2009 | cebu x · Joins annual Cebu-X furniture show in Cebu City, Philippines design update · Website and related media are given a design update |
2008 | isalone · Joins the annual Salone Internazionale del Mobile furniture show in Milano, Italy, for the 8th consecutive year Holy Family Novitiate · Initiates and completes interior of Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family Novitiate in Bacolod, Negros Abaca · Launches Debbie Palao brand and furniture line with Abaca Indo-Italian furniture in Mumbai, India Elle Décor India · Featured in Elle Décor India's Designer's workshop Rachna Sansad School · Gives talk to Rachna Sansad School of Architecture & Design cebu x · During the Cebu-X Excite! show in Waterfront Hotel Cebu, Debbie Palao under Design Ventures Cebu, Inc. wins the MUGNA award for Best Promotional Materials Catalog 3.1 · Catalog Version 3.1 is released, bearing the new logo Rebranding · Launches re-branding of Debbie Palao with new logo |
2007 | OVOP · Along with Corrito Escario-Yu, Debbie supervises the showroom presentation of OVOP (One Village, One Product) in Ginza, Tokyo Materials mission · Joined representatives from five other companies in a CFIF (Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation) and DED-sponsored "raw materials mission" trip to Bukidnon, Mindanao isalone · Joins the annual Salone Internazionale del Mobile furniture show in Milan, Italy, for the 7th consecutive year Capuchin orphanage · Began initial designs of Capuchin orphanage in Bacolod |
2006 | iSalone · Joins the annual Salone Internazionale del Mobile furniture show in Milan, Italy, for the 6th consecutive year |
2005 | Good Design Award· Wins Good Design Award recognition from the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization |
2002 | Ginza Restaurant · Interior designs GINZA Japanese Restaurant's new look as it relocates to the J.Panis St, Banilad |
2000 | Designers' Guild · Establishes the Designers' Guild and becomes its running president for three consecutive terms |
1998 | Eco-Design · Chosen to be a participant of the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft (CDG)-sponsored Advanced Eco-Design management Programme in Germany, for six months |
1997 | Johannesburg apprencticeship · Apprentices in a workshop specialising in the restoration of antiques, in Johannesburg, South Africa. She picked up the skill, and applied to her items, which are still popular to date |
1994 | Highpoint · Debbie's Vertuvian chair graces the cover of the International Home Furnishings Market Resource Guide (Fall Edition), Highpoint, North Carolina |
1993 | KATHA award · Wins the KATHA award for Best Product collection: Water Buffalo in terracotta tiles and metal |
1990 | Philippine Furniture Fair · Joins her first furniture show at the Philippine Furniture Fair in Manila, Philippines |