YOUNG Filipino Industrial Design students utilized palochina and plywood to build a Pinoy-inspired Christmas Village in Santa's Workshop for Industrial Design Elves.

The project challenged the promising innovators of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) School of Environment and Design (SED) to create large-scale puzzles reminiscent of the holiday celebration without the use of adhesives, nails and screws.

Under the mentorship of industrial designer and educator Jay Mangussad, the budding artists were given approximately 13 weeks to equip themselves with the fundamentals, lay out their visions into sketches, budget and purchase palochina and plywood and make their prototypes.

The actual carpentry was done with the assistance of professional lab technicians.

The activity was conducted under their Wood Production class, which allowed the students to explore wood and organic materials and their physical properties, process, techniques and equipment.

Vivien Daso, Deniese Pagkalinawan and Simon Bicierro captured the Christmas evenings in Manila in 'Sa'n ka Magpasko? Sa Quiapo,' a lightbox-inspired three-dimensional composition complete with the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene.

The interactive 'Jose Mari Christmas' by Enrico Velasquez, Giana Sy, Riley Salvador and Ella Espeleta depicted the iconic Filipino singer-songwriter and online Christmas shopping icon Jose Mari Chan peeking through a window.

Other projects are the life-sized three-dimensional piece titled 'Kayod: The Christmas Spirit'; 'Sleep,' a portmanteau of the words 'sleigh' and 'jeep'; 'Belen,' inspired by a lightbox and a music box; 'Pasko-lesa,' a classic horse-pulled kalesa (carriage) instead of a sleigh; and 'Kahimanawari.'

Santa's Workshop for Industrial Design Elves is currently available on view at the 5th floor of the DLS-CSB Design and Arts Campus.

Visit https://www.benilde.edu.ph/undergraduate-industrial-design/, id.benilde.edu.ph or https://www.facebook.com/BenildeIndustrialDesign for more information.