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TAMARAW-INSPIRED. Filipino artist Neil Capistrano (3rd from left) wins the 2022 Design-A-Bag Competition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Wednesday (April 6, 2022) with his Tamaraw-inspired creation. Beside him are the runners-up from India and Hong Kong, and the competition organizers. (Photo courtesy of Design-A-Bag (DAB) Competition Official Facebook Page) MANILA - Two budding Filipino artists bested 300 competitors in an international design competition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with a striking designer bag inspired by Mindoro's endemic Tamaraw or dwarf buffalo Neil Capistrano, 24, prime designer, with his business and designing partner Mark Boni Marter, 28, gave the country its first gold award in a decade at the Design-A-Bag (DAB) Competition with their bag called "Amara handbag." In an interview with the Philippine News Agency, Capistrano revealed that it was the duo's first try at joining a competition and they struck gold. "First-ever na recogniti ....