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We won! We won! We won!

Three Winkbox posters were selected as winners of the AIGA “re-THINK” poster contest. The contest called for designs that promote a direct, sustainable intervention that Carolinians can undertake to preserve the environment and communicate a sustainable practice or idea for use in everyday life. No idea was too small or too large.

Winkbox entered five posters into the contest, and three of them won: “Share”, “Unplug” and “Reduce” (see below).

The 20 winning posters will be professionally printed and on display at Designbox in Raleigh, NC, during the month of April.

Exhibition reception:

April 4, 2008
Designbox
323 W. Martin Street
SPC 10
Raleigh, NC, 27601
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Let us know if you are planning to attend, and maybe we can “share” a ride.

Copies of the printed posters will also be sent to AIGA Charlotte and AIGA South Carolina for public display. Additional copies will be available for purchase at the show and we will be there to sign them for you.

You can view the 20 selected posters here.

You can view all 121 submitted posters here.

We would like to extend a special thanks to Anna Bridges for feeding our creative talents on this and many other projects.

Click images below to view larger version.

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The first time I saw the name Ron Paul on MeetUp.com it sounded like either a pirate get together or a rum marketing campaign. Out of curiosity (for the possibility of a free bottle of rum), I clicked my way to the meetup to find a political campaign get together…I kept searching for the free bottle of rum.

That was over 10 months ago, but Ron Paul has captured my attention again. Not with his political message, but with the grassroots campaign his supporters have launched.

I run into stickers, postcards, posters and such everywhere, all of which have that home made feel. This sign is the best one I’ve seen to date, 100% home made yet “not affiliated with Ron Paul Campaign” as it so clearly states. This (below) is a gem which I had to stop myself from tearing off to keep. If it’s still there after election time, it will be mine!

If you find a cool Ron Paul original, and we will share it with the world.

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Update 1/15/08: You can listen to the interview along with photographs and my essay here on the NPR site.

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This Saturday, January 12th, 2008, tune-in and listen to me, Ewa Powell, as I share with the listeners of NPR how to spend a perfect North Carolina winter weekend. It's free, it's amazing, it's unforgettable and it will make you envious if you don't live here. So don't miss hearing my voice so you can tell me how "weird" I sound. Below are some local stations airing "Weekend America" or check this link for your neck of the woods.

The Show: Weekend America
Some FM Stations airing the show:

• 90.7 Charlotte, NC 12PM-2 on Saturday
• 90.3 Hickory, NC 12PM on Saturday
• 89.3 Charleston, SC 01:00 PM on Saturday
• 90.7 Chicago, IL 02:00 PM on Saturday
• 90.7 Orlando, FL 03:00 PM on Saturday

We will also post a link to the interview, just in case you want to hear it again, and again, and again.

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Winkbox will be closed December 24th through January 2nd. Here’s wishing everyone a great holiday season.

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I ordered an extra set of Pantone books from Amazon recently and was shocked when they arrived. As the UPS guy is standing there waiting for me to sign I’m thinking, “Uh oh, they sent me the wrong thing”. Why did I think that? Well, the Pantone books are about 9.25″x 3.5″x 1.5″ and the box he was handing me was about 16.25″x 12.25″x 8″. Maybe they sent me an Easy Bake Oven instead.

No oven, just Pantone books. The packing madness didn’t stop at the awkwardly oversized box though. Inside of that was plastic packing material and another Amazon box. Inside of that was more plastic packing material and finally the box the books actually come in.

Is it just me or does that seem like overkill for books?

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