The October 2019 edition of Design Week Philippines bannered diversity in creativity through a design kaleidoscope, and dared to ask: What happens when we look at the world differently through design?

Design Kaleidoscope emphasized creative communities and hubs, leveraging on the diversified strengths and perspective of its people, paving for an artistic and communal chemistry that tackles opportunities to spark change and make it happen. In a design-driven community where interdisciplinary collaboration is key, what are we bringing to the group to influence change in our collective future? The event received cooperation from 63 partners, and organized more than 60 events in 12 cities around the Philippines attended by 11,370 people.

Design Week Philippines empowers design communities and hubs to fully embrace creativity and diversity. With Intramuros as our starting point in earlier editions, Design Week Philippines has flourished and is now commemorated in 11 cities, with 57 partners, and through 92 events organized and attended by 13,000 people. 

The theme embodied Design Center’s vision for the country’s design and creative sectors—bursting with color and fully embracing their diversity to empower the next driver of the Philippine economy. Through our collaborations with different designers, creatives, and hubs, we unleashed their inner child as they enter a state of play. Through the exciting lineup of activities we have in store for April, we helped people unlock unique views and applications of creativity and innovation.

Design Week invited individuals from diverse backgrounds and disciplines to explore areas for collaboration through playful experimentation and free-form exploration. In our talks and workshops, different business-support organizations and industry experts guided participants as they make their way as sustainable enterprises in the creative industries.

For its October 2018 edition, DWP took on the theme of a creative vortex with a total of 38 partners, and organized more than 51 events in 6 cities around Metro Manila attended by 10,000+ people.

In this multi-city celebration, Design Week Philippines acted as a force that gathered trailblazers, tinkerers, creatives and designers in a central interactive platform that complements the continuously expanding pool of ideas, best practices, breakthrough thinking, and collaborative networks that usher in trade opportunities in the Philippine design industry.

Through this edition, Design Week Philippines grew together with the increased presence of creative hubs in the country. Creative hubs, after all, are catalysts of innovation, driving inclusive growth in the creative economy and positive changes in cities. Design Week Philippines puts a focus on these hubs to support their initiatives and gain further traction as a building block of the creative ecosystem and training ground of future design leaders

Design Week Philippines partnered with the metros’ key creative hubs to celebrate design and celebrated a nine-day borderless creative festivity with its powerhouse team of 55 partners, 57 events in 7 cities all over the metro attended by 11,381 people.

Design Week Philippines offered a series of design talks, design tours, hands-on workshops, exhibitions, art booths, live performances, outdoor film showing, weekend market and a lot more to make sure you get your dose of design, creativity, and good vibes. The line-up of activities was geared towards gathering creative tribes and aficionados, and engaging them to spark greater creativity and innovation.

Beyond the spirit of creativity of the celebration, Design Week established connections and invigorated deeper partnerships among the country’s design and creative communities to support this initiative. Building connections and communities has always been at the core of Design Week Philippines. It also created a movement by engaging partners and partner events to show the diverse ways of celebrating Design Week Philippines, and eventually make design and creativity a way of life in the Philippines, and build on each other’s ideas.

In its 2017 edition, Design Week Philippines has focused on Intramuros as the central location for all things creative and design-related, with the aim of mobilizing it as a creative hub. Design Week Philippines, as a multi-faceted celebration of design, art and creativity, continued to bring a series of activities, talks, workshops and installations inside the walls of Intramuros to stimulate artistic energy and inspire creative industries inside the locale.

Design Week Philippines spearheaded a fun-filled, creativity-charged nine-day festivity through its design talks, design tour, creative workshops, installations, weekend market, and more. The event received cooperation from 29 partners, and organized more than 48 events in 4 cities around the Philippines attended by 11,000+ people.