Posters and More from 826 Valencia and Beyond

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You've probably heard of 826 Valencia, San Francisco's own pirate store/ after school writing workshop located in the Mission, but did you know the organization now has branches in cities across the US? And yes, many of the other 826 locations include stores with a variety of eccentric and fun items...

Best of all, proceeds from sales go to 826 National's tutoring, writing and publishing programs for students across the country.

A view of 826 Valencia's exterior.
"Cannons Don't Sink Ships, Pirates with Cannons Sink Ships" poster for $20 from 826 Valencia
"Life is Bigger in Pangaea" poster for $19.99 from 826LA, aka The Echo Park Time Travel Mart
"Index of Good and Evil" poster for $15 from 826NYC, aka The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.
Moon Globe for $13, from 826 Seattle, aka The Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co.
"Will I Make a Good Space Traveler?" poster for $10 from 826 Seattle, aka The Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co.
"Find Your Place in Space!" poster for $19.99 from 826LA, aka The Echo Park Time Travel Mart
"Compensation for Missing Limbs" poster for $20 from 826 Valencia

(Top Image: Flickr user Steve and Sarah, licensed for use under the Creative Commons)

Comments (9)

The pirate posters are awesome! They just crack me up.

http://www.swankydigs.blogspot.com/

posted by Tara77 on May 27th 2009 at 8:47pm
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pirate posters by "office" design in san francisco: original, witty and awesome, awesome design (on nice materials)... so much better than a pastel repop poster reminding me to chill and keep moving.

posted by redneckmodern on May 28th 2009 at 12:18am
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This was priceless.

posted by AustinSarah on May 28th 2009 at 2:49am
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Witty. Maybe we'll see less of those pointless 'keep calm' posters now.

posted by hrhprincessfiona on May 28th 2009 at 3:36am
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Brilliant. Office did a great job with the wares in the SF store. I checked it out a few months ago and photographed the whole space, if anyone's curious. It's really well styled and detailed [and the posters are awesome]:

http://visualingual.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/826-valencia/

Then I had a chance to check out the Chicago store [spy theme], which wasn't quite as hilarious, but it was still well done:

http://visualingual.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/the-boring-store-in-chicago/

posted by visualingual on May 28th 2009 at 8:27am
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The posters are great, and I would love to see the store signage up close.

posted by fabframes on May 28th 2009 at 11:42am
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I own the Find Your Place in Space poster and they are really just gorgeous in person.

posted by valleyval on May 28th 2009 at 2:12pm
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the time travel series looks fantastic. imaginary history > real propaganda :)

posted by TiffanyTurrill on May 28th 2009 at 3:00pm
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@ visualingual
Thanks for the link and all the great pics. I really enjoyed the site.

posted by baileyb on May 28th 2009 at 8:08pm
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