Recap: April First Friday

In April, Designbox reopened to the public celebrating “Design Innovation :: Inventive Culture” a new vision built on 11 years of supporting the local creative scene. We celebrated the reopening with announcing that Designbox is now the first Makerbot Reseller in North Carolina. This exciting venture allows us to bring 3D printed objects to the public. For the First Friday, …

Brand Fandango IX!

Every December the Designbox gallery TRANSFORMS into the BRAND FANDANGO SHOP, showcasing local brands & talents for your holiday shopping & viewing pleasure.This year Brand Fandango will be an extension of the year-round Gamila Shop. For the Ninth straight year, BRAND FANDANGO will feature a diverse display from local artists & artisans. Do all of your seasonal shopping right in …

Brand Fandango VIII

Every December the Designbox gallery TRANSFORMS into the BRAND FANDANGO SHOP, showcasing local brands & talents for your holiday shopping & viewing pleasure. For the Eighth straight year, Designbox kicks off the holidays with the BRAND FANDANGO SHOP, a diverse display from local artists & artisans. Do all of your seasonal shopping right in your own backyard! Come and see …

Brand Fandango VII

The season is upon us and Brand Fandango is back for the seventh year with all your old favorites and some new surprises right from your own backyard… Come and see the best most diverse collection of the areas artists, crafters and designers all in one room. See Matthew Deckers latest hand-blown glass work, Jewelry from The Handmaidens, Metamorphosis and …

Brand Fandango VI

In traditional holiday spirit, Designbox takes time each year to celebrate local brands and creations. This year promises more than a dozen different collections drawing from Spark Con and other creative resources. Featured this year are: beautiful letterpress items from Blue Barnhouse in Asheville, a brand new product called “Chocolate Seeds” from Raleigh’s Nahualli Trading Co., and Gamila’s Face-Mod Candlesticks—individual …

Gamila Releases Facemod- “Self Centerpiece Candlesticks”

Using state of the art computer software and the very latest in digital manufacturing technology, Gamila announces the ultimate in custom products: Facemods.Inspired by the work of Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin, Gamila has taken a famous optical illusion of two people’s profiles facing each other and turned it into a real candlestick. Simply submit a photograph of your profile and …

Product Launch Party: Friedrich and Eichenberger Go National

Designbox is proud to host the launch of the Indie Artist Collection iPod and Game cases. Featuring the art of local favorites, Paul Friedrich and David Eichenberger, the product line is a collaboration between the artists, Gamila and Pacific Design and is being distributed in Circuit City and other stores nationwide. Come celebrate with them! Get your artist signed cases …

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 …

Gamila launches a new Gem of a Teastick

After 2 years of great success, the new Teastick GEMS collection takes the original Teastick design to exciting new colors, materials and functionality. The Gems are made out of FDA grade polycarbonate that allows the tea-lover to see their tea blooming as it steeps. Especially great for herbals!