Kenneth Cobonpue is a multi-award winning furniture designer and manufacturer from Cebu, Philippines. His passage to design began in 1987 while studying industrial design at Pratt Institute in New York.
While completing his studies, Cobonpue apprenticed for a leather and wood workshop near Florence, Italy. He went on to study furniture marketing and production at the Export-Akademie Baden-Württemberg in Reutlingen, Germany, under a private and state scholarship program, and subsequently worked in Bielefeld and Munich.
Cobonpue returned home to Cebu in 1996 to manage Interior Crafts of the Islands, Inc., a furniture design and manufacturing company founded by his mother, Betty Cobonpue, in 1972. Discovering that modern design could have a new face using natural fibers and materials, Cobonpue created pieces of functional art, offering an alternative to the Western definition of modern design. Today, the KENNETHCOBONPUE brand has become known globally for its unique designs and extensive roster of clientele, which includes Hollywood celebrities and royalty.
With his masterful way of integrating nature, traditional craft and innovative technologies in his work, designer and creative director Cobonpue has earned international awards and recognition for his creative, organic and expressive pieces. Working closely with some of the world’s leading designers — from household names to emerging talents — Cobonpue has been pushing the envelope for design in the Philippines and sharing his vision with a global audience.
Awards to Cobonpue’s credit include five Japan Good Design Awards, the grand prize at the Singapore International Design Competition, the DFA Design for Asia Award from the Hong Kong Design Centre, the American Society of Interior Design Top Pick selection and the French Coup de Coeur award. Several of Cobonpue’s designs were selected for several editions of the International Design Yearbook published in London and New York. Phaidon’s book, & Fork, underscores Cobonpue’s position as a leader of a new movement incorporating new technologies in crafts. In 2007, TIME magazine called him “rattan’s first virtuoso.” Cobonpue was named the Designer of the Year in the first edition of Maison&Objet Asia held in March 2014 in Singapore.
Cobonpue reveals new work each year in the design shows from Milan to New York, and he speaks regularly about Southeast Asian design all over the world. He has also appeared in European television and in countless international magazines and newspapers around the world. Various Cobonpue designs have also appeared in full-length feature films and television, such as Oceans 13 and CSI.
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(Biography provided by Galerie Philia)
Set of Outdoor Bouquet Tables by Kenneth Cobonpue
By Kenneth Cobonpue
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of Bouquet coffee table and end table by Kenneth Cobonpue. Materials: Fiberglass reinforced Polymer and Stainless Steel. Dimensions: Coffee table diameter 75cm x height 40cm ...
Stainless Steel
Indoor Bouquet Coffee Table by Kenneth Cobonpue
By Kenneth Cobonpue
Located in Geneve, CH
Bouquet coffee table by Kenneth Cobonpue Materials: fiberglass reinforced polymer and stainless steel. Dimensions: diameter 75cm x height 40cm An exquisitely eye-catching center...
Stainless Steel
Outdoor Bouquet Coffee Table by Kenneth Cobonpue
By Kenneth Cobonpue
Located in Geneve, CH
Bouquet coffee table by Kenneth Cobonpue. Materials: Fiberglass reinforced polymer, and stainless steel. Dimensions: Diameter 75 cm x height 40 cm. An exquisitely eye-catching c...
Stainless Steel
Indoor Bouquet End Table by Kenneth Cobonpue
By Kenneth Cobonpue
Located in Geneve, CH
Bouquet end table by Kenneth Cobonpue. Materials: Fiberglass reinforced polymer and stainless steel. Dimensions: Diameter 55cm x height 50cm. An exquisitely eye-catching centerp...
Stainless Steel
Outdoor Bouquet End Table by Kenneth Cobonpue
By Kenneth Cobonpue
Located in Geneve, CH
Bouquet end table by Kenneth Cobonpue Materials: Fiberglass reinforced polymer, and stainless steel. Dimensions: diameter 55cm x height 50cm An exquisitely eye-catching centerpi...
Stainless Steel
Calyx Coffee Table by Kenneth Cobonpue
By Kenneth Cobonpue
Located in Geneve, CH
Calyx coffee table by Kenneth Cobonpue. Materials: Polyethelene steel, stonecast, and glass. Dimensions: Table Diameter 90 cm x H 40cm Glass Diameter 76.5 cm x H 1cm Like the...
