Bisita Field Notes

bisita [noun] visitor; guest.

This is a public space for reflections and updates as we reimagine the branding and offerings of our tiny web studio.

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Studio Bisita | With you in creating an online home.
Bisita is a Filipino web design studio. Let’s make space for your stories and visions of a better archipelago.
https://www.bisita.studio

Image Sources

Bisita Vibez 🍵🧺🌼 | Are.na
no code, just vibes http://www.bisita.studio/
https://www.are.na/studio-bisita/bisita-vibez

🎞: Castle in the Sky (1986)

✏️: Ella Dayandante


Introducing Bisita

Our Ethos

The design of digital spaces orchestrates our attention, shaping how we engage with each other and the world around us. Entire infrastructures have been built to exploit, misinform, divide, and polarize, limiting our capacity to collaborate on the most pressing social issues of our time.

But for all the vitriol and cynicism that technology has fueled, it has also introduced us to a thriving ecosystem of creators, communities, and businesses caring for people and planet. Bisita holds space for these practices online.

Our Ethos

The design of digital spaces orchestrates our attention, shaping how we engage with each other and the world around us. Entire infrastructures have been built to exploit, misinform, divide, and polarize, limiting our capacity to collaborate on the most pressing social issues of our time.

But for all the vitriol and cynicism that technology has fueled, it has also introduced us to a thriving ecosystem of creators, communities, and businesses caring for people and planet. Bisita holds space for these practices online.

We recognize that the digital is mapped onto a physical reality; the consequences of our work as technologists ripple outwards, affecting lives of others when they step away from their keyboards. This understanding grounds our commitment to empowering Filipinos with the digital tools to imagine and work towards futures of care.

We believe the internet should amplify interventions that enhance life on ground, working hand in hand with those who are dedicated to serving the needs of their local communities. Each person we engage with is a co-creator whose dreams and stories deserve active tending.

Guided by compassion and playful curiosity, we craft websites that uphold the agency of our clients to work towards their own definitions of well-being—for themselves, their neighbors, and the planet at large.



Our Vision. We envision a country where tech upholds the agency of Filipinos to care for themselves, their neighbors, and the planet at large.

Our Mission. We co-create scalable websites tailored to the needs of those who strive to uplift the well-being of their communities, online and on ground.

Our Values. These guide everything we do.

Mausisa ▸ with critical curiosity.

Madiskarte ▸ with creativity and resourcefulness.

Maka-kapwa ▸ with each other.


Values: Our Philosophy

Unpacking the values that guide our approach.


Process: Ecosystem Logic

What our current design process looks like.



Our Work

We work within an ecosystem of Filipinos actively supporting their communities on ground. Meet our collaborators advancing the web as a tool for tangible change.


Our Work

We work within an ecosystem of Filipinos actively supporting their communities on ground. Meet our collaborators advancing the web as a tool for tangible change.


Client Projects

Lokal Lab: Shaping a Model Sustainable Island
Lokal Lab is a grassroots NGO creating sustainable and regenerative futures for Siargao, Philippines, with and for the local community.
https://lokallab.org/
Home | Museo Pambata
Museo Pambata is a children’s interactive museum, the first of its kind in the Philippines
https://museopambata.com.ph/

Kapitbahay

kapitbahay [noun] neighbor.

Meet our neighbors | Studio Bisita
Kapitbahay is a budding directory of the people we’ve come across while building Studio Bisita — through our collaborations, online, or IRL gatherings.
https://www.bisita.studio/neighbors

Remembering, Relationality, and Technology

A talk for Developh's dry season series.

Re-membering, Relationality & Technology with Rachel Chak
​June 1, 2024 (Saturday)​How might nature and indigenous values of care inform the ways we relate to digital tools and spaces that shape our everyday life? H…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YeVTNIbiuw&t=3s

Manifestations

The internet is our wishing well: a space for us to dream and plant seeds for the kind of experiments we want to take on in our design practice.


Manifestations

The internet is our wishing well: a space for us to dream and plant seeds for the kind of experiments we want to take on in our design practice.


Dream Projects

🌱 Events & workshops that bridge local NGOs and creative tech

🌱 Indie research / writing through a collaborative digital garden

🌱 Exploring print as a medium

🌱 Working with local Filipino artists and illustrators

🌱 Speculative design that reflects our dreams for the Philippines

🌱 A website that explores data mapping or archiving Filipino heritage

🌱 Low-impact / Low-carbon websites

🌱 Multilingual interfaces

🌱 Hosting HTML day in Manila

🌱 Intersecting our love for music & the web

🌱 Intro to web design workshops

🌱 Filipinos of Are.na meetup!

🌱 Curating resources on cyberpsychology

🌱 Having our own emoji or glyph set

🌱 Contributing to digital commons




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