Kenneth Cobonpue
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Kenneth Cobonpue is an industrial designer known for his signature designs in natural fibres and materials. Designs mainly focus on nature's forms using rattan, buri, bamboo, and abaca.

Awards

  • Microsoft Special Award for Most Dynamic Entrepreneur 2007
    • Manila Peninsula | Nov 6, 2007

  • Entrepreneur Magazine’s 10 Most Outstanding Entrepreneurs 2007
    • Manila Peninsula | Nov 6, 2007

  • 13 Mugna Design Prizes for Exhibition and Product Design 2007
    • Best Indoor Furniture | Noodle Collection

  • Ten Most Outstanding Alumni
    • Given on the 50th year of the founding of Sacred Heart School for Boys | Cebu City, Philippines

  • 5 Katha Design Awards for Product Design
    • Philippine Furniture Industries Foundation | Manila, Philippines

  • 13 Mugna Design Prizes for Exhibition and Product Design
    • Cebu International Furniture & Furnishings Exhibition | Cebu City, Philippines

  • Outstanding Design Prize
    • Balou Outdoor | 2005 High Point Show, North Carolina, USA

  • Design Excellence Award
    • Best Seating for Lolah outdoor
    • Best Chair for Dimple outdoor
    • 9th Annual IIDA/Hospitality Design Product Competition | May 5, 2005, USA

  • Design for Asia Award 2005
    • Lolah Collection | Business of Design Week by the Hongkong Design Centre | Nov 21, 2005, Hongkong

  • First Prize, Open Design Category
    • Croissant Collection | Singapore International Furniture Design Competition 2004 | Singapore

  • Awardee, Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines 2004

  • Good Design Award 2004 – ASEAN Design Collection
    • Pigalle Easy Arm Chair, Kabuki Cabinet, One Night Stand Sofa | C-U C-ME Screen Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization | Tokyo, Japan

  • Good Design Award 2003 ASEAN Design Collection
    • Voyage Bed and Yin & Yang Easy Arm Chair | Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization Tokyo, Japan

  • 2004 Perlas Award for Outstanding Cebuano
    • Presidential Citation for Embodying Ideals of Asian Design
    • Given by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | November 29, 2002, Malacanang Palace, Philippines

  • Craftsmanship Award
    • International Contemporary Furniture Fair 2001
    • New York, USA

  • Presidential Citation for Embodying Ideals of Asian Design
    • Given by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
      Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
      Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

    • November 29, 2002, Malacanang Palace, Philippines

  • Good Design Award 2003 – ASEAN Design Collection
    • Voyage Bed and Yin & Yang Easy Arm Chair - Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization - Tokyo, Japan

  • Good Design Award 2004 – ASEAN Design Collection
    • Pigalle Easy Arm Chair, Kabuki Cabinet, One Night Stand Sofa
    • C-U C-ME Screen - Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization | Tokyo, Japan

  • First Prize, Open Design Category - Croissant Collection
    • Singapore International Furniture Design Competition 2004, Singapore

  • Design for Asia Award 2005 - Lolah Collection
    • Business of Design Week by the Hongkong Design Centre - Nov 21, 2005, Hongkong

  • Design Excellence Award - Best Seating for Lolah outdoor
  • Design Excellence Award - Best Chair for Dimple outdoor
    • 9th Annual IIDA/Hospitality Design Product Competition | May 5, 2005, USA

Further reading

  • Simply Material, 2007, (Viction:Workshop Limited) by Victor Cheung
  • Design Now!, 2007 (Taschen GmbH) by Charlotte & Peter Fiell ISBN 9783822852675
  • Fork, 2007 (Phaidon Press) by Tom Dixon
  • 1000 New Designs and Where to Find Them, 2006 (Laurence King Publishing, Ltd.)by Jennifer Hudson
    Jennifer Hudson
    Jennifer Kate Hudson is an American recording artist, actress and spokesperson. She came to prominence in 2004 as one of the finalists on the third season of American Idol coming in seventh place...

     ISBN 9781856694667
  • International Design Yearbook 2005 (Lawrence King Publishing House of London) curated by Marcel Wanders
    Marcel Wanders
    Marcel Wanders is a Dutch product and interior designer, who drew international recognition for his Knotted Chair produced by Droog in 1996.- Life :...

     ISBN 9781856694353
  • International Design Yearbook 2004 (Lawrence King Publishing House of London) curated by Tom Dixon
    Tom Dixon
    Thomas Earl Dixon is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1977 to 1983 for the Houston Astros and Montreal Expos.-External links:...

     ISBN 9781856693929
  • International Design Yearbook 2002 (Lawrence King Publishing House of London) curated by Ross Lovegrove
    Ross Lovegrove
    Ross Lovegrove is an industrial designer, perhaps best known for his work on the Sony Walkman.- Biography :He studied at Manchester Polytechnic , graduating with a First Class BA in Industrial Design in 1980 and then went to the Royal College of Art, London in 1983 where he completed his master of...

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  • New Bedroom Design, 2004 (Daab GmbH) by Marcel Wanders
    Marcel Wanders
    Marcel Wanders is a Dutch product and interior designer, who drew international recognition for his Knotted Chair produced by Droog in 1996.- Life :...

    2005
  • Tropical Interiors, 2002, (Periplus Editions HK) by Elizabeth Reyes. Pages 93–97
  • TIME magazine (July 2006) ISSN 0040-781X

External links

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