Steel
"Petit Cuvee" Low Round Side Table Designed by Stephane Lebrun for Dessie'
By Stephane Lebrun, Dessie Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Petit Cuvee" is a low round side table, designed by Stephane Lebrun and manufactured by Dessie', featuring a top in black MD walnut veneered or c...
Steel, Nickel
"Petit Cuvee" Low Square Side Table Designed by Stephane Lebrun for Dessie
By Stephane Lebrun, Dessie Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Petit Cuvee" is a low square side table, designed by Stephane Lebrun and manufactured by Dessie', featuring a top in black MD walnut veneered or covered by black leather and a metallic base structure made of square section steel with an antique nickel finish. Indoor use only. Available in different options: Finish: •walnut •black MD + leather DIMENSIONS: D. 19.6", W. 19.6", H. 19.6" Keeping alive the tradition of cabinet-making and adapting it to the contemporary aesthetic and functional needs in an economic field now ruled by industrial production is not an easy job. A lof of passion and great handcrafting skills are needed: it's something you can learn working in your family, just like what happened to Stephane Lebrun. STEPHANE LEBRUN was born in Belgium in 1973. His training in cabinet-making and architecture has enabled him to build himself the furniture pieces and projects he designs. This unique approach has opened the doors of prestigious places such as the Brussels Museum of Modern Art, the Manneken-Pis and the Belgium Museum of Embroidery. DESSIE' company's mission is putting a contemporary spin on the old tradition of cabinet-making, in order to offer pieces of furniture ready to get people excited and to satisfy aesthetic and functional values of the contemporary way of living. Dessie' was started during 1990s and now proposes a collection of pieces of furniture inviting to discover a sophisticated and elegant design, an unique style where different influences merge, and to re-create a simple and refined design atmosphere for unconventional people who are freely looking for essential and high quality pieces. A collection, including tables, small tables, writing desks, console tables, bedside tables, chairs, bookcases, dressers, cabinets, cupboards, upholstered pieces of furniture and lamps, which was created having in mind an essential style and a careful attention to recent trends. Harmony of forms and care for high quality and rational design, attentively studying any detail, are some of key features of production by Dessie', which has been always reworking the legacy from the tradition by means of a strongly contemporary design language. The aim is to create a forward-looking style which anyway doesn't lose the value of the past as a main feature, in order to give any setting an original charme, indifferent to passing fads. Hence here's a formal language which uninterruptedly takes care of details and precious finishes, while experimenting expressive capabilities of the best materials: precious woods, steel, leather, natural fibers, etc. Flexibility and possibility of customizing any piece in order to offer a "tailor-made" production is one of key design criteria followed by Dessie'. Dessie' established a close cooperation with some famous international designers, like the Catalan Jaime Tresserra, who designed "Tecnica" collection. Besides its own production, Dessie' has been taking the assignment of selecting products by some Spanish companies (Andreu World, Carpyen, Dae, Indecasa, Mobles 114, Punt Mobles...
Steel, Nickel
Modular Contemporary Design Coffee Tables
By Anouchka Potdevin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Modular contemporary design coffee tables by Anouchka Potdevin. In stainless steel and marble. Custom ordered in other colors. Measu...
Marble, Metal, Iron
Extendable coffee table Naos Myflower Design D. D'Urbino & P. Lomazzi
By Naos
Located in Varedo, MB
MYFLOWER - Extendable Coffee Table Design: D. D'Urbino & P. Lomazzi The MyFlower coffee table is a versatile and innovative piece, combining functional design with refined elegance....
Steel
Socle Cocktail Tables, Celebrate Design with NONO No28
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Socle Cocktail Tables, Celebrate Design with NONO No28 —— Introducing the "Socle Dining Table Series" by NONO, a distinguished expansion of our beloved side table collection, envisi...
Hardwood
Gong Low Table by Giulio Cappellini for Cappellini
By Cappellini, Giulio Cappellini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Gong table is a signature design by Giulio Cappellini. The round top is made of laser-cut sheet metal, connected to the base with a tubular iron leg. Gong can be disassembled an...
Metal
For the exhibition “Materia Perpetua,” the gallery asked an international group of makers — including Tagliaferri — to explore the possibilities of a surprisingly versatile material: onyx.
With an impressive slate of international exhibitions, the Geneva-based gallery raises the profiles of emerging designers.
