Book Making at 98B!
The Slate Team attended Mira Asriningtyas’ Independent Book Making Workshop at 98B last June 9, 2013. Mira Asriningtyas and her husband Dito Yuwono were in Manila for 98B’s Project and Research Residency. They run a little curiosity shop/ art space/ homemade restaurant called Lir in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. The workshop started with an introduction to Lir: … Read more
Fête de la Musique Philippines 2013
Our electro-bloods start to bubble when June comes marching in because something tells us it’s the dawn of consecutive events and festivals in Manila. One festival we jump up and down for every time this time of year comes around is Fete de la Musique Philippines. According to Wiki, this is what it’s all about: … Read more
SaturdayMarket X FutureMarket@ESCOLTA
Most of us in the team are Quezon City folk, but last weekend, we found ourselves in Escolta as we attended an Independent Book Binding Workshop courtesy of 98B COLLABoratory. We’ll probably have a separate post on that super fantastic encounter, but on a more urgent note, we found out about this other gem, the … Read more
18th French Film Festival in Manila
The film festival season begins this month (we’re shaking with excitement!) and every year it kicks off with the French Film Festival. Now on its 18th run, the festival opens to the public today until Sunday (June 7 – June 9, 2013) at the Greenbelt 3 Cinemas in Makati City. Opening this year’s festival is … Read more
Design Challenge: MAD MONEY!
Deadline of Submission of Entries: JULY 5, 2013 MECHANICS 1. Design the bill! You can work on your design digitally or by hand! Choose to work on the spread found on the pages of your Slate 2013 Planner, print it out and render it by hand, or work directly on the digital file found in … Read more
Spoiling others after spoiling yourself: Tips on how to tip around the world
In celebration of National Splurge Day this June, here’s an infographic on how much appreciation you should give to the service industry after you’ve spoiled yourself silly. My goal: to travel to all these destinations and check if this stands correct! I’ll get back to you on that. Credit goes to: http://www.mint.com/ LIVE CREATIVELY Captain Slate
Slate Reel: Sweet Dreams (2008)
If you’ve bothered to browse through your May 2013 dashboard, you will find there a blurb about a short film called Sweet Dreams. It’s an animated short that gives you just the right dose of sweet and veggies that will definitely hit the spot. If you’ve been smacking your brain and keyboard on where you … Read more
Slate Reel: Curfew (2012)
Our film feature for this month (take a peek at your April dashboard!), Brink, is a marvelous short film by Shawn Christensen. It’s a unique end-of -days film seen through the eyes of Justin who has one last confession to make before all is lost. He needs to risk finding his best friend and tell … Read more
Gamble Machine: No Risk, No Reward.
Slate was one of the biggest risks I took in my short life and up to now I am disbelief when I try to recall all the things my team and I have gone through. Since everything was a first time for us, we were cheated on, shoved down, and misjudged as foolish kids. We were … Read more
Slate 2013 Design Challenge #2!
*Doodle artwork found in the background of the Featured Image is by Eeshaun of Gardensilly.com sloot, n. Slate + Loot = SLOOT! A Planet Slate loot bag/ goody bag filled with random awesome objects inside to be won by joining Design Challenges Mechanics to win a Sloot varies for each Design Challenge When used in a … Read more
Find us on cyberspace!
