I'd strongly recommend *against* IdeaPaint - unless you're actively erasing it shortly after using, it'll "ghost" forever unless you paint over it again. The stuff is miserable (I really wish it wasn't). Anything that requires lots of upkeep is going to make a large wall turn into a ton of work.
Art itself won't make the space inviting <http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2013/05/more-friendly/>. People doing stuff in there together, does. Some awesome folks visited us from Boston last week and shared some of their favorite ideas <http://newbedfordcoworking.com/coworking-field-trip-ideas-and-inspiration-from-indy-hall/>, including one that doesn't require people in your community to be artistic for them to contribute, AND it's easy to change/evolve/take down over time: We have an #overheardatindyhall channel in slack where people post funny, quirky "out of context" lines from conversations. The only rule is *no attribution allowed. * Periodically, we graduate them from the channel into this real world wall. Like Sarah says in the post <http://newbedfordcoworking.com/coworking-field-trip-ideas-and-inspiration-from-indy-hall/>, *"This wall of post-it notes made the more colorful interactions among members visible, and a served as a primer on the space’s culture for newcomers and visitors like us."* Said another way, try adjusting the goal from "make it look interesting" towards "make it something that people can contribute to." As per usual in our playbook <http://www.theindyhallway.com/ten/>, this idea came from the community. The best ideas always do, but not just because they're good ideas but because people already want to contribute to them (vs trying to convince them). So I'd turn to your community and say "what can we do together to make this wall show who we are, both to new people and to remind ourselves?" And when you do - post progress photos here so we can see :) -Alex ------------------ *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Angel Kwiatkowski <[email protected]> wrote: > Put the coffee pot in that room ;) > > > On Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 2:53:37 PM UTC-7, Tyler Byrd wrote: >> >> Hey All, I'd love some brainstorming assistance. >> >> We just added a large room to our existing space. The room has a huge >> wall. It's about 12 ft tall by 40 ft long. The room itself does not have a >> lot of windows. I'm looking for creative ideas, to utilize the wall and >> create something cool. Something that will make the space a desirable area >> for people to hang out in. What would you do with the space? >> >> Any and all suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks! >> > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
