In this moodboard video, we show a playroom using a postmodernist’s playbook…which is what exactly, you may ask. Postmodern is a design style popular in the 70s and 80s that cleaves towards vibrant colors, asymmetry, and bold details. It can be strange and unconventional, although what we show in the…
Eating. A favorite Filipino pastime. Even if we don’t have much food, we still share. In fact, kain na po tayo can even function as saying hello sometimes. Eating is a social event for most of us. It’s a ritual that we treasure. We share, not only food, but lively conversations…
In today’s local architecture for average Pinoys, antesala is an anachronism. In the Spanish colonial bahay na bato, an antesala (also known as caida) is a spacious upper floor landing directly at the top of the main staircase. Its primary function was the main receiving and waiting area for those who…
We are starting a new series of moodboard videos to show you how we do it since we had been yapping about making moodboards for Boysen Color Trend 2026-2027 in the last weeks. For those of you who prefer to look at videos instead of reading and looking at still…
Here is a second moodboard video for a commercial space. For this, we made a moodboard for a beauty clinic where white is the primary paint color to create a clean, relaxing, and welcoming vibe. Contrasting finishes of hard and soft materials balance structure and tactility in the space. https://youtu.be/TIIa7WX1xfE…
White is an achromatic color that symbolizes purity, cleanliness, openness, simplicity, and balance, which is what this yoga studio wants to exude. Clients would definitely want to be infused with these feelings, particularly those who see yoga not just as a physical practice but more as a spiritual one that…
This is the first moodboard video for a commercial space. We are using white as the primary color to continue the white motif we started with the four moodboard videos before this that showed rooms in a home. https://youtu.be/2Fc7RQYEtLg I previously wrote about the 90/90 rule of shop owners regarding…
Nowadays, the average Filipino household does not have a dedicated bedroom for guests. If there is extra space, this would usually double as a family room, a home office, a wellness room, a study room, or whatever else the homeowners need. However, some have the luxury of space to make…
We will be coming out with more moodboard videos that focus on the color white, since this hue remains a favorite for so many. For the first one, we are showing a soft industrial kitchen. Industrial Design Style Loft conversions started as early as the 1950s in the U.S. because…
Home offices became an essential space in the home when Covid lockdowns were announced. Work from home (WFH) even got its own acronym, and so did WFO which stands for work from office, when the lockdowns lifted. There is no government mandate that says employees should now go to their…
