The Obama Inauguration Art Show

Gallery exhibition honoring the inauguration of President Barack Obama featuring the work of local artists Georges LeChevallier and Paul Friedrich present the work of local artists celebrating the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Each artist interprets their hopes, expectations and style to reflect the new presidency. curated by Georges LeChevallier and Paul Friedrich [db]

Designbox Influences: Bob Rankin

This November, the first of the Designbox Influences series presents an exhibit saluting the influence of Bob Rankin featuring the work of many of his former students who have followed a career in the professional arts. Rankin’s former students Thomas DeVries, Rob Allen, Paul Friedrich, Lee A. Williamson, John O’Connor, Tim Kiernan, Jeff McFadyen, Huong Ngo and Casey Porn will …

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 …

Thinking Inside the Box: New Ideas from Designbox

What happens when you put a filmmaker, a cartoonist, a children’s book producer, a copywriter, a brand designer, a book designer, a graphic artist for stone etching, a green engineer, an interior designer, a marketing strategist, a patent attorney, a photographer, a product designer, and a flash programmer, a computer applications designer and a web systems engineer together in a …

The Good, the Bad, and the Onion Head

Known for his paintings and cartoons of Onion Head Monster, Paul Friedrich has become a pop culture icon for fun subject matter created with tight craftsmanship. Contrasting this style, Friedrich has been cultivating a series of cowboy paintings which are loose and expressive, but continue the strong color pallet tradition that won our hearts in his OHM series. Come see …

Kirby Derby: Preloaded

Having years of momentum built up, Kirby Derby Day has become an institution of Raleigh’s Pullen Park Terrace neighborhood. From Evil Clowns to papier mache elephants dropping Moon Pies to walking wedding cakes, this annual parade has become an outlet for some of the areas best artists. Riding the coattails of Onion Head Monster’s float in 2003, a 9 foot …

The Art of Hellcar

Opening up the gallery for 2005, Designbox is pleased to have our own Paul Friedrich curate a show comprised of 10 talented comic artists known for their work in HELLCAR. HELLCAR is a nationally distributed comic book magazine featuring the greatest cartoon talent in America. “The Art of HELLCAR” will feature original artwork and animation by the artists based on …