In this Philippine design picturebook, Asia and Latin America are brought closer together through combining abaca with bamboo, rattan with pi±a, and shell with fabric into a furniture style that has made the US its most willing customer. The force behind the renaissance in Philippine design is Movement 8, a group producing clean, graceful, and contemporary interiors through use of indigenous materials that mesh inside with outside. No index or notes, but the acknowledgments have designers' and manufacturers' contact information, with e-mail addresses when possible. Distributed by Tuttle. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)