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Calico Studio

Name: Calico Studio
Address: 1155 Smith Level Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516, US
Telephone: +19195379659

Our studio enjoys working with clients that are appreciative of both the artistry of design and the process.

a talented crew with a wide variety of experience ranging in scale from commercial and residential architectural projects, to custom and production furniture, to marketing materials and signage. We look for opportunities to push beyond the norm and investigate innovative materials, forms, and processes. We make a conscientious effort to be kind to the environment and look to mother nature as a res

ource of knowledge in our design work. Most importantly, we are our client’s advocate, we listen to your needs and desires, we will help you come up with a plan that incorporates your goals, funds and timeline, and then we will help you execute the plan acting as your facilitator, designer, and/or architect. Our services are available at www.calico-studio.com

Our products are available at www.calicocreates.com

06/09/2026

CALLING ALL FOOD TRUCKS🗣️🗣️🗣️

We’re looking for a food truck that would want to sell food at our October Calico Makers Market on Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the 4th!
The hours are 10 am to 5 pm both days, and we’ve had a good amount of people show up hungry and ready to eat🌮🍤🥘

If you or anyone you know might be interested in being the designated food truck for our Makers Market please contact [email protected] or [email protected]

06/08/2026

Site visits galore last week! Everyone got together to finalize exterior finishes because the only way to see the whole vision is by seeing the samples on the project site. Light and reflection can be so finicky! Some of the windows have been placed and the interior spaces are starting to come together. The last slide shows a particularly nice view of how the interior is developing, with big open windows bringing in a glimpse of those NC pine trees.

The Calico Studio team is excited to see the exterior finishes that were selected up on the house, getting us one step closer to a handing off a happy home😎👷🛠️

06/03/2026

Calico Creates will be vending at the Together, We Are America 4th of July celebration from 10 am to 9:30 pm at River Park🫰⁠
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The event is FREE! Come out to celebrate, see Calico Creates new inventory, and enjoy the ambiance on Saturday July, 4th.⁠
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Mark your calendars! Visit https://artsorange.org/july4/ for more info. ⁠
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06/02/2026

CALLING ALL MUSICIANS🗣️

We are looking for people to perform on Saturday October 3rd, 2026 and Sunday October 4th, 2026. Each performance will be around 2 hours long in increments between 11 AM and 5PM.

Contact [email protected] or [email protected] if you are interested! Deadline is July 9th, 2026.

We can't wait to give your tunes a listen🦇🎵

06/01/2026

We are starting the month off right with a call to vendors for our Fall 2026 Calico Makers Market! The application is now open for anyone to apply to be a vendor October 3rd and 4th from 10 AM to 5PM. It is FREE to apply, with a 75$ booth fee only if you get accepted to vend at the market.

Pottery, prints, jewelry, fine art, clothing, baked goods, cold-pressed juice, candles, soap, woodworking-- all artisans are all welcome at the market!

(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDB8CjVUmApLH4nnj5ndzesQXI0xinhsvhnhpElO21b-y13g/viewform?usp=header), the deadline for submitting is JULY 9th, 2026🦇

Please share this post with anyone you know who might want to vend, or tag them in the comments. We can't wait to see what y'all submit!

05/27/2026

🌟SAVE THE DATE🌟

Our 12th Calico Makers Market is coming up...

Be on the lookout for updates from us about applying to be a vendor, signing up to be a musician, and volunteer opportunities for our Fall 2026 Makers Market!

We can't wait to see y'all on October 3rd and the 4th, the first weekend of October, from 10 am to 5 pm on both days🦇

05/22/2026

This week we got a chance to see a sneak peek of the ongoing construction at the ! 🏗️ The site tour was initiated by members of the Building Enclosure Council Research Triangle chapter, and had a good chunk of attendees from a variety of backgrounds. We're very thankful to be given a chance to learn from other firms ongoing projects! ⁠
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Our architects enjoyed the opportunity to see through the walls, getting a glimpse at the NCMA's evolution through building materials. The highlight of the day was discussing the massive amount of heavy lead panels needed for their x-ray room🩻 and being able to see the site from the roof of the older NCMA building. ⁠
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Fun fact: Heather (boss lady) mentioned that the "Picture This" and amphitheater project was the first model she ever made when she worked for Frank Harmon, we love a full circle moment🫰⁠
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Thanks to everyone involved in leading the site tour, it was informative and we all had a blast. But now it's back to our Calico Studio projects with a fresh perspective in mind!! Happy Architecture Friday, see you next week🗣️

05/15/2026

Today's is dedicated to hard work and team building. ⁠
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Heather designed this conference table with who also executed the design. Calico loves working with locals that do beautifully pristine work. Taffy pulling served as the inspiration for the steel leg shaping, in an effort to create a conversation about metaphors surrounding collaboration. ⁠
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This exceptionally sturdy table took 14 hands to piece together at the Eno Arts Mill , who we excitedly donated the conference table to. It is humongous!!! A tremendous amount of people will be able to gather around comfortably to discuss all of the exciting things happening at the Eno Arts Mill. ⁠
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Thank you to the team for putting the table together like champs and thank you to the Orange County Arts Commission for giving us the opportunity to be apart of their community. Team building and community interaction is an exceptionally enjoyable part of the job💞

05/08/2026

ARCHITECTURE FRIDAY ALERT‼️

Today's feature is an M.C. Escher inspired tessellation design. One of our clients has an affinity for math and wanted to incorporate Escher related designs for the some of the walls and floors in his classroom building. After studying Visions of Symmetry by Doris Schattschneider which analyzes Escher's drawings in detail, we started brainstorming a tessellation that could be easily used in a floor design.

Pencil sketches on trace paper, digital sketches, digital modeling, and laser cutting were all used to test out the viability of our design. Cutting them out proved successful and all of the tiles fit with the other seamlessly; two tile shapes, the bird and the fish, can be used repetitively and if material allows it it can be flipped horizontally to continue the pattern. If the material can't be flipped then the result would be four shapes that can repeat endlessly.

After feedback from the client we will be moving forward with the idea but with a change in the animal pictured... can you guess what it might be?

This update will fit better with the Einstein Hat tessellation (last image) which is being used as a wall treatment in various places throughout the building, some felt and some painted (possibly).

We're excited to keep learning about the process behind tessellations as the history is deep! Catch you next Friday for another update😎

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05/01/2026

It's the 1st of tha monthhhh🗣️

Get up, get up, get up for another Architecture Friday with Calico Studio!

Heather and Carlos made their way to one (of many) client site visits this week to bask in the ambiance of the initial framing layout+partial roof completion. Where would be in this world without a 2x4 and a 2x6?

Slight updates/clarifications were made in real time with Heather snapping quick photos and drawing ideas out to communicate to our wonderful contractors and builders🛠️

Beautiful views from the future windows are beginning to emerge, and we're all excited to see how Calico's design comes to life. Thank you to everyone involved, good design doesn't work without . ✌️until next friday!

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1155 Smith Level Road
Chapel Hill, NC
27516

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 6pm
Tuesday	10am - 6pm
Wednesday	10am - 6pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	10am - 6pm

Telephone

+19195379659

Website

http://www.calico-studio.com/

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