Opened in October 2023, MOMENT Marketplace was a new storefront concept featuring locally made and locally designed goods from over 75 makers and artists. Powered by the team behind San José Made, MOMENT Marketplace represented a wonderful way to celebrate and support our small business community.

Every three months, MOMENT Marketplace brought a new theme to its storefront, featuring products and one-of-a-kind pieces carefully curated based on that fun new theme.

MOMENT Marketplace was located in the Pop-Up Shop at the Google Visitor Experience, located at Google’s Gradient Canopy office (formerly “Charleston East”) in Mountain View, California.

MOMENT Marketplace opened to the public on Thursday, October 12, 2023, and ended its pop-up on Sunday, August 18, 2024.

MOMENT Marketplace in Media

  • New Google visitor center just the place for Silicon Valley tourists

    MERCURY NEWS

  • Opening its doors to the community, Google unveils new visitor center in Mountain View

    MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE

  • Immerse Yourself in the Google-y Vibes of the Google Visitor Experience

    CNET

  • Opening its doors to the community, Google unveils new visitor center in Mountain View

    PALO ALTO ONLINE

  • Google opens its first visitor experience centre: Cafe, pop-up shop, and more.

    TIMES OF INDIA

Storefront Themes

Rooted Renewal

Rooted Renewal ran from April 26, 2024 to August 18, 2024.

Celebrating Bay Area small businesses that craft goods with sustainable practices, Rooted Renewal housed up-cycled clothing, reusable homewares, refillable self-care essentials, and more! Rooted Renewal celebrated the many ways the creative small business community here in the Bay Area is used their endlessly expansive creativity to rethink handcrafted goods.

Visiting Rooted Renewal was not just about browsing and shopping these meaningfully made goods. It was also about being inspired to think more intentionally about sustainability.

Clay & Craft

Clay & Craft ran from Jan. 19, 2024 to Apr. 22, 2024.

Clay & Craft celebrated the diversity of craftsmanship and the beauty of natural, earthy elements through a curated collection of clay-based art, handmade skincare products, and candles from local makers + creative small businesses.

Recap our theme here!

Tiny Object Marketplace

Tiny Object Marketplace ran from Oct. 12, 2023 to Jan. 14, 2024.

After doing a few Tiny Object Marketplace events, we finally went for it and created a whole physical retail experience celebrating small objects.

Recap our theme here and here!