Louie T. Navarro

As Co-founder and Creative Director of louta et al., Louie sees his role for now as that who sifts through the evermore diverse notion of what constitutes design today—where each project represents completeness, stillness whilst simultaneously embodies ‘becoming’ within the larger context of louta et al.’s portfolio of works.Informed by his decade-long professional experience and his background of study that encompasses a wide spectrum of approaches: from a practice-based standpoint (BFA Interior Design, University of Santo Tomas, PH) to an art-theoretical perspective (MA Art Studies, major in Art Theory and Criticism, University of the Philippines, PH), and a midpoint of sorts with his doctoral research project (ongoing, PhD Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK), he is also just now learning local ways of ‘making’—taking him far from the hustle and bustle of Manila where he was born and raised.