Hello there! I'm Minnie 🖖🏾
Filipino designer, coder, maker, tinkerer of things.
Exploring the intersections of design, play and technology.
Concerned about the climate, education, healthcare and accessibility.
I go by kotsengkuba in other spaces of the interwebz.
🚀 Open for commission and collabs!! Shoot an email
Education
Master in Design for Emergent Futures | 2024
Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, FABLAB Barcelona, ELISAVA School of Design and Engineering
BFA Industrial Design | 2020
University of the Philippines Diliman (Magna Cum Laude)
BS Computer Science | 2014
University of the Philippines Diliman
Past Collaborators and Clients
University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts FabLab, UnionBank of the Philippines, University of the Philippines Surgical Innovations and Biotechnology Laboratory (SIBOL), ATA Martial Arts Studio, CLOOP, Alcazaren Bros. Animation (Kwanimation Studios)Exhibitions and Recognitions
ELISAVA Gradshow | 2024
TMDC, Barcelona
Shaping Future Cities: IAAC 2024 Graduation Exhibition | 2024
IAAC Atalier, Barcelona
MDEFest: Alquimia | 2024
SSUAVE, Barcelona
MDEF Team Player Award | 2024
Received at the IAAC Academic Excellence Awards 2024
PSMO Annual Conference | 2022
Presented Brakong with Roche Philippines
UNDP Circularity in the City | 2022
Presented Brakong. SEDA Hotel, Quezon City
6th Southeast Asian Breast Cancer Symposium | 2022
Presented Brakong
James Dyson Award | 2022
National Winner and International Top 20 for Brakong
James Dyson Award | 2020
National Runner-up for Box Office
Inno-B Generation Award | 2020
Received 2 Nominations: POWR and KLEANR (by AA3 Design Studio)
Philippine Innovation Challenge (PIC) | 2020
Received the Unionbank Better World Prize
iD!D . Industrial Design Student Exhibit | 2018, 2019
UID Block Exhibitions: Wath If? And Banyuhay | 2017, 2018
School of Fashion and the Arts (SOFA) Design Institute: Co-Live/Co-Work Competition | 2018
Quan: A One-Woman Show | 2009
My very first solo exhibit at Pisay!