DIS/ORDER, THE WAY OF THE COSMOS

Casa Bella Home and Living hosts a special Jinggoy Buensuceso art exhibit on a limited run.

Image courtesy of Casa Bella
January 30, 2023

Joseph Tay, Stephanie Coyiuto-Tay, Jinggoy Buensuceso, Audrey Tan-Zubiri, Sen. Migz Zubiri, Jaime Ponce de Leon, Mayor Abby Binay, Mayor Francis Zamora

Art communicates through many forms, connecting people in different ways and evoking emotions through the senses. These may be present via art sculptures and even through furniture design—both of which can work together to fill up an inhabiting space.

The collaboration

This is where the magic happens, when an artist and a visionaire work together to create a cohesive area filled with objects bursting with creative designs. It all began with how visual artist Jinggoy Buensuceso’s works caught Casa Bella’s Stephanie Coyiuto’s eyes. “I would see his works in my good friend’s homes,” she shares. “When I reached out to him, we realized that we had the same passion in connecting people to a world of design through different methods.”

Stephanie has always been fascinated with museums and the arts. An art lover and collector herself, she and her husband Joseph wanted to offer another venue for artists to showcase their works. And there’s no better place to host one but at their very own Casa Bella. 

“Celebrated designers of our furniture are also artists and sculptors, such as Ron Arad, who has designed pieces for Moroso. Thus, it seems like a great idea to invite a celebrated Filipino contemporary sculptor, Jinggoy Buensuceso, to collaborate with Casa Bella for an exhibit,” explains Joseph.

For Buensuceso, he has always been interested in finding new venues to showcase his artworks. “Casa Bella is a great stage for my art to be imagined in people’s homes,” he says. “Doing this collaboration with them and the Casa Bella team makes me feel so welcomed and part of their family.”

The collection

Taking inspiration from the universe, this collection is made with a lot of folds using powder coated metals—a material that Buensuceso is already familiar with. Entitled dis/order, the collection is “all about the infinite folds of the universe and how we are all deeply connected to it.”

Liz Uy; Pia Wurtzbach; Anne Curtis

“The universe is forever evolving and unfolding in an infinite sequence which presents us with unfamiliar landscapes. This repeated occurrence becomes therapeutic to our body and soul, such that this seemingly disrupted reality slowly becomes our chrysalis, our cosmos,” he further explains about this 24-piece collection.

It took a year for him to complete this, giving everything he had to each piece. “Solidifying a concept, executing it into a tangible piece, and finding the right balance of mind, heart, and soul is my biggest challenge. It’s about overcoming the uncertainty of how materials will work with the concept and putting your story and soul in every piece.”

The conclusion

The culmination of this collaboration is presented through an evening of celebration and thanksgiving, where Casa Bella puts Jinggoy Buensuceso on center stage with his works strategically displayed in their showroom in Jupiter Street, Makati. Casa Bella has invited interior stylist Glenn Cuevo to create exceptional vignettes where Buensuceso’s artworks are given the spotlight. For Cuevo, design transcends composition, balance, and control. Beyond aesthetics, his creations are subtle, elegant expressions of that rare shared vision that can emerge only from a close collaboration between designer and client.

Jinggoy Buensuceso; Mikaela Martinez; Rajo Laurel, Abby Binay, Stephanie Coyiuto-Tay

“I want them to feel their deeper connection with the cosmos and realize that they are made of stardust. They can traverse any door and rediscover their existence,” says Buensuceso about his works.

Casa Bella, your home furniture curator

Pioneering luxurious designer furniture in the Philippines, Casa Bella Home and Living has shaped the industry since 2009. Casa Bella started out more than a decade ago with its founder’s passion for design. Founder Stephanie Coyiuto-Tay thought of the name Casa Bella (meaning “home” and “beautiful” in Italian) inspired by her time living in Italy.

Suzette Ayson, Tessa Prieto, Stephanie Coyiuto-Tay

Today, Casa Bella curates and represents some of the world’s leading iconic and innovative home furniture brands such as Cassina, Kettal, Moroso, Henge, Cattelan Italia, Ditre Italia, and Novamobili. It now carries a complete range of furniture including living room sofas, coffee tables, dining tables and chairs, bedroom furniture, outdoor pieces, decorative lighting, and accessories such as hand tufted rugs. Its thirteen years of expertise in the furniture industry has paved the way for them to expand into kitchen, wardrobe cabinets, doors, and windows, providing a complete solution to one’s furnishing needs.

dis/order will be on display from November 25 until December 18 at the Casa Bella showroom in 8 Jupiter Street, Makati.