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 [...]

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On Saturday, May 3, The City of Raleigh’s Planning Department and Marbles Kids Museum partnered to host the first Kids City Planning Day 2030.
The City of Raleigh currently is updating its Comprehensive Plan for the first time since 1989. Over the next 20 years, the city is expected to grow by 70 percent and reach [...]

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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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For at least 10 years I have wanted to get out to Lucama, NC, a short hour-plus away from Raleigh, to visit one of NC’s true art treasures, Vollis Simpson’s Windmill Farm. Saturday, Aly and I finally made the trek out there, and it was worth the wait! Driving around the back country of Eastern [...]

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Angus, the office pit-boss, will be featured on this blog many times, but it is worth celebrating this, his first appearance. Gretchen snapped this pic while walking Angus at lunch. She left the umbrella as shelter for him as she briefly ran inside but, apparently, he likes umbrellas even less than he likes rain. Despite [...]

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