NEW PATTERNS. An Abel exhibit is at the Laoag International Airport arrival area on Friday (Aug. 29, 2024). The use of these new patterns and designs for Abel Iloko is meant to attract a wider market, particularly among fashion designers and the younger generation to appreciate inabel products. ( Lei Adriano) By Leilanie Adriano LAOAG CITY—A homegrown start-up, Ilocandia Unliweave Patterns, is promoting new patterns and designs for the Ilokano handwoven cloth to attract more customers and designers, particularly the younger generation. In an exhibit at the Laoag International Airport arrival area recently, some of the intricate symmetrical patterns that were digitally generated based on a mathematical algorithm were showcased to stir curiosity. “The exhibit is held at the Laoag airport to promote these new patterns in a place where it is not exposed yet to expand its market reach,” said Bernard Guerrero, a cultural researcher, and consultant of the Bannuar Technology Business Inc
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