Arts and Design Collective Dumaguete occupies a converted 1950s house in Barangay Piapi, gathering artists' studios, a sustainable general store called Ritual, and workshops in pottery, calligraphy, and candle-making under one roof. The space also runs a bookshop, a garden cafe, and rotating art programming for painters and illustrators.
Best for Local art, craft workshops, and sustainable goods
Arts and Design Collective Dumaguete, also called ADCD, occupies a converted 1950s house in Barangay Piapi. The official site identifies the organisation as formerly known as 58 EJ Blanco and describes its programme through creative incubation and community-driven projects, supported by partnership development. Inside the house, the named uses include artists’ studios and a sustainable general store. An interior design agency shares the address with a bookshop and music studio, plus a garden café. Sino-Vietnamese dishes add a food component to the mix. The site’s 2024 programme shows how the collective uses those spaces. Workshop Weekend covered pottery and painting, together with calligraphy. Fermenting and illustration appeared with candle-making. Artist Geneva Alvarez created flash designs for a Pop-Up Tattoo Bar, while Susan Canoy led painting workshops. Retail partners listed on the page include Ritual, Fermentina and Art Workshop. Mr. Saigon and Libraria are also named. Those activities make ADCD more specific than a general cultural venue. It combines creative practices with retail and public workshops in one Dumaguete address, supported by a documented organisational identity.
Retail complex at Bonifacio High Street Central that opened in June 2014 with three retail floors and two basement levels. It introduced Philippine flagship stores for Hamleys, Diptyque, and Pottery Barn.
Best for Hamleys, Diptyque, and Pottery Barn
Central Square opened in June 2014 at Bonifacio High Street Central, in the heart of Bonifacio Global City, and has built its identity as what local retail trackers call 'a mall of flagships and firsts.' The complex spans three retail floors plus two basement levels, one of which houses a supermarket, alongside parking and a dedicated cinema floor.
Its retail mix leans toward brands making their first Philippine appearance: British toy retailer Hamleys, Italian apothecary Acca Kappa, French perfumer Diptyque, and home-goods chain Pottery Barn have all opened Philippine debuts inside Central Square, alongside Salad Stop, Baskin Robbins, and M&S Food. The mix signals a deliberate positioning toward international specialty retail and food concepts rather than a mass-market anchor format, distinguishing it from BGC's larger mall complexes nearby.
Quezon City concept shop in Katipunan curating handmade goods from 200-plus Filipino makers and illustrators -- woven bags, ceramics, skincare and paper goods -- founded in 2015 and reopened post-pandemic in its original neighbourhood.
Best for Filipino maker stationery, pins, jewellery and prints
Common Room (also styled Common Room PH) is a curated retail shop in Katipunan, Quezon City, that opened in 2015 as an outlet for local Filipino makers, crafters and illustrators who previously sold mainly through social media. The roughly 300-square-metre space houses a retail area stocking work from more than 200 local brands and independent creators, including handwoven bags, ceramics, skincare products, stationery and paper goods, and illustrated merchandise. The Covid-19 pandemic forced the business to give up its original Katipunan premises to stay afloat, but it has since returned to the same neighbourhood, reopening its store there and resuming its role as a hub connecting Filipino makers with retail customers. Beyond the shop floor, Common Room has run hands-on workshops and events -- including upcycling and craft sessions under its 'Mess Studio' programming -- aimed at building a community around Filipino design and craft rather than functioning purely as a point of sale. As a single operator curating and reselling other makers' work under one roof and one storefront, it functions as a concept/collective shop rather than an open online marketplace.
A Filipino crafts showroom-gallery in Intramuros, Manila, established in 1966, dealing in handcrafted textiles, ceramics, antiques, folk art, and historical artifacts as part of a family-run export and retail business.
Best for Philippine craft and ethnographic objects in a long-running Intramuros gallery-shop
Silahis Arts and Artifacts has operated in Intramuros, the walled historic core of Manila, since 1966, making it one of the longer-running crafts businesses in the district. The company describes its own work as designing, producing, wholesaling, retailing and exporting handcrafted Philippine goods, a broader remit than a typical single-format shop. Its showroom at 744 General Luna Street functions partly as a gallery and partly as a museum-style display space, mixing historical Filipino artifacts and antiques with contemporary crafts: folk art, Asian ceramics, textiles, books, prints and sculpture are shown alongside newer handmade pieces. The stated purpose behind the business, per its own materials, is to build understanding of Philippine heritage through its crafts and material culture, positioning the shop as much as a cultural resource for visitors to Intramuros as a retail outlet. Independent travel and directory sources consistently describe it as a long-established fixture of the neighborhood rather than a recent addition.
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