TOUCHED BY MIDAS
By Marlinda Angbetic Tan
Photos by Erwin Lim
D’oro Barandino strikes gold with his award-winning designs for bags, home accessories, and furniture
He insists on spelling his name “D’oro” instead of the traditional Doro, believing it will attract a geomantic force that turns everything he touches into gold. That out of the way, no one will think that “D’oro” Barandino is merely a typographical error.
If you have never heard about him, it’s because he has always hidden behind someone else’s brand. That is, until 2007 when he started to develop a line of bags using indigenous materials and fabric. He uses mother of pearl, sea urchin beads, young pen shell, black horn, bone, bamboo, resin, water sea snakeskin and kamagong wood for beach bags, totes and clutches, molding them into shapes and soft, feminine patterns. Following the dictum “form follows function,” he came up with new techniques that manipulated the materials into simple shapes that allow the earthy palette, natural colors and textures and the exotic nature of the materials to speak for themselves. He stays away from leather, unhappy with the quality of the local supply.
D’oro is a product designer for bags, home accessories and furniture. His architectural background serves him well in product development, where he keeps an eye on structure and construction. He received from CITEM Katha award during a Manila F.A.M.E. International show for product design for his use of rubber bands for a handbag collection he designed for a Cebu exporter. He is currently a design consultant for the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) in Cebu.
He derives inspiration from everyday things – observing color combinations of pedestrian attire and discovering shapes that he sees in the urban environment. He is fascinated with the jeepney, finding a pattern in the chrome or broken leather. He has found his design space, his cocoon where he is productive and creative, his haven for thought and invention.
D’oro’s trips to Paris, Milan, New York and other major design capitals early on made him consider relocating outside Cebu. He thought that he needed to be in a place conducive to design. He realized that it wasn’t the place but the mindset that mattered. “You just have to reach that level of realization where you recognize that nature’s abundance within your reach can bring endless possibilities. All you have to do is to appreciate, relate and see its purpose.” MS
By Marlinda Angbetic Tan
Photos by Erwin Lim
D’oro Barandino strikes gold with his award-winning designs for bags, home accessories, and furniture
He insists on spelling his name “D’oro” instead of the traditional Doro, believing it will attract a geomantic force that turns everything he touches into gold. That out of the way, no one will think that “D’oro” Barandino is merely a typographical error.
If you have never heard about him, it’s because he has always hidden behind someone else’s brand. That is, until 2007 when he started to develop a line of bags using indigenous materials and fabric. He uses mother of pearl, sea urchin beads, young pen shell, black horn, bone, bamboo, resin, water sea snakeskin and kamagong wood for beach bags, totes and clutches, molding them into shapes and soft, feminine patterns. Following the dictum “form follows function,” he came up with new techniques that manipulated the materials into simple shapes that allow the earthy palette, natural colors and textures and the exotic nature of the materials to speak for themselves. He stays away from leather, unhappy with the quality of the local supply.
D’oro is a product designer for bags, home accessories and furniture. His architectural background serves him well in product development, where he keeps an eye on structure and construction. He received from CITEM Katha award during a Manila F.A.M.E. International show for product design for his use of rubber bands for a handbag collection he designed for a Cebu exporter. He is currently a design consultant for the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) in Cebu.
He derives inspiration from everyday things – observing color combinations of pedestrian attire and discovering shapes that he sees in the urban environment. He is fascinated with the jeepney, finding a pattern in the chrome or broken leather. He has found his design space, his cocoon where he is productive and creative, his haven for thought and invention.
D’oro’s trips to Paris, Milan, New York and other major design capitals early on made him consider relocating outside Cebu. He thought that he needed to be in a place conducive to design. He realized that it wasn’t the place but the mindset that mattered. “You just have to reach that level of realization where you recognize that nature’s abundance within your reach can bring endless possibilities. All you have to do is to appreciate, relate and see its purpose.” MS
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