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.
Aly and Beth Khalifa facilitate workshops for Spark Con ’06
We’re not sure what it’s gonna be, but we’re excited about the possibilities as we work with well-known creative professionals to chart a path for creative talent for the Triangle.
Gamil Creates SparkCon Brand
Beth Khalifa is Creative Director for the branding of the inaugural year of Spark Con. Beth, Britt, and sometimes Kelly and Aly all got into the act of designing a system of “Spark People” representing all of the different creative components of this multi-faceted Conference. Beth and Britt also designed and maintained all of the collateral – everything from website …
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 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 …
Kirby Derby Show gets press
This Designbox exhibit of a local neighborhood parade has garnered attention in the News & Observer’s What’s Up.The show was also featured in the Raleigh Hatchet with the actual event described as “one of the coolest, and most original events Raleigh has to offer.”
Designbox Gets Creative with Dirt at Dorothea Dix
Upon hearing that the Dix property was to receive 150,000 tons of dirt from the new convention center project in downtown Raleigh, Aly Khalifa, Professor Will Hooker and Councilman Thomas Crowder decided to hold a design charrette to find a creative way to turn this dumping into a unique city feature. Khalifa will lead the creative session with Designbox members facilitating 40 …
downtown neighborhoods: what is and what will be
Detailed analysis of existing urban Raleigh neighborhoods through maps, photographs and drawings, combined with current proposals for development in neighborhoods surrounding the urban core. Features work by former NCSU Landscape Architecture Prof. Denis Wood, NSCU Landscape Architecture students, local architects and artists. Denis Wood, author and former Professor of Landscape Architecture at NCSU will give a talk on Raleigh development …
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