Opens First Friday December 7, 2007, and then will also be open Monday through Saturday through December 21, the Brand Fandango store at Designbox has a host of great holiday gifts designed by over 15 local artisans. Opening night, Friday, December 7, was festive and very successful. We’ve done Brand Fandango for 6 years, and this year has been our …
Pacific Design + Gamila Product Launch Party
Pacific Design, out of Austin, Texas, and Gamila have partnered to create the “Indie Artists Collection” for iPod cases and PSP gaming cases. The Indie Artists Collection is launched under the Pacific Design brand and features 2 local Raleigh artists: David Eichenberger and Paul Friedrich. The First Friday show was a celebration of these cases being launched nationwide and sold in …
ARC’TERYX party at Designbox
Gamil Design members particitpate in the Arc’teryx Evening of Innovation party hosted byGreat Outdoor Provision Company and held in the Designbox gallery and offices. About 150-200 people came to see the new line and learn more about this cutting edge mountaineering brand.
Raleigh City Council Approves City Plaza!
The City Plaza design charette, in which Aly and Beth Khalifa, and Ty Beddingfield facilitated (among other facilitators, including Designbox members, Spark Con members, The Urban Design Center, and Kimley-Horn) took the ideas produced during the charrette and refined them into a series of illustrations for a presentation to City Council. The proposed City Plaza design consisted of a foundation …
Gamil Design moves office
The new office is bigger and better than before. We are in a swell part of downtown Raleigh so come visit us on a First Friday! Check the gallery schedule on the designbox website!
Aly Khalifa Leads Raleigh’s City Plaza Design Charrette
Designbox and SparkCon members, including Aly and Beth Khalifa, and Ty Beddingfield, at the request of the Urban Design Center, facilitated a charrette to spark ideas about the City Plaza space in downtown Raleigh.
Designbox’s Dix Dirt Charrette Gains Attention
Richard Stradling reports on the progress of the Convention Center’s heap of excavated dirt becoming a city park in Raleigh – all via a design charrette organized and facilitated by Designbox. A lot of the material has already arrived and has been sculpted at the Dix site.
Designbox wins Indy Arts Award
Each year the Independent Weekly gives a select few organizations an award to “honor a handful of people and projects [to] illustrate the creative spirit of the Triangle’s arts communities.” For 2005 Designbox was selected as one of them. Seearticle by Fiona Morgan.
Designbox hosts new brand, “Gamila”
Ty Beddingfield has moved into Designbox to establish headquarters of Gamila Products, LLC. Beddingfield and Rich Futrell were the founders of The Third Place Coffeehouse in Raleigh. As their highly successful coffee business also grew their sales of fine loose teas, they saw a need in the market for a new tea infuser. After contacting Aly Khalifa [db], they collaborated to create The …
Designbox facilitates city leaders on Raleigh’s vision
Aly and Beth developed an energetic 3 hour creative session to elicit ideas about what Raleigh has to offer. They then facilitated the workshop, along with nine additional members of Designbox. Hosted by the Raleigh Convention Center, the charrette was attended by a diverse group of about 80 city leaders. Each Designbox member led an 8-person group which was tasked with …