Hey look out Etch-a-sketch. Petri Purho, a game designer at Klooniegames, came up with this game in just seven days…This is the first computer game to catch my imagination since The Neverhood by Dreamworks. The simplicity and tactile elegance is pure joy. It is still in the development stage but you can download [...]

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Ran across this site the other day and thought it a very interesting open-source project. According to the Another Poster for Peace website, it is “a group of citizens committed to elevating the level of public engagement in [...]

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Aly and I went to UNC in Chapel Hill today to visit with an “Arts and Entrepreneurship” class that fellow Designbox member, Francesca, teaches. On our walk across campus, we noticed little signs everywhere that said something to the effect of “UNC campus is smoke-free, starting Jan 1, 2008.” As we walked, we wondered [...]

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The first general meeting of SPARKcon got underway this week. This will be the third installment of working with a wide variety of people throughout the Triangle who want to help ignite the “Creative Hub of the South” with showcases and workshops. The focus is on local creative talent getting showcased through various venues (like [...]

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Concordia Architecture, New Orleans: 2 homes to start building in March
Brad Pitt’s “Make It Right” project of rebuilding houses in the Lower 9th Ward has gotten a lot of press since December, when he announced it, but this is a bandwagon well worth jumping on, so I’ll add another tribute article to the list.
According [...]

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