Big Little ThingsThe collaborative store
Endossa is a creativity store in Sao Paulo. This fits into the hybrid creative studio/agency model we’ve been talking about over the last few days.Scott Burnham describes it better than I can:
Endossa is a collaborative store which caters to craftspeople, designers, independent musicians, inventors, foodmakers, and a wide cross-section of creatives “who devote their time to tactile ideas and need assistance to ‘publish’ them.†The principles of Endossa are as follows:
* Rent empty shelf boxes to every micro-entrepreneur who wants some space to sell products, without asking for sales commission.
* Any product can be sold in Endossa from bottles of chilies to handmade notebooks and its time on the shelf depends on demand: high sales means high visibility.
* Create a micro-community of young entrepreneurs and curious people who visit Endossa to get fresh inspiration from the creative pieces inside the store.
Super awesome.
December 8th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Hey Josh, i don’t know if they fit in this hybrid creative studio / agency, actually they’re a “collaborative” store that rent space to young brands to sell their products. Totally agree that the idea is super cool.
Love your blog and work, please keep it up!
Best, rodrigo.
December 8th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
hey rodrigo: the title of the post is “collaborative store.” so, um, yeah. but the store fits into an idea we have about art & commerce no longer being separate from eachother
December 9th, 2008 at 4:19 am
You should check these guys work - http://www.ciadefoto,com.br, they’re a group of photographers that do both commercial and art work. Yes, totally agree w/ your idea about art & commerce no longer being separate. We’re a tiny creative studio that besides working for companies we print our own magazine. If you’re interested please send me your address so that i can send you a copy. Would be really cool to have an article about your book.