Fine Arts faculty wins Metrobank national design tilt
Cheryl Dalman Montebon an interior design instructor at the Department of Fine Arts (DFA) captured the Special Prize in the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (MADE) Awards in ceremonies held last September 21 at Metrobank Plaza. The award, one of only two in the interior design category, carried a P150,000 cash prize. Montebon was recognized for her design of a condominium unit at the Oritental Garden Makati which she titled “Filtempo”, short for Filipino Contemporary.
A pre-selection process reduced the number of contestant to only two, pitting her with Grand Prize winner Wilhelmina S. Garcia of Manila in the contest which was entitled “Your Environment Shapes You”. The two contestants were given space to design the interiors at the cost of P299,000 each, charged to Metrobank. The actual design was carried out between the first week of July and until the deadline of July 24, with Montebon shuttling from Cebu to carry out her winning design.
Jose Jubilla, chair of the Professional Regulation Commission’s Board of Interior Designers, led the judges which included heritage architect and Philippine Star columnist Paulo G. Alcazaren, and educator and interior designer Cynthia Belleza, among others.
This is not Montebon’s first victory as she also won in the Bedroom Category of the International Furniture Fair in Singapore last March 1-5, 2006, with the Philippines participating for the first time.
Montebon teaches part-time in the DFA as she also works as furniture and home accessories designer of JLQ International Inc. She is a licensed interior designer and a member of the Philippine Institute of Interior Designers (PIID).
Montebon will open her first design firm in Talamban called M+E Design Concept thie coming October 15. It will be a mini showroom and an office for services like architecture, interior design and furniture design.
Author: J.E. R. Bersales
04 / October / 2007
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