The Pirate Store, San Francisco, California
The 826NYC Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. sells capes, grappling hooks, muscles, antimatter, and secret identity kits, suction cups and more. The store also gives passersby a reason to walk in and see what's going on in the writing center.
From TED: “Dave Eggers’ first book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Since then he's written two more novels and launched an independent publishing house, which publishes books, a quarterly literary journal (McSweeney’s), a DVD-based review of short films (Wholpin), a monthly magazine (The Believer) and the Voice of Witness project. Meanwhile, Eggers has established himself as a philanthropist and teacher-at-large.
In 1998 he launched 826 Valencia, a San Francisco-based writing and tutoring lab for young people, which has since opened six more chapters across the United States. He has extended his advocacy of students by supporting their educators, instituting a monthly grant for exceptional Bay Area teachers. His TED Prize wish is for more poeple to follow him into getting involved in your local school — and talk about it — through the website Once Upon a School.”
“826 National is a nonprofit organization with eight writing and tutoring centers. Their mission is based on the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.”
Ok, how does this relate to us? What’s exciting about this project is how creative the solutions are and how the products are developed for each store.
The 826DC Museum of Unnatural History. For Sale: Unicorn Tears, Confused Wood (from the makers of Petrified Wood), Weather Rocks, Wallace's Primordial Soup, Future Mold, Scorpion Finders, and much more.
Logo for 826NYC Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.
826 Valencia Pirate Store. Many have said that upon entering the best pirate supply store in San Francisco, they get a sensation of déjà vu. Others walk in and feel at once the miracle work of an unseen hand. Yet there are those whose eyes bulge and shrink simultaneously while their thoughts are so convoluted that they are unable to shout or mutter the question that most plagues them: “What is this place?” For Sale: Hooks, flags, and message bottles; rat traps, peg legs, and pirate perfume; wax seals, dice, and lard (for bartering, not sale).
For Sale: Dinosaur eggs; Robot milk; Dodo chow; Duel Starter Kits; time-machine parts; sometimes coffee.
Monster Supplies (Ministry of Stories), created in London, UK and inspired by Dave Eggers 826 project.
Monster Supplies (Ministry of Stories), London, UK inspired by Dave Eggers 826
Monster Supplies (Ministry of Stories), created in London inspired by Dave Eggers 826
Monster Supplies (Ministry of Stories), London, UK inspired by Dave Eggers 826
Monster Supplies (Ministry of Stories), London, UK inspired by Dave Eggers 826
826CHI’s The Boring Store is open every day from 12-6—boasting a selection of surveillance gear, check out our carrier pigeon supplies, and try on a moustache. All proceeds go directly toward supporing 826CHI programs. For Sale: Periscopes, trench coats, and night-vision goggles; disguises of all kinds (n.b. this is not by any means a store for spies).
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