MATIX UP Cebu
The Materials Innovation and Experimentation Center (MATIX) UP Cebu is a research and innovation hub of the College of Communication, Art & Design dedicated to exploring the potential of sustainable, locally sourced, and alternative materials for creative design and product development.
It serves as a platform for interdisciplinary research, bringing together students, faculty, and partners to investigate how materials can be reimagined for contemporary applications in design, manufacturing, and the creative industries.
MATIX supports experimentation through hands-on processes, material studies, and prototyping, encouraging innovative approaches that respond to environmental, cultural, and economic contexts.
Through workshops, collaborative projects, and industry partnerships, the center promotes sustainable practices and material-driven design thinking.
By bridging research, creativity, and real-world application, MATIX contributes to the development of responsible design solutions and strengthens the role of CCAD in advancing innovation and sustainability at the University of the Philippines Cebu.
LATEST NEWS
CCAD welcomes International interns from the Technology Transfer and Business Development Office (TTBDO)
CCAD welcomes Elodie Chevrier and Lois Legrand from France, interns at the Technology Transfer and Business Development Office (TTBDO) majoring in Hydrology, to contribute to the design and planning of our proposed permaculture gardens within our premises, in...
Shaping Minds that Shape the Nation: Position Statement of the Communication Program on CHED’s Proposed Reframing of the General Education Curriculum
The Communication Program of the College of Communication, Art, and Design (CCAD), University of the Philippines Cebu, expresses its position on the ongoing discussions concerning the proposed reframing of General Education (GE) in Philippine higher education. As the...
Alliance Française de Cebu and CCAD Discuss Future Collaborations in Language, Arts, and Cultural Exchange
The College of Communication, Art, and Design (CCAD) recently welcomed Mr. Nicolas Facino, the newly appointed Director of Alliance Française de Cebu, in a courtesy visit aimed at strengthening the longstanding partnership between the two institutions in advancing...
CCAD Faculty Advance Outcomes-Based Assessment Practices in the 3rd Session of FACETS 2.0
Continuing its commitment to strengthening curricular coherence, continuous curricular improvement, and outcomes-based teaching, faculty members of the College of Communication, Art and Design (CCAD) participated in the third session of FACETS 2.0: Faculty Advancement...
UP Cebu Communication Program Opens DukiTuki 2026 with Conversations on Disaster, Risk, and Resilience
The Communication Program of UP Cebu formally opened the 6th DukiTuki: Communication Program Research Forum on May 6, 2026, bringing together scholars, practitioners, journalists, students, and community leaders for critical conversations on disaster and risk...
UP Cebu Fine Arts – Studio Arts Launch First Batch of Thesis Exhibitions
The graduating students of the Fine Arts – Studio Arts Program of the College of Communication, Art, and Design (CCAD) officially open the first batch of their solo thesis exhibitions this May 2026. Carrying the collective identity “Akuliktib,” the graduating batch...
Little Bird: A UP Cebu Fine Arts – Studio Arts Thesis Exhibition by Maria Isabella Rubeanne Salas
little bird traces memory, distance, and emotional inheritance within a Filipino family shaped by migration. Through cyanotype, image transfer, and mixed-media processes, the works return to personal archives—photographs and messages once sent across distance—forming...
Demiurgency: A UP Cebu Fine Arts – Studio Arts Thesis Exhibition by Jasper Villacin
Demiurgency explores how social media and our dependence on it act as a contemporary force shaping perception, identity, and reality. Drawing from the concept of the demiurge, a creator or architect of the world, the exhibition parallels this figure with both...
Black Box: A UP Cebu Fine Arts – Studio Arts Thesis Exhibition by Josephine Marie Gentallan
The exhibition explores the connections between tradition and surveillance capitalism through the lens of instrumentarianism, reflecting on the process of automation that people undergo by simply living within the systems that influence and shape us. Utilizing the...
DISKARGA: A UP Cebu Fine Arts – Studio Arts Thesis Exhibition by Jovan Gabud
This exhibition presents the culmination of Jovan's undergraduate research and studio practice. The exhibition explores woven bamboo installations as vessels of memory, labor, and place, drawing from my upbringing in a mountain barangay in Adlaon, Cebu. Through the...