Welcome to the soft launch of our HoliCOW online store! Kindly bear with us if you encounter any issues.

Slide Identity. Community. Sustainability.

WHAT IS HOLICOW?

Holistic
Coalition
of the Willing
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We are the Holistic Coalition of the Willing (HoliCOW for short) – a group of designers, manufacturers, and crafters, mostly based in the Visayas region of the Philippines, who are passionate about sustainability.

  1. Prototyping at our partner-weaving community in Argao, Cebu

WHAT WE DO

Designing to empower
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We collaborate with partner-communities to develop, produce, and market sustainable, fair trade products that responsibly tap a community’s skills and resources, and that supplement their livelihood.

  1. Research & dev’t meeting with a partner-community in Bohol
  2. End-product: HoliCOW AJÔ-AJÔ Nesting Tables
  3. End-product: Baskets for our HoliCOW LAB’AS Napkin Rings

Designing to reclaim
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HoliCOW partners up with designers and manufacturers to explore more sustainable production practices and develop products from excess materials that usually get discarded.

 

We also consult and help brainstorm with designers to find ways to express and celebrate our Visayan and Filipino identities through design.

  1. End-product: HoliCOW x Kynd Living serving tray made from excess wood from furniture production
  2. End-product: Strozzi art scarf inspired by life in Liloan, Cebu

WHO WE ARE

The Coalition
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The Holistic Coalition cultivates relationships with key associations and companies to sustain local craftsmanship and identity, inject design innovation in the local industry, and promote sustainable production.

Negros Island

Founded in the early 1990s in Central Philippines, HACIENDA CRAFTS taps Negros Island artistry and sustainable natural materials to create distinctive high-end lamps, furniture, and furnishings. Their hand-crafted designs go beyond borders of culture and taste. Using indigenous weaving techniques, HACIENDA CRAFTS breathes warmth and rustic charm into every contemporary living space.

Cebu

Organic but modern, continuously evolving, influenced by grace and transparency. Distinctly Asian in sense, a very strong 侘び寂び (‘wabi sabi’, Japanese thought of appreciating something in its natural state) spirit underlying the taste. A DEBBIE PALAO is not formulated, as each design is different and unique, but carries the full body of art for a function.

Cebu

Each NEIL FELIPP piece is made in Cebu by hand, where no two are completely alike, made from components crafted by highly skilled local artisans. The NEIL FELIPP design trademark integrates detailed metal craftsmanship, material innovations and a design driven on ethereal elegance that runs through all his creations, be it jewelry, bags, or home accessories.

Cebu

Strozzi Abecel Rosende’s sense of style powers her works as the chief designer of STROZZI Jewelry, working primarily with sterling silver and brass, and with semi-precious materials such as mother of pearl, Lapis Lazuli, opals, and turquoise. Each STROZZI piece is handcrafted and unique. These are realized vibrant imaginings of her watercolor art based on her rural Liloan life—full of flair and color.

Cebu

KYND LIVING is a home accessory brand based in Cebu, Philippines, creating items that bring beauty and functionality to your home.

Cebu

ZAI DESIGN HIVE (formerly Avatar), is the brainchild of BUTCH CARUNGAY, whose work with fashion accessories has won numerous awards. These feature work with upcycling processes and local color.

SUSANNE VERALLO

Cebu

With focus on mosaic inlay on premium brass, SUSANNE VERALLO’s work uses the discarded and sanitised shell from partner seafood restaurants all over the island. Clean lines and even cleaner manufacturing process, her designs are influenced by indigenous Filipino patterns and aesthetics.

Cebu

LUISA ROBINSON’s contemporary sensibilities manifests itself in classic and traditional forms. Skilled artisans and craftsmen fashion each piece by hand, shunning mechanization in favor of attention to detail. LUISA’s familiarity with material manipulation and affinity for intricate details blend into a product line that is both functional, and undeniably exquisite.

Cebu

HOLICOW EXCLUSIVE creations developed and produced with HoliCOW partner-communities and designer-collaborators all over the Visayas, crafted in small batches and available only through HoliCOW Gallery-Store.

CONTACT

Talk to us 
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Address

HoliCOW Gallery-Store
Unit P (A), Crossroads Cebu Mall
Brgy. Kasambagan, Gov. Cuenco Ave.
Cebu City, Philippines 6000

Directions

Pin Location

HoliCOW Gallery-Store

Landline

+63 32 232 0465 

Email

contact @ holicow.ph

Hours

Monday – Friday (except Wednesdays)
12:00 nn – 5:30 pm
or by appointment

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Visitor Guidelines

With your help, we can make your visit to HoliCOW Gallery-Store safer and more convenient, not just for yourself but for our staff and other shoppers as well.

Mandatory face masks & face shields

6 visitors only at a time

Stay behind barrier & let staff handle merchandise for you

Fill up contact tracing form

Cashless options available

At-risk visitors welcome to schedule private appts.

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