Da best ang Pinoy muwebles

Episode on July 10, 2008 Thursday night after Saksi This Thursday on 100% Pinoy, hosts Miriam Quiambao and Joaquin Valdes learn the reasons behind the global success of our furniture industry as they meet our world-renowned furniture designers and collectors! Cebu, known as the “Milan of Asia," boasts of the most creative minds in the furniture design industry. Miriam Quiambao flies to the Furniture Capital of the Philippines to meet world-renowned furniture designers, including Kenneth Cobonpue, whose creations were used in the Hollywood movie Ocean’s Thirteen. Cobonpue usually works with indigenous materials such as rattan and bamboo and combines these with wrought iron, producing beautiful Asian-inspired furniture that wowed Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Miriam also tours the Mehitabel, one of Cebu’s pioneering furniture company, known for its innovative use of rattan in its designs. She also meets Clayton Tugonan of the Movement 8, a group of furniture designers that promotes the use of indigenous materials found in the Philippines. Meanwhile, Joaquin Valdes meets the most avid furniture collectors in the country. Joaquin visits the house of former PCSO Chairman Manoling Morato who began collecting antiques since he was 30 years old. He also learns that reel and real life couple Paolo and Suzi Abrera are furniture enthusiasts. Joaquin visits the Abrera household and discovers that most of the family’s furniture are designs created by Paolo himself!

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Ngayong Huwebes sa 100% Pinoy, mamangha sa husay ng Pinoy sa paggawa ng mga de kalidad at world-class na mga muwebles! Tinaguriang “Furniture Capital of the Philippines" ang Cebu dahil sa mga kakaiba nitong disenyo sa paggawa ng mga muwebles. Lilipad si Miriam Quiambao papuntang Queen City of the South para alamin kung ano ang sikreto ng tinatawag na “Milan Of Asia." Sinasabing ang paggamit ng mga katutubong materyal tulad ng rattan, bato, aluminum at minoldeng bakal ang dahilan kaya mabentang mabenta sa mga dayuhan ang mga muwebles na gawa ng mga Cebuano. Makikilala ni Miriam Quambao ang pamosong furniture designer na si Kenneth Cobonpue na sumikat dahil sa kanyang mga kliyenteng galing pa ng Hollywood, tulad na lang ng mag-asawang Brad Pitt at Angelina Jolie! Pero bukod kay Cobonpue, makikilala rin ni Miriam sina Clayton Tugonan ng Movement 8, isang grupo ng magagaling na furniture designers na nagsusulong sa paggamit ng mga indigenous materials ng Pilipinas para sa kanilang mga disenyo. Lilibutin din ni Miriam ang Mehitabel, ang pioneer sa industriya ng furniture design sa Cebu. Samantala, makikilala naman ni Joaquin Valdes ang mga kolektor ng mga antigong muwebles dito sa Pilipinas! Bibisitahin niya ang bahay ng dating PCSO Chairman na si Manoling Morato, na punong-puno ng mga luma pero mamahaling muwebles! Malalaman din ni Joaquin na ang mag-asawang Paolo at Suzi Abrera, mahilig ding mangolekta at pati na rin mag-disenyo ng sarili nilang mga muwebles sa bahay.