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

Remnants: A UP Cebu Fine Arts – Studio Arts Thesis Exhibition by Phil Angelo Sevilla

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜บ. ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด is a series of installations shaped by rust, time, and the fragments left behind after demolition. Using discarded fabrics and architectural remnants, the works present...

Ramiboi: A UP Cebu Fine Arts – Studio Arts Thesis Exhibition by Andre Cosmo

From UP Cebu Fine Arts - Studio Arts , I present to you ๐—ฅ๐—”๐— ๐—œ๐—•๐—ข๐—œ, a Thesis Exhibition by ๐˜Š๐˜–๐˜š๐˜”๐˜– ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿซถ Exhibition opens ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฃ๐— , at ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ and runs until ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ. Come and ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™›๐™–๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฎ๐™จ for an afternoon playdate! Gallery turned...

Communication Faculty Dr. Gregg Lloren made scholarly contribution on his new journal article entitled “Travels in Hyper-Semiosis: Navigating the Digitization of Meaning”

Congratulations to Dr. Gregg Lloren, for his compelling scholarly contribution titled โ€œTravels in Hyper-Semiosis: Navigating the Digitization of Meaning.โ€ In this thought-provoking study, Dr. Lloren reimagines how meaning is formed in todayโ€™s digitally mediated...

Communication Program Faculty Dr. Gregg Lloren presents Plenary talk on Connection, Crisis, and the โ€œGreat Anthropoceneโ€ at the 14th National Conference on Catechesis and Religious Education

At the 14th National Conference on Catechesis and Religious Education, Dr. Gregg Lloren delivered a plenary talk that reflected on how the pandemic and new technologies continue to shape the way people live, relate, and understand the world. In his talk, โ€œPer aspera...

Tanon Inter-island Alliance for Art and Design Education

๐™๐˜ผร‘๐™Š๐™‰ ๐™„๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™-๐™„๐™Ž๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜ฟ ๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™‡๐™„๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜พ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐™ ๐˜ผ๐™๐™ ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜ฟ ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™Ž๐™„๐™‚๐™‰ ๐™€๐˜ฟ๐™๐˜พ๐˜ผ๐™๐™„๐™Š๐™‰ ๐˜ผ ๐™™๐™ฎ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ค-๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™‹ ๐˜พ๐™š๐™—๐™ช ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข, ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ง๐™ฎ, ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ. From...