We couldn’t stay away! On 21st May 2015, We Built This City returns for its second pop-up store, back to Carnaby Street to bring tourists and Londoners alike the very best in artist designed prints and gifts. We’ve expanded the roster of brilliant artists and designers to over 250 – so you can be guaranteed to… Read More
Take a look at this short film which explains the big idea behind We Built This City: Introducing… We Built This City from We Built This City on Vimeo.… Read More
We Built This City on Carnaby Street was our first pop-up shop, and given we had over 3,000 square feet to fill we needed quite a team to help make it! Back in mid November 2014 we got the green light and then some 5 days, 600 bricks, countless pigeons and a lot of late… Read More
Check out our launch night video, featuring interviews with Alice, our Founder, some of artist/design partners, all shot by our good friends at ThisIsFeed.com. We Built This City – launch video from We Built This City on Vimeo.… Read More
“Souvenirs don’t have to be touristy tat – this Carnaby pop-up is looking to turn round their bad rep.” Well, London’s veteran listings magazine TimeOut has clearly paid us a visit… 😉 Find out what they made of the shop here: http://www.timeout.com/…… Read More
We had a lovely little write-up in this fetchingly detailed blog post from the dadyougeek site, mentioning that we’re “packed of quirky and cool souvenirs, not a tacky souvenir shop but full of some really nice items by independent creatives!” He seems to have understood what we’re up to perfectly! You can read the whole… Read More
After much toiling, hundreds of bricks, far too many plastic pigeons, blood, sweat and tears… We Built This City opened its doors for the first time on the evening of the 20th November 2014. To celebrate we threw a little party for our guests, partners, suppliers, and friends…… Read More