Monday, April 14, 2014

Baybayin In Music Industry

Baybayin in music industry started in the 90's when the band AfterImage released their album 'Bagong Araw' written in baybayin as design in their album art cover. Here are the list of the artist with baybayin in their album art:

Artist: AfterImage
Album: Bagong Araw (Baybayin: ᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜀᜍᜏ᜔)
Year: 1996

Artist: Asin
Album: Pag-ibig, Pagbabago, Pagpapatuloy...
Baybayin: ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔ ᜇᜎᜏᜅ᜔ᜎᜒᜊᜓᜆ᜔ ᜁᜐ (ASIN DALAWANGLIBOT ISA)
Year: 2002


Artist: Kapatid
Album: Kapatid
Year: 2006
The baybayin 'ᜃ' (Ka) is the band's logo



Artist: RPM
Album: Real Pinoy Music
Year: 2011
The baybayin 'ᜇᜉᜋ' (Ra Pa Ma) is their initials
 

 Artist: Gary Granada
Year: 2012(?)
Although there is a written baybayin script in this album art cover but it did not follow the syllabic way of writing the script. Instead it was written in alphabetic way which reads as Ga-A-Ra-Ya Ga-Ra-A-Na-A-Da-A. It supposed to be written as it below:

Artist: Pordalab
Album: Puso at Bayan
Year: 2016

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Baybayin Signage

Baybayin continues to penetrate commercially from printed shirts/apparels, accessories, perfumes, books and a lot more. And now the script is gaining even more exposure through business signage not only in the Philippines but in overseas as well.


The Real Bank /Location: Philippines
(Unfortunately the entity of the bank is no longer exist due to the acquisition of BDO Unibank Inc. in 2014) 
 

Montalbo Massage Hut /Location: Philippines


Haraya Kape /Location: Philippines
(Update: Haraya Kape renamed Café Franco)


Raquel Pawnshop /Location: Philippines


Kiapo /Location: Philippines


Pepe's Kitchen /Location: UK


 Pinoy Salusalo /Location: UAE
(Although the baybayin reads 'PINOYA SALUSALO' the designer of the logo explains that since baybayin has no end consonant [refering to the Traditional Method], he/she decided to leave the 'Ya' character as it is.)


Kape DIY Filipino Coffee Shop /Location: Philippines



 Kulyan Optical/Location: Philippines


Aura's Water Refilling Station /Location: Aurora, Philippines


Bang Bang Bangus /Location: Philippines


Alejandro's Banyuhay Coffee /Lacation: Isabela, Philippines

*Updated: June 5, 2022