blog GAMIL: an insider look at design » Local: Raleigh & Beyond http://www.gamil.com elements of inspiration and moments of distraction from a small design firm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:42:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Local Cotton Tshirts for Local Store http://www.gamil.com/2009/06/03/local-cotton-tshirts-for-local-store/ http://www.gamil.com/2009/06/03/local-cotton-tshirts-for-local-store/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:46:59 +0000 britt http://www.gamil.com/?p=1581 I love living in Raleigh, and believe it is important to support local buisness and local products. Great Outdoor Provision Company is our local outdoor retailer, and they have just received a shipment of new GOPC logo T-shirts. These aren’t just any T-shirts though… they were grown and manufactured right here in our own state as part of Cotton of the Carolinas.

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image from Cotton of the Carolinas website

image from GOPC's website

image from GOPC's website

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Inauguration Day snow in Raleigh

Inauguration Day on "The Mall" in Washington DC

Inauguration Day on "the Mall" in Washington DC

"the moment," January 20, 2009

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Check out what your Christmas will look like this year! A fellow Raleigh design agency, R+M (and also friends!), put this fun li’l setting together. No matter whether you are deemed Naughty or Nice, you’ll surely be able to blow some time finding the hidden Christmas gems.

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Today is the start of the Raleigh Wide Open III festival, and if you are in the Raleigh area and can get your hands on the News&Observer paper check out the What’s Up! section, for a map (designed by GAMIL) of all the events and times of events going on in the Downtown area. With the grand opening of the new Raleigh Convention Center (RCC) happening this weekend, it is sure to be a fun filled festival for the city. You can find out more about the festival/events on the RCC site.

]]> http://www.gamil.com/2008/09/05/rwo3/feed/ 0 visitRaleigh, brought to you by Toronto http://www.gamil.com/2008/07/16/visitraleigh-brought-to-you-by-toronto/ http://www.gamil.com/2008/07/16/visitraleigh-brought-to-you-by-toronto/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:39:51 +0000 beth http://gamil.com/?p=730 Visit Raleigh new logo

Saw the news at NewRaleigh.com that the GRCVB (Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau) went and got itself a new brand. In fact, they went all the way to Toronto to get it! Wow. I guess all the local agencies and firms just aren’t as talented, economical or in touch with what’s great about our city as an agency in Toronto would be…

I do like the name, visitRaleigh. It definitely rolls off the tongue better than “The GRCVB.”

huh? visitRaleigh and the Toronto experts highlight some funny things:

• Raleigh Concerts and Live Music: KoKa Booth Amphitheatre is the main highlighted image (it’s in Cary)
• Festivals: Lazy Daze Festival is the main highlighted image on home page and Festivals page (it’s in Cary)
• Meeting Planners Info: the only highlighted hotel image is The Umstead (in Cary)

uh-huh. yeah.  visitRaleigh.com

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