and graphic design company located in raleigh north carolina . it is best known for the fact that many users of gmail have mistyped and arrived at the company s web site . citation needed gamil also designs products for customers around the world most of them sports related . citation needed contents 1 about the company 2 designbox 3 gmail 4 references 5 external links about the company edit gamil design began in 1995 . aly khalifa gave the company his middle name 1 arabic for handsome pronounced gah meel . 2 khalifa s wife beth joined the company in 1999 shortly after the couple married . 3 aly khalifa as a product designer travels to locations as distant as asia and europe to take a product from an idea to something that can be produced . many of the products are sports related equipment for major companies . 4 gamil design s major product is teastick used to infuse loose tea leaves and sold in over 200 stores . 1 the idea came from third place coffeehouse . the device had to be small enough to use for one cup of tea but capable of enduring rough handling . an area company made a prototype and suppliers were found . it took several months to find a machinist who could make the actual product and the gamil employees had to help make it . but the product sold well with customers in such locations as new york city and los angeles . finding a manufacturer who could produce a large volume of the product at a low enough price proved difficult . a redesign was tried but did not work as hoped . to make the exact product at the right price aly khalifa had to go to taiwan where a friend of his had a bicycle factory that could also make the teastick . eventually it became popular in canada australia europe japan taiwan and korea . 4 in 2008 gamila products a gamil design brand introduced the copolyester teastick gem made with eastman chemical company tritan . copolyester allows heat resistance and durability but covers stainless steel mesh without adhesives . the manufacturing process uses injection molding . 5 6 the popular mila bikini which gamila created for pacific design in 2006 for ipod and ipod nanos included a polyurethane screen protector that the user can see through a connection system to attach the ipod and a cover that can be folded into a stand . 7 another gamila product mila art jackets was introduced as a partner to the bikini in 2007 also to protect ipods . the art work by paul friedrich casey porn dale flattum beth khalifa joey florian and ben wilson was intended to promote independent musicians . 8 9 in 2007 gamila introduced the facemod a candlestick using the edgar rubin optical illusion of two people s profiles . 10 using the latest computer technology gamila could create a candlestick from any person s photo . 11 gamil has worked with trek bicycle corporation for more than five years designing such items as gloves water bottles and bottle cages . 12 in 2005 gamil s trek batcage bottle cage traveled with lance armstrong in the first of three tours de france . 13 gamil designed the process for making vilcek prize trophies designed by sagmeister inc. of new york city and given by the vilcek foundation to persons born in other countries for notable work in science arts and humanities . 14 15 the vilcek trophy won a 2006 award for typographic design . 16 other gamil work includes the screen print designs for rei duffel prints . 17 designbox edit aly and beth khalifa started designbox which meets at gamil design in may 2003 . 18 considered a brainstorming collective 19 designbox offers first friday art walks through its art gallery and takes professionals from different design fields such as architecture landscape architecture copywriting interior design and graphic design and works to solve problems of various businesses . in weekly meetings the members discuss trends and new ideas and look at the work each company is doing . 20 designbox gets involved in the community such as organizing a community meeting on how to deal with the dorothea dix hospital property when the hospital closes and the group also makes money by letting businesses use their expertise . 18 gmail edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message before 2004 the gamil design web site received 3000 hits per month . then in may 2004 khalifa received an email from australia . an engineer from google had accidentally gone to the gamil site a number of times and he asked if the site was experiencing more activity than usual . in fact the number of hits was twice what it had been . for two years after the gmail e mail service began many gmail users typed the web site s name incorrectly and ended up at gamil design s site . eventually the internet service provider wanted to charge the company more because of the amount of activity . in fall 2006 khalifa finally took advantage of the situation . he added a page to the company s web site with this message from his wife you may have arrived here by misspelling gmail . we understand . typing fast is not our strongest skill . but since you ve typed your way here let s share . as of december 2006 the site was getting 600 000 hits a month . 1 a year later the total was one million . 21 better source needed references edit a b c ryan teague beckwith typo is web page s windfall traffic looking for e mail service gmail winds up at gamil news & observer dec. 16 2006 . raleigh durham business directory . business leader . retrieved 2009 10 01 . members of the box . designbox . retrieved 2009 10 01 . a b khalifa aly 2006 05 24 . designed in raleigh made in china . indyweek.com . retrieved 2009 10 01 . gamila products introduces new teastick gems made with eastman tritan copolyester . eastman.com . 2008 12 17 . retrieved 2009 10 01 . teastick gems from gamila products and eastmen chemical co. product showcase . tea & coffee trade journal . january 2009 . retrieved 2009 11 05 . angell lc 2006 12 14 . mila bikini ipod cases announced . ilounge . retrieved 2009 11 02 . starrett charles 2007 12 05 . gamila intros mila skins jackets for ipod . ilounge . retrieved 2009 10 01 . gamila partners with indie artists to create art jacket for ipods . business leader . 2007 12 03 . retrieved 2009 10 31 . facemods candlesticks that are created from your face . gamil.com . 2007 11 23 . retrieved 2009 11 02 . brand fandango vi . designbox.us . retrieved 2009 11 02 . trek glove collection . gamil.com . retrieved 2009 10 01 . gamil design s bat cage on lance armstrong s bike . gamil.com . 2005 07 04 . retrieved 2009 10 01 . vilcek prize . gamil.com . retrieved 2009 10 01 . preston caroline 2006 02 23 . couple s philanthropy honors the achievements of immigrants . the chronicle of philanthropy . retrieved 2009 10 31 . aiga design archives . retrieved 2009 11 05 . rei duffel prints . gamil.com . retrieved 2009 10 01 . a b morgan fiona 2005 07 13 . designbox . indyweek.com . retrieved 2009 11 05 . gamil design announces designbox . gamil.com . retrieved 2009 11 05 . about the box . designbox.us . retrieved 2009 11 02 . news . gamil.com . retrieved 2009 10 01 . external links edit official website vilcek prize facemod retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gamil design & oldid 737104979 categories graphic design studioscompanies established in 1995hidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2011articles needing additional references from may 2011all articles needing additional referencesall articles lacking reliable referencesarticles lacking reliable references from may 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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