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The Stock Room

The Stock Room project challenges the traditional retail experience!

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The Stock Room

The Stock Room

The Stock Room

The Stock Room

The Stock Room

The Stock Room project challenges the traditional retail experience!

The Stock Room project challenges the traditional retail experience!

The Stock Room project challenges the traditional retail experience!

The Stock Room project challenges the traditional retail experience!

Michelle Kliman
Michelle Kliman
Michelle Kliman
Michelle Kliman
1 Campaign |
Chicago, United States
$1,947 USD 21 backers
64% of $3,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
The Stock Room challenges the traditional retail experience by exposing Chicago to great design through installation-led pop-ups in unused, empty spaces around Chicago!

The Stock Room

We are a Chicago designer and curator team that wants to engage the community by bringing together local designers and shoppers and activating empty and unused spaces with gallery-inspired retail installations—first in our Lincoln Park neighborhood and then around the city of Chicago.

The Stock Room is a chance for us to share our vision of great, compelling design, install a thought-provoking retail experience, and provide artists and designers a platform for exposure and business growth. Let's make it happen!

The Team

Origin story: 

Michelle is a designer, maker, and experience architect. She has done event design for M.A.C Cosmetics, product design for Martha Stewart Living and TAG Ltd., and exhibition design for the Chicago Design Museum. Mostly recently, she has launched her own design practice—MK Studio—which focuses on building unique experiences, spatial and product design, illustration, and graphic design. She moved to Chicago two years ago and never wants to leave.

Elizabeth, a Chicago native and world traveler, works as a design researcher and an independent curator. She has curated several exhibitions at the Chicago Design Museum as well as the Chicago Loop Alliance's June 2015 Activate event.

We met while collaborating at the Chicago Design Museum, where our passions and interests collided, and we've been friends and creative partners ever since.

The Mission

Helping launchThe Stock Room's inception will give us the opportunity to grow the Chicago design community and reach other design communities in the future, expose the public to new and interesting art and design, and create a different, fun, and unique retail experience. Our hope is that this will be the first of many pop-up experiences that engage the community and help give a boost to our designer and artist collaborators. 

Nitty Gritty

We are trying to raise $3,000 to cover the cost of the space, the build-out, and event supplies.

- Location, location, location. The right space is the best way to get the traffic, buzz, and momentum to make The Stock Room successful. Higher traffic areas and retail corridors are ideal for the premiere event.

- We want to actualize an exciting and engaging experience for the customer that makes The Stock Room a memorable and unique experience. That means supplies for display and merchandising that will set the stage to best showcase the talented designers involved.

- Start off with a bang! We want to launch with a opening party to generate buzz, get people into the store, and inspire them to tell others. Can't say no to a free drink and nom.

The Perks

Backers will get a range of great perks from The Stock Room stickers and buttons to discounts and a piece of The Stock Room history! Here are just a few:

- Buttons, stickers, and other memorabilia

- Discounts

- Invitation to a special closing event

- Piece of The Stock Room history

- Your name on the sponsor wall

No matter the end result of this Indiegogo campaign, your contribution will still help make The Stock Room the best it can be!

Money doesn't always talk

We would love your support, and, if you can't swing a dollar contribution, don't worry—you can still pitch in!

- If you know of anyone with an empty space in the Chicago, Lincoln Park area, that can host us for a week and is willing to work within our tight budget, let us know!

- If you know of any designers, makers, or artists that would be interested in collaborating, reach out!

We can't wait to make The Stock Room a reality!

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Choose your Perk

The Cool Backer

$10 USD
Get cool schwag from The Stock Room - stickers and buttons to let others know you are in-the-know about the Chicago design scene! Pack includes 3 stickers, a button, and a hand-written thank you note.
Included Items
  • The Stock Room Schwag
Estimated Shipping
January 2017
2 out of 60 of claimed
Ships to United States of America

The Sweet Backer

$25 USD
Get everything the Cool Backers get, PLUS a 20% discount on any single item (worth $125 or less) purchased at The Stock Room.
Included Items
  • The Stock Room Schwag
  • 20% Discount
4 claimed

The Awesome Backer

$50 USD
Get everything the Cool and Sweet Backers get, PLUS an invitation to a special closing event with sweets and warm, winter drinks!
Included Items
  • The Stock Room Schwag
  • 20% Discount
  • Closing Party Invite
2 claimed

The Wicked Backer

$75 USD
Everything the Cool, Sweet, and Awesome Backers get, PLUS, at the the closing party, you get to choose a piece of the store installation to take home and cherish forever!
Included Items
  • The Stock Room Schwag
  • 20% Discount
  • Closing Party Invite
  • Piece of TSR history
0 claimed

The Super Backer

$100 USD
Get everything the Cool, Sweet, Awesome, and Wicked Backers get, PLUS your name on the sponsor wall, which will be displayed in the store!
Included Items
  • The Stock Room Schwag
  • 20% Discount
  • Closing Party Invite
  • Piece of TSR history
  • Sponsor Wall
6 claimed

The Sexy Backer

$250 USD
Get everything the Cool, Sweet, Awesome, Wicked, and Super Backers get, PLUS a complimentary consultation about your next design project with Michelle Kliman of MK Studio and two billable hours towards that project, free!
Included Items
  • The Stock Room Schwag
  • 20% Discount
  • Closing Party Invite
  • Piece of TSR history
  • Sponsor Wall
  • Design Cosultation
0 claimed

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