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 Skeptic, Shaun Richards (sold)

Milkmaid, Shaun Richards (contact Designbox for purchase info)
Designbox is privileged to host Shaun Richards’ latest show called Click Clique, which the News and Observer named as one of this week’s Art Picks. “Click Clique is a new series of paintings and constructions that examine social dynamics, and nostalgic constructs, along [...]

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Matt, a friend and colleague in the Designbox space, ran into some bad Luck in the Raleigh Combat Zone (click here for earlier post defining the Combat Zone) yesterday. He left his beloved Nokia out on the patio for a second (maybe two), and it was promptly stolen! These days, a stolen mobile can [...]

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This is a recreation of some really useful information compiled by Angelica Garcia, Melissa Andron and Beth Khalifa for the TrashEd show at Designbox in May of 2006. It’s a great resource, so I snuck in some pre-dated posts that are linked below. I’d like to keep this growing, so please send in other green [...]

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Each year, Designbox celebrates local brands (North Carolina) with a show of the latest art, crafts and design. This year, we’re retailing it up with a full-on store. Check it out:

Below are some details on products that will be on sale at this year’s Brand Fandango:
AH Peele
Good stuff (like awesome screenprinted tees) made with love.
Blue [...]

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