Mike, There are simply just so many abandoned factory in the downtown area, the regeneration to the old industrial grey area is the trend all around the world. Artists and creative people love old buildings because of their unique identities, high ceiling, cheap rent and the stories hidden in the cement. lol
I have just uploaded the photos of Xindanwei Coworking Playce to our website: http://xindanwei.com. Please check them out if you are interested: greetings, Liu Yan 2009/6/30 Mike Schinkel <[email protected]> > Liu: > > That's the culture in China like today? In the 1950's in the USA everyone > wanted shiny and new(-looking) because they were emerging from the > depression. Today in the US we want weathered and old(-looking, even if new) > because we've had some many mass-produced new items we want to get back to > the perceived-quality or something with longevity and character. Do Chinese > people value the "loft look" (an example: > http://www.carolinarealtyguide.com/images/lofts9.jpg) or do they prefer > for things to be new and spotless? > > (BTW, there's no judgment here; everyone's current culture is their own and > it goes in cycles typically differenting from what they had in the somewhat > recent past.) > > -Mike Schinkel > Organizer; Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs > http://atlantawebentrepreneurs.org > http://twitter.com/mikeschinkel > http://twitter.com/atlantaweb > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Liu Yan" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:26:32 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [Coworking] Crisis management: One day to the opening and the > floor is totally messed up. > > 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 > > > > > > -- Liu Yan刘妍 (+86) 135 2429 5509 @theliuyan www.we-need-money-not-art.com/activist www.xindanwei.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
