ever vigilant, ever true. What if we told you the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. — a shop that stocks all the wares a modern superhero would need, from capes to jugs of invisibility power — was actually a front. Yes, you heard it right. Behind the incredibly cheeky writing and ingeniously industrial package design lies something far bigger than the store itself — the 826 program, a series of non-profit after-school creative writing centers for students, ages 6–18, organized by Dave Eggers. The “storefront” concept extends across a few genres, each with its own concisely-executed tounge-in-cheek brand.
see below for links to the other 826 Storefront concepts
sharpen your pencils… We try hard to continue educating ourselves daily but remember the days in school when you could do ANYTHING? Honestly, at the studio we are lucky and feel extremely fortunate to have trusting clients that allow and want us operate in an experimental, learning zone as professionals. We love to try new things and one of our favorite sayings from a vendor is “I’ve never done that before…let me get back to you“. Looking at student work is a little like that moment. Incredibly fun and inspiring to visualize without boundaries, budgets and just think via pure design love.
Above left image – design from Kevin Angeloni, Switzerland; above right – designed by Swann Marchon, Austria. All student work found via The Lovely Package.
Milton Glaser draws and discusses the act of drawing in this short film by C.Coy. (side note: who else but Mr. Glaser draws in a french cuff? Classy, people. Very classy.)
surely you’ve heard of fffound by now… but recently via one of Sam’s students we discovered Canadian based blog jjjjound. There’s quite a bit of fashion but several bits of design inspiration mixed in too! Check it out.
