Designer Lilianna Manahan chosen for prestigious home fair

Dubbed one of Rising Asian Talents, she shows her stuff in the first Maison et Objet Asia By Tracey Paska Philippine Daily Inquirer

Young product designer Lilianna Manahan has been chosen as one of the Rising Asian Talents who will be featured in the first Maison et Objet Asia interior design trade show in Singapore next month. But she almost missed the opportunity.

An editor for Surface Asia magazine dropped by my booth at Manila FAME in October. I showed her everything I had, but I forgot to show her my catalogue and I forgot to get her number. I gave her my card, but it had a typo, she recalled with amusement.

Happily, the editor had enough information to e-mail Manahan a few months later, to inform her that the magazine was nominating her for one of only six spots in the show.

The inaugural event is the first international offshoot of the prestigious interior design exhibition Maison et Object, which is held twice a year in Paris, France.

Impressing Surface Asias editorial staff was only the first hurdle Manahan had to clear; the Paris organizers scrutinized the nominees portfolios before awarding coveted invitations to Manahan and five fellow artists from Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea.

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Designer Lilianna Manahan chosen for prestigious home fair