SIMON TE1603/MNL
The work I do focuses on making messages clear and simple. Able to distill complex ideas and connect with a wide range of audiences no matter the industry.
I’m also a persistent learner with more than a decade of experience in brand building, creative communications, and product development. The level of understanding across a wide range of industries and communities allows me to iterate in context with the cultural zeitgeist.
*Currently accepting consultancy, experience, and installation work.
Where you may find me:
MOLD
Makerlab and Circular Design Studio
FRGMNT
Commercial Film Production House
POSTHAUS
Commercial Post Production House
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Contact Form GOOSEFRAMED ART PRINT
EDITIONS: 1/7
Goose waddled beside me along the promenade in Frankfurt. My first friend in the city. A local too. I noticed goose wearing a collar of some sorts. Maybe they tracked the population of geese here? Goose sat beside me for a while, so we both curiously took the city in from where we sat. It was my first day in Germany, and my first time in Europe. Hours ago, I spent a good amount of time flustered after having misjudged my visa and ultimately, my travel plans. It was nice to have spent a little time with Goose. All the more after accepting my fate that my first trip to Europe wasn’t gonna go as I initially planned.
BIG BITE
FRAMED ART PRINT
EDITIONS: 1/7
Big Bite was an obscure moment where my exploration led me to meaningful garbage. 7/11 Hotdogs were always a thing between me and my dad. We’d always drop by the one along Pioneer Street. He’d park the car — tell me to wait, be in and out in 15 minutes, tops. We loved snacking on them alongside Slurpees. The brain freeze I remember mirrored the mountain’s cold. Staring at the wrappers, I began to crave some with a little manhattan dressing to top it all off.
THINGS HELD CONSTANT (w. MAITA HAGAD)INSTALLATION
EDITIONS: 1/1
LOCATION: ON LOAN | MOLD MKT,PH
MATERIAL PLANTLIFE ENCASED IN STEEL-LOOPED ACRYLIC SHEETS ON WODDEN FRAMEIn an attempt to preserve what needs to change we created Things Held Constant. This pieces displays the life and the afterlife of a pairing of plants. Acrylic attempts to capture the current state of the plant. In its eventual failure, we see the movement and passing of a life through the rest of its stages.
This piece is in a constant state of becoming as the seeming focus wilts, dries, and maybe grows again into a new form of life.
MANUEL TABLE (w. MAITA HAGAD)SCULPTURE
EDITIONS: 1/1
LOCATION: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
MATERIAL: PLYWOODServed as the staging table for the Escolta Memory Box instllation at the First United Building, Manuel table is a CNC cut plywood table that functions as surface for objects giving them their own nooks and corners to be appreciated from afar and up close.
CLIFF TABLESCULPTURE
EDITIONS: 1/1
LOCATION: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
MATERIAL: PINE & MERANTIThis bedside table explores how far you can shift the center of gravity before you lose stability. Crafted in Tanguile, a hardwood also known as Philippine Mahogany. It features a sturdy foundation intersected by gentle corners. A strip of Mahogany interrupts the two larger planes to match the movement of the upper plane.