Hasta La Ideas

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pToday the strongCore77 Hand-Eye Supply/strong store opens its doors!/p

pstrong23 NW 4th Avenue – between Burnside and Couch St./strong/p

pMonths in the making and only possible via many generous contributions of time and effort by friends and family, the store is a labor of love of on our part, one that brings our “core” fascination with the mystery and power of making things into the realm of retail. wwowowowoooo!/p

pWe are excited to be located in Portland and to be able to take part in the historic – and accelerating – culture of craftsmanship and creative labor which lives here. The store is for both “creative types” and those who love them (and really, now-a-days, who doesn’t?) – it is built to appeal with a selection of the basic tools of creative work – pencils, paper, pens – a line-up of high-quality tools and fabrication implements – foam cutters! wrenches! – and a wide variety of task-specific clothing made for the shop or studio – e.g. more aprons than you’ve seen in one place ever. It is a lifestyle store but for what you do, so it is a Workstyle store./p

pWe hope to see a wide cross-section of the city’s fine citizenry make its way through our doors in the coming days (and beyond!) and relish the opportunity to share our enthusiasm for the creative (a)vocations. For those of you not in the neighborhood we’ll see you in the online version (opening shortly!)/p

pstrongSpecial-special thanks to: Laurence Sarrazin for leading the design of the space and for her positive disposition and vast capacity for work. /strong Special thanks and congratulations, go to the core Core team of Tobias Berblinger, Glen Taylor and Eric Ludlum./p

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pRead on for a quasi-mission statement and more pics – like all Core77 efforts the store is a work in progress!/pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/news/announcing_the_core77_flagship_retail_store_in_portland_oregon_17072.asp”(more…)/a
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