Chris Harne has an unusual collection: portion control condiment packets such as the ketchup packs you get at a fast food restaurant. The Condiment Packet Gallery site states that in the beginning, back in 2003, Chris realized that he never actually needed to buy condiments, he could just go and get these packs from any [...]

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We’ve talked a lot in this blog about our office being in “The Combat Zone” of Raleigh. We even made our own map highlighting the area. Well, our friend Susan just tipped us to some interesting and visually humorous (despite the content) information design called SPOT CRIME which maps different types of scary things like [...]

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Aly and I went to UNC in Chapel Hill today to visit with an “Arts and Entrepreneurship” class that fellow Designbox member, Francesca, teaches. On our walk across campus, we noticed little signs everywhere that said something to the effect of “UNC campus is smoke-free, starting Jan 1, 2008.” As we walked, we wondered [...]

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