Entries from May 2008

Name the RBC building

Date May 28, 2008

Well that was fun with the Bloomsbury building. Now let’s turn our attention to the RBC tower. Deemed to be the “tallest building in Raleigh,” a bunch of us have been upset to learn that it was really only tallest due to its decorative tippy top. The architect was Cooper Carry. I think I like [...]

Name the Bloomsbury building

Date May 25, 2008

Known as the Bloomsbury Estates, this building sits at the edge of Boylan Heights in Raleigh. Designed with bizarre Victorian architectural references by Perkins & Will in Chicago, this building certainly needs a more fitting name. Take the poll and give us your opinion. Image by BloomsburyEstates.com

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Kulture Klash in Charleston

Date May 22, 2008

Similar to the SparkCon concept in Raleigh, this event in Charleston looks like it, too, combines the fringe scenes of art to redefine creative culture. This was created by local artist Scott Debus, Gustavo Serrano of B’Zar, Olivia Pool of ART Magazine, and Ambergre Sloan of Charleston’s Most Unique. Very inspirational. Check out the video. It’s so cross-pollenatin’ … Thanks to [...]

Green Energy Design at Milan Design Week 08

Date May 15, 2008

Public Art that’s gorgeous, AND with a purpose! “Green Energy Design” is an event hosted by Interni Magazine during Milan Design Week. “It focuses on the creative processes of a series of Italian and international design talents, through projects characterized by a highly experimental, multimedia approach, capable of transmitting design culture and expression to the [...]

Gamil designs Humble Pie’s NEW website!

Date May 14, 2008

Our friends over at Humble Pie, a restaurant located near our office, came to us looking for help redesigning their website. The website that they had was not working for them any more… it was misleading, dated, and the biggest problem of all was that they were unable to make updates on it easily. Not [...]