Another STABILO Mega-Store - Artist & Display in Milwaukee, WI

Actually, Artist & Display in Milwaukee, WI is the ORIGINAL STABILO mega-store in the US! About a year ago they put up a giant STABILO "Planet 3000" display - a huge STABILO red structure that almost looks like a playground set of some sort, except it houses all kinds of STABILO products.

Owners Jack and Lynn Klein and creative director Nora Hackenberg (Lynn and Nora are pictured above with their staff in custom Point 88 t-shirts in front of the display) have been STABILO lovers and supporters for some time now, and were really excited to be the first store in the United States to have this mega-display. To celebrate the new display, last October they held "STABILOfest" - a month of creative and fun activities revolving around STABILO products. Some of the highlights from the events included the making of STABILO shrinky-dink people, a giant mosaic made out of 843 pieces of paper squares, and even school kids singing a special STABILO song they wrote! Lynn and Nora have even been known to make STABILO jewelery.

Artist & Display even made a video for Youtube chronicling all the STABILOfest activities, which you check out with this link;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYQObncdpCY

A year later, STABILO is still going strong in their store - they offer a ton products like Point 88, Point Visco, Pen 68, CarbOthello, the GREENlighter dry highlighters, the GREENcolors & GREENgraph pencils, Bionic Worker pens, ALL STABILO pencils, Sensor pens, Easy Ergo pencils, Woody pencils, and much more!

For more information on Artist & Display, check out their website;

http://www.artistanddisplay.com/


They always have fun events and activities going on!

The Birth of STABILO Active Shop at Flax San Francisco!

It's alive! And quite active!

The first STABILO Active Shop towers to go up in the US were raised at Flax Art & Design in San Francisco, CA last week!

http://www.flaxart.com/

It was great to see curious customers migrate right over to this bold new display. People were picking out products even before everything was out on the shelf! For pictures of the new display click on the link below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37818132@N06/sets/72157622313631212/

The Active Shop display is literally LOADED with awesome STABILO products like Point 88 fineliners, Pen 68 markers, CarbOthello pencils, Woody 3 in 1 pencils, Sensor pens, GREENlighter dry highlighters, Colorgel pens, and more.

If you happen to be in San Francisco, definitely check out Flax and grab some STABILO while you're there!

Flax San Francisco Becoming a STABILO Mega-store!

OK, well the whole store won't quite be STABILO, but this week Flax Art & Design in San Francisco, CA (http://www.flaxart.com/) will become the first retailer in the United States to have their very own STABILO Active Shop!

This 2-tower display will hold a ton of cool STABILO stuff. Here's a sneak peak at what's gonna be in there:

Point Visco pens
CarbOthello pencils
Write 4 All pens
Sensor pens
Pen 68 markers

Point 88 fineliners

BOSS highlighters

Easy Ergo pencils

ALL STABILO pencils

Woody 3 in 1 pencils

Power markers

GREENlighter - FSC dry highlighters

GREENgraph - FSC graphite pencils

GREENcolors - FSC colored pencils

This is definitely one hearty selection of STABILO.

We'll be setting up the display this week and I'll be updating the blog after it's up and ready to go!

We'll also be celebrating with Flax for this special occasion of being the first in the US to have the STABILO Active Shop by holding a STABILO event later this year. I'll be posting that as well once it's determined.

Kids Gone Wild for STABILO at Flax Kidsfest!

Kids descended upon Flax Art & Design by the HUNDREDS this past Saturday for a day of artistic discovery! Most of them made it to the STABILO table where they grabbed up Point 88 and Pen 68 pens, CarbOthello and Woody pencils and went crazy making artist trading cards on Strathmore ATC papers. It wasn't just the kids who got in on the fun, the parents were right there up in the mix trying different products and indulging their artistic imaginations. Not surprisingly, the big hits of the day were the Point 88 pens and Woody 3 in 1 pencils.

To see all the pictures from Kidsfest, check out the Flickr link below!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37818132@N06/sets/72157621866647000/

STABILO Hearts of Thanks!

Yesterday I was handed a little envelope with a big surprise in it - 10 handmade heart cards decorated with STABILO and carrying words of thanks!

I had met a very nice art materials enthusiast at one of the recent STABILO demos I did, and as we kept in contact, I learned she was a member of several artist groups who focus on different themes. I sent her a little sample package of STABILO products that I thought would be appropriate for the different groups, including Point 88, CarbOthello, and Woody. She took the samples and made cute little gift bags with them to hand out to the group members. It was a very gratifying surprise to receive the thank you hearts back that had been decorated with those same STABILO samples. It was clear that everyone was enjoying trying them and discovering their own new favorite!

Are you a member of an artist group that would like to explore the world of STABILO? Feel free to email me and tell me about your group and what kind of art you do, and I'd be happy to send some appropriate samples for trial (offer is for the US only)!

ebrandsmaven@gmail.com

STABILO is Now on Flickr! Check Out the Pics from the Palace Demo!

It was a beautiful, sunny day in Capitola this weekend. The weather made for a pleasant drive down to Palace Art & Office Supply for the Stabilo demo. The demo started strong with a full table of eager participants waiting to try some cool STABILO products such as Point 88 pens, Pen 68 marker pens, CarbOthello pencils, Woody pencils, and Colorgel pens. The favorites of the day were the CarbOthello and Woody pencils - customers were delighted to learn that both these products are water-soluble. Starting with CarbOthello or Woody pencils, they were able to take their mini-masterpieces to the next level with a brush and water. Everyone made their own unique artist trading card to go in the Palace store album for all to enjoy. In return for making a card for the store album, participants received a free raffle ticket for fabulous STABILO prizes!

To see the pictures from the event, check out the link below. More to come as I continue to post STABILO pictures on Flickr!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37818132@N06/sets/72157617281179379