This past Sunday, Designbox along with Indiegogo & The Institute of Emerging Issues hosted a gathering of entrepreneurs and professionals from the area to celebrate our creative community prior to the Emerging Issues Forum that took place at the Raleigh Convention Center Feb 11–12. After mingling for a bit, innovative Raleigh entrepreneurs with crowdfunding experiences shared their stories. Skip Elsheimer, AV Geeks, …
Sweet Suite by Stacy Crabill & featured brand Three Pearls Paperie
Larger than life candy and fortune cookie text fluctuate within the large-scale paintings of Stacy Crabill. This new body of work explores candy and its alluring qualities. Color, texture, sensory gratification, packaging, temptation- what role do they play in our succumbing to the villain of the food world? The recurring element of text derived from the small piece of paper …
Happy New Year!
First Friday & First Saturday SPECIAL: Last chance to shop the featured brands from the December Brand Fandango Show, & as a gift to you EVERYTHING* in the shop will be 20% off on First Friday January 4 & Saturday January 5. What does EVERYTHING mean? Well it means Original Art, Jewelry, DVDs, Prints, Vino2Gos, Accessories, Cards, Notebooks, T-shirts, Bags, …
Brand Fandango XI
BRAND FANDANGO is in it’s 11th year! Do all of your seasonal shopping right in your own backyard! Come and see the best most diverse collection of the areas artists, crafters and designers all in one shop. Special Brands for December Allison A. Dahle Jewelry necklaces, earrings, pins ARTQUIRKS by Jennifer Ambrose Art that makes people smile. Whimsical, fun, or …
November: HAPPY by Paul Friedrich!
Paul Friedrich’s first series of large scale paintings in over three years. Bigger and more colorful than you remember.
11th Annual Brand Fandango: Call for Local Brands!
Every December Designbox expands the shop for the holiday and gift giving season into what we call BRAND FANDANGO! This will be our 11th year and we are excited to bring in some new Vendors into the shop for the month! What are we looking for? • local brands, products and items that would make great holiday gifts • Retail …
October: The Blue Hour by Alberto Ortega Rodas
“The Blue Hour” will present a set of paintings by Alberto Ortega that depict luminous scenes of Raleigh at twilight and at night. The scenes evoke mysterious psychological narratives in which human presence is suggested but not revealed. Though executed in a realist style, these paintings are not mere descriptions of places. They expose a retrospective of the overlooked or …
September: Another Dimension
The new works touch on the concept of dimension and its various forms. A majority of the panels focus on a three dimensional approach through carved wood, while a two dimensional “piece”serves as a contrast. The centerpiece is purposed as a “tunnel of time”; The background displays the infinite layers of time and occupation of space as a writers persona …
August: Hot August Nights by Michelle Lyon
Join us as we uncover a little known industry in south, where cats strip for survival. We will take a look at a couple of working kitties, kittens trying to break into the business and one transgender (kitty to pig) gal who won’t take no for an answer. Come out and see for yourself how these gorgeous cats keep themselves …
June/July: Pleasurable Perplexions by Pat Fitzgerald
The Pleasurable Perplexions exhibition is a body of new work by Patrick FitzGerald. Working in both the physical and digital world, Patrick tries to blur the line between the two. Many of the pieces come out of his drawing notebooks and are then reworked, augmented, and juxtaposed to create large scale achival prints on watercolor paper. These are attached to …