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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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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I’m ready to take another trip to China just so I can see some of these sculptures by Zhang Hui, born in 1969 in Yinchuan, China. Or, I could go to Amsterdam to the William Kerseboom Gallery, hmmm. At any rate, the perfect shininess of these little girls is just, well, perfect.
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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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Whenever I go to China, I make a point to visit a grocery store to see the packaging. I end up buying a lot of it, and it’s almost always actually Japanese brands. It’s just so colorful and fun! James Bowskill has created “Off the Shelf: a Japanese packaging design scrapbook” online so you can [...]

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