Looks quite hip, actually. Like dark-stained wood floors. Best of luck. We're rooting for you!
Jason On Jun 30, 9:19 am, Liu Yan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > @theliuyanwww.we-need-money-not-art.com/activistwww.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
