Everything that Tony said is brilliant. Those are all good tips that can be applied to multiple problems (current and future) that your coworking space will experience.
At Caroline Collective we purposefully sealed but didn't stain our concrete floors so that it gives them a raw look which we feel promotes the idea of creativity. There's even a spot on the concrete where the workers tracked a couple tar footsteps through one hallway. Warts and all we love the floor because of the character. One additional point is that the uniqueness of each space doesn't just imbue character but also identity. That identity can be used as a calling card for each space and also as something that people positively identify with and keep coming back for. Good luck, congrats on your opening and please post pictures for us! Matthew -- Matthew Wettergreen, Ph.D Caroline Collective Co-Founder // Co-Director 4820 Caroline st // Houston // TX // 77004 http://carolinecollective.cc Rice University Engineering and Design for Art and Artifact Conservation (EDAAC) Program Director http://edaac.rice.edu e: [email protected] w: http://matthewwettergreen.com c: 713.825.4613 t: @organprinter On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected]>wrote: > Liu, > > Crisis team assemble! > > Three ideas: > > 1. The description actuallysounds kind of artsy and cool, is it purely > ulgly or just unprofessional? I hated the concrete floors in my space until > I properly realized how much character it gave. > > 2. Call on volunteers to help you do a low-budget, last minute floor > painting job and/or bring rugs. Thus can be a great community-building > exercise anyway. > > 3. Maybe even tie it in with the opening. Bring a clean rug, work that day > for free! > > These are the sort of opportunities that can be turned to your advantage if > you reshape the problem into an opportunity for the community to come > together and help. > > Keep us posted and let us know how it goes! > > Best, > Tony > > > On Jun 29, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Liu Yan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tomorrow is our big day and the floor guy called yesterday morning and told > us this bad news: the color of our new cement floor is completely messed up. > It looks like a child smear the mud all over his face, the wildest pattern > design you could ever imagine! > > It is possible to use this space, I figured, because I remember Dave Troy > once told me here " don't impress your coworkers with your hardware", but we > don't want to scare our coworkers off with our hardware, either! Anybody > help me with some tips how to manage these? > > Big thanks! > > Liu Yan > > -- > Liu Yan刘妍 > (+86) 135 2429 5509 > Xindanwei Coworking Playce > Xindanwei Coworking China Network > @theliuyan > @xindanwei > <http://xindanwei.com>http://xindanwei.com > > > > > > -- Matthew Wettergreen, Ph.D Caroline Collective Co-Founder // Co-Director 4820 Caroline st // Houston // TX // 77004 http://carolinecollective.cc Rice University Engineering and Design for Art and Artifact Conservation (EDAAC) Program Director http://edaac.rice.edu e: [email protected] w: http://matthewwettergreen.com c: 713.825.4613 t: @organ_printer --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
