STORE projects
STORE projects
STORE Store
Placemaking, 2018 - Ongoing
Placemaking and programming for Coal Drops Yard, STORE Store is a retail concept by Store Projects, an association of artists, architects, and designers that drive social change by enabling public access to art and design. In 2018 we engaged Store Projects to deliver a new shopping concept with a lively events program that helped engage the local community with the then-new retail space. Our idea was that a place which sells goods, should and could support learning and access into the design industry. Could STORE Store support today's student to be tomorrow's tenant?
STORE store is a workshop and design shop in Coal Drops Yard. From here they run after-school clubs, in-school workshops, and summer schools for state school students across Camden and neighbouring boroughs with priority given to pupil premium students. In their after-school club students learn, alongside practising artists and designers, to develop their own products, making skills, and build portfolios towards scholarships into higher education. Products designed and prototyped in the after-school club are sold in STORE store with students earning royalties on their sales.
About STORE Store
STORE store’s activations often spill out to and enliven the public realm and they have further leveraged their location by partnering student projects with other tenants, such as Rains, Nike, COS and even the building's architect; Heatherwick Studios.
This project started by considering how an alternative educational program could be self-sustainable, having started as a meanwhile project commissioned by the estate, STORE Store have now transitioned over to being a tenant and cultural asset, as well as opening up two new sites in Stoke Newington and Rotterdam.
Company
Store Projects
Place
King’s Cross for King’s Cross Central Partnership Ltd & Related Argent.
Photography
Courtesy of Store Projects
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