These women shaped the Philippine interior design industry, and are now considered the pillars of the profession. They paved the way for the advancement of design for the future generations.
In the field of interior design education, Leticia Sablan Limpo initiated the improvement of the Interior Design curriculum at the College of the Holy Spirit between 1970-1975 were she introduced the thesis requirement of a book research, together with an actual graduation exhibit for the interior design students of the College of the Holy Spirit, a hand-on experience in putting up actual interiors settings as designed. In 1987, efforts were underway to legislate improvements to the professionalization of interior design practice and its regulation. Leticia Sablan Limpo, together with Belen Sablan Morey, and Gerry Contreras initiated to draft an interior design bill filed in Congress and Senate and faithfully followed up in Congress.
Belen Sablan Morey
With the Specialty Board for Interior Design created by the PRC through the Board Resolution of the Board of Architecture, a need to standardize interior design curriculum among schools and institutions offering the interior design program was established in 1979. The Council of Interior Design Educators (CIDE) was initiated and formed by Belen Sablan Morey. The PIID, through the efforts of its senior members, specifically Belen Morey and Edith Oliveros became accredited to the international interior design organizations.
The expansion of Interior Design as an academic major in the tertiary level was observed in the 1970s. Edith Oliveros, together with Lor Calma, established the Philippine School of Interior Design (PSID) in 1967. She was awarded Outstanding Professional of the Year Awards for Interior Design in 1994.
In the international awards circuit, Ched Berenguer-Topacio gave distinction to Philippine interior design practice from the late-1980s to the early 1990s for her winning using outstanding furniture designs. Among these were the 1987 Roscoe Award for her Petal Collection Furniture Design; the 1988 Roscoe Award for her Matador Chair; and the 1992 Neocon Award for her Orient Klismos Chair.
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Source: PIID Website