Crafts at Jia CURATED
A study of growth rings and natural accretions led Edward Sibunga of E/lou to see the light in his collaboration with A. Garcia Crafts for Jia CURATED
Against the Grain: Bianca Carague and South Sea Veneer at Jia CURATED
Bianca Carague and South Sea Veneer venture out of their comfort zones for a JIA Curated piece that plays on natural paradox with Flutter
Windcatcher: Meyte Szita Chan and S.C. Vizcarra at Jia CURATED
Meyte Szita Chan lets a ‘corrupted’ binakol bear her story, and that of the colorful people and places met for a leather Sail bound for Bali’s JIA Curated
Light Bulb Moment: Guia Viray for Triboa Bay Living at Jia CURATED
Triboa Bay Living scion Guia Viray hatches a lamp and a dining chair from a single wood-bending technique for Jia CURATED
