Likha Manila 2027
Three days of talks and hands-on workshops about making things in the Philippines: design, craft and the business of both.
11 to 13 March
Bayview Convention Hall, Pasay City
Doors open in
117 days 10 hours 40 minutes
Three tracks, one building
Move between talks, workshops and the Maker Market all day. One pass covers everything.
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10 sessions
Design
Type, brands, products and the screens we use every day.
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9 sessions
Craft
Weaving, clay, wood and the people keeping old skills alive.
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5 sessions
Business of making
Pricing, studios, exports and staying independent.
Speakers
Weavers, type designers, potters, product teams and the people who sell their work abroad.
Ernesto Galang
Master weaver, Paoay Inabel Weavers
Celeste Navarro
Brand director, Navarro Brand Studio
Paolo Villanueva
Type designer, Baybay Type
Isabel Cruz
Textile designer, Habi Lab
Jun Torres
Ceramicist, Torres Clayworks
Mika Santiago
Product designer, Padala
Day one at a glance
Thursday 11 March. Keynote at 9:30, workshops from 11.
Day 1 Thursday 11 March
Made here: fifty years at the loom
Ernesto Galang
Brands that sound like where they come from
Celeste Navarro
Add to calendar: Brands that sound like where they come from
Baybayin on a street sign
Paolo Villanueva
Workshop: read and draw an inabel pattern
Ernesto Galang, Isabel Cruz
Panel: what should handmade cost?
Liza Mendoza, Rafael Domingo, Jun Torres
Designing for a three-year-old phone
Mika Santiago
Workshop: clay from the ground up
Jun Torres
The footbridge nobody uses
Hana Yap
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Likha 2026 in pictures
Two thousand guests, forty makers and a lot of clay. Tap a photo to see it larger.
Tickets
Every pass covers all three days, lunch, and one workshop a day.
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Early bird
₱4,500
On sale until 15 January
All three days at the lowest price.
- All talks, panels and keynotes, three days
- One workshop a day (sign up at the desk)
- Lunch and coffee each day
- Talk recordings after the event
Same pass as Regular, for those who book early.
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Regular
₱6,500
On sale now
All three days, every talk and workshop.
- All talks, panels and keynotes, three days
- One workshop a day (sign up at the desk)
- Lunch and coffee each day
- Talk recordings after the event
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Studio pass
₱26,000
On sale now
Five full passes and one invoice for your studio or company.
- Five Regular passes
- A reserved table at lunch
- One invoice with your company details
Names can change until the week before.
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Student
₱1,800
Sold out
All three days for full-time students.
- All talks, panels and keynotes, three days
- Lunch each day
Bring a valid student ID to registration.
Bayview Convention Hall
Four rooms under one roof on Seaside Boulevard, Pasay: the Main Hall for keynotes, the Studio for talks, the Loom Room for workshops and the Maker Market in between.
Step-free throughout, with live captions in the Main Hall.
Made possible by
- Habi Lab
- Padala
- Kalasag Bank
- Kalye Magazine
- Gawa Collective
- Torres Clayworks
Hear it first
Speaker announcements, workshop sign-ups and the early-bird deadline. A few emails before March, nothing else.