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ILLUMINATI Rizal Eyechart Series, Carlo S. Tanseco, 36” x 24”, acrylic on canvas, 2021 Designer and artist Carlo Tanseco will probably hate me for this, but he is to me J.D. Salinger, Arcimboldo, and a matinee idol in one. Like “The Catcher in the Rye” author, Carlo is, in fact, a recluse, or at least private to the extreme, even when he was a rock star in Philippine design he still is. I first met him at CITEM (Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions) as part of the late Eli Pinto Mansor’s Movement 8, which toured the world in the late ’90s, participating in the major design fairs, such as Maison & Objet in Paris, the furniture fairs in Milan and Valencia, and the ICFF in New York. ....