Tag: aesthetics
Kabadingan and kalaswaan in Philippine fashion
Bad taste plain and simple. What was Bench thinking? Sure the much-hyped fashion show The Naked Truth is all about underwear. But just because it is does not mean the …
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The Truth Is… The Pinoy Masa Loves Ugly Things and Uncivilized Surroundings
Thinking about how Baguio City was originally planned by Daniel Hudson Burnham and then considering how ugly it looks today has convinced me that although most Filipinos look like they …
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What Metro Manila billboards tell us about the Filipino character
Driving up or down EDSA, the main road transport artery through the Philippine megalopolis of Metro Manila, is like navigating a badly-designed website. The huge billboards that line the iconic …
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