As a sought after architectural photographer, Jim West has a reputation for creating images that are aesthetically captivating as well as informative and thorough. His photographs extract the essence of a place through the sensitive composition of space, light and detail. “Chasing Serendipity” is an expression of the paradoxical nature between the photographer’s active approach to capture a moment, and …
Taste of SPARKcon!
In the last two years SPARKcon has grown to become one of the most free-form organic celebrations of local talent and creativity in the Triangle. SPARKcon ’08 promises to deliver on that reputation while still pushing its own limits. Come and sample some the things you will experience at SPARKcon this year. -paintings by Rob Logic -photographs of previous SPARKcon’s …
between there and here
aroline Madigan and Britt Hayes create works on paper, illustrating peculiar moments and conversation. They’re interested in many things, but mostly the unusual, the imaginary and the time when things are about to change. Madigan and Hayes are both recent graduates of NC State’s College of Design. Each currently practices Graphic Design: Madigan at HumanCentric, and Hayes at Gamil Design. …
Momentum
Matt McConnell’s “Momentum” collection studies motion, force, and time. He has integrated geometric arrays and transformations into forms that reflect elements in nature and the systems that impact those elements, using materials including steel, glass, acrylic, ice, and light. Matt periodically takes time outside of commissioned work at McConnell Studios to further artistic explorations, one facet of which is the …
re|THINK Our Environment in the Carolinas
Poster show by AIGA Raleigh Believe that our natural environment is in peril, but there is hope. Believe we, as creative professionals, are empowered to make a difference through design. Believe that small, local changes are the first and most powerful step toward sustainability. Designers around the Carolinas designed posters which communicate sustainable practices or ideas for use in everyday …
Click Clique
Click Clique is a new series of paintings and constructions that examine social dynamics, and nostalgic constructs, along with the interplay of media within American society. Richards’ work, evolving from an interest centered on the South, questions notions of beauty, artifice, and materialism, as well as the subtle contradictions that make living in the South a unique experience. By combining …
Some of the Parts
Lee Coltrane, Project Mastermind, inc Rob Ruchte, Thirdparty Labs and Jon Williams, shovemedia present a special evening of experimental interactive entertainment. Digital visual media submitted by the public are remixed and animate in response to music—all controlled via a futuristic instrument panel. Email your text, image, music and video files to someparts@shovemedia.com to be included. Bring a laptop to the …
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 …
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 …
Works by Eneko Las Heras
Eneko’s artwork can be described as anecdotal. The subject matter is a distant reference for the artist. In this way the tree, the fish or the instrument cease to be a complex figure and become simple with the most basic and essential references. The search for the essential is one of Eneko’s obsessions. Humor is another of Eneko’s fundamental traits. …