Matt, a friend and colleague in the Designbox space, ran into some bad Luck in the Raleigh Combat Zone (click here for earlier post defining the Combat Zone) yesterday. He left his beloved Nokia out on the patio for a second (maybe two), and it was promptly stolen! These days, a stolen mobile can be [...]

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The face of downtown Raleigh will be changing soon, with a new and contemporary energy conscious building for the headquarters of the North Carolina chapter of American Institute of Architects. There was a state-wide competition to find the right statement which, of course, includes aesthetic and functional awesomeness as well as fulfilling the goal of [...]

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These Bloch Design fireplaces would be a total showstopper in the right contemporary setting. I’m in love with the look of a few of them. I have to admit though, I get a not so good paranoid image of the possibilities… My imagination leads me to see myself crashing my shin into the glass hearth [...]

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