The Philippine School of Interior Design (PSID) used to be housed on the second floor of Cancio-Calma Associates building on the former Pasong Tamo (now Chino Roces) Avenue in Makati. Fifty years later, its campus is now a multistory building in Fort Bonifacio.
The Philippine School of Interior Design (PSID) used to be housed on the second floor of Cancio-Calma Associates building on the former Pasong Tamo (now Chino Roces) Avenue in Makati. Fifty years later, its campus is now a multistory building in Fort Bonifacio.
If you want to study interior design, dahlings, you go to PSID, which offfers basic and advance certificate courses. It is set to graduate its first BS Interior Design students under its college arm, the PSID-Ahlen Institute, known for its annual student-thesis exhibit.
PSID president Rosario Cancio Yujuico attributes PSID’s success to four cornerstones: “The first is a strong curriculum; second, a faculty of practicing designers; third, an eclectic mix of students of different ages and backgrounds; and a supportive administration and staff.”
PSID recently celebrated its 50th anniversary at Uratex Ronac Lifestyle Center in Paseo de Magallanes.
The school gave awards to its founders: Agustin Cancio (posthumous), a pioneer in the Philippine furniture industry; Herminia Cancio-Layug, mother of renowned artist/designer Budji Layug; and Edith Oliveros, who designed the school’s first curriculum and was its long-time directress.
Former dean Rose Marie Bautista, former director Nardy Aquino, prominent architect Lor Calma, and National Artist Arturo Luz were also given awards.
Alumni who placed first in the licensure exams from 1994 to 2016 were likewise feted: current faculty head Jie Pambid, Michael Pizarro, Margarita Colet, Rosette Yabut, Candice Arboleda and Irene Dee.
