Young creators explored the concepts of artistic identity, sustainability and innovative solutions to real-world problems through industry talks and hands-on workshops during the World Industrial Design Week (WIDW) 2025: Made for Hue held at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde.

Organized by the Benildean Industrial Designers (BIND), the five-day event was aligned with two themes: World Design Organization’s “Let’s Get Ethical!” and BIND’s “Magnifying Little Impacts.”

The lineup of notable speakers for WIDW comprised of creative director Rita Nazareno (“Design Talk on Philippine Contemporary Craft”), architect Jon Medalla (“From Pole to Soul”), and project manager and ceramicist Oman Santos (“Kadiri, Kilabot, at Kontrabida”). They were joined by painter Charlie Co (“The Importance of Community in Art and Design”), visual artist RV Basco (“Solo Design Talk”), perfumer Oscar Mejia III (“Designing Fragrances and Bottling Filipino Heritage”), and interior and lighting designer Mark Wilson (“The Designer and Design”). Completing the roster were Anna Anastacio of Messy Bessy and Willie Garcia of Junk Not (“Empowered by Purpose: Uplifting Communities through Sustainable Design”), Illac Diaz of Liter of Light and Bryan McClelland of Bambike (“Innovating for Impact: How Design Can Make a Change”), and Guia Viray of Triboa Bay Living and Bianca Carague of Bianca.obj (“Design as Identity: Creating from Who You Are”).