[Coworking] Re: central work tables vs desks?
We don't have cubicles. We have a few shared office space and open office spaces. Some people like to work at large tables that are shared and can be moved and some work on individual tables. All of our furniture is on casters which makes it very easy to move and be arranged to suit everyone's need. We also have a few lounge chairs with tablets attached for laptops which people love to work at. The variety seems to suit every type of workers need. I do find that some people always work at 1 person spaces while others vary between the large shared areas and the individual areas depending on their mood. Good luck. -Felicity CubesCrayons www.cubesandcrayons.com On Jan 19, 12:48 pm, Dusty dustyrea...@gmail.com wrote: Even, We have a house too, just shy of 1600sq/ft. We have 2 rooms that are joined by double doors. It was our intention to get several small desks that could be rearranged and pushed around in those two rooms. However, due to monetary constraints, we started with 2 9ft long and 2 6ft long folding tables pushed to the center of each room, and for us this setup has been great! I like the big central work area primarily because it promotes collaboration, but I also think it allows us to seat more people. For example, it might be awkward to approach someone alone at a smallish desk to grab some laptop space, but people don't seem to have a problem bellying up to a large table. I guess my theory is that socially, many small desks equals (1 desk : 1 person), but socially a large table equal (1 desk : 1 - ? persons). Here's a picture of those 2 joined rooms:http://flickr.com/photos/thepxlpshr/2724386824/in/pool-conjunctured. We also have a couch room:http://flickr.com/photos/dustyreagan/2758435573/ A heads down room:http://flickr.com/photos/dustyreagan/2850916279/in/pool-conjunctured And a conference room (old pic):http://flickr.com/photos/dustyreagan/2700822363/in/set-72157606597867... Dustyhttp://Conjunctured.com On Jan 19, 1:00 pm, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com wrote: We have both fixed cubicles and a central worktable. See here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/blankspaces/2803672025/in/set-7215760619.. J __ BLANKSPACES work wide open www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: Yes, we have two blocks of four desks pushed up against each other, with a mix of FT and dropins at each. We also have two tables off to the side, which is proving nice for folks who want to be social but still want to maintain some privacy. Then we have a long dinner table for six, which is great for events, lunch, and groups. One startup (Tripfilms.com) takes over the table twice a week and has their whole team there working together. Diversity is definitely useful, but flexibility is paramount. Most important, as always, is to be offering what your members want... which, over the course of time, will change. Tony New Work City On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: Depending on the desks you get, they can be pushed togehter like a large table. That way, depending on the needs of the group, you can get both effects. Our most recent configuration pushes together clusters of 3-4 desks with a mix of full time spots + drop-ins, encouraging mix and collaboration. Our members have been really enjoying it. CitizenSpace's dropin area is the same sort of thing, with a number of desks making up a large shared work table. New Work City has a table that fits 4-5 people at it too, right Tony? -Alex -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com local:www.indyhall.org On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:34 PM, evan anarchog...@gmail.com wrote: So we've been in our space for 2 weeks now and we started out just getting a big folding table while we figure out furniture. We've been trying to figure how how many desks we can fit in our relatively small rooms. Unlikely many coworking spaces, we've got a house we're using, so some of the rooms are smallish bedrooms. The total space is 2500 sq ft. My question is this, have people tried / used central tables which are shared by 3 to 6 people for coworking? We're thinking that upstairs we'd put maybe central tables, on the main floor desks, and in the basement which is more of a hang out space and where the meeting room is, for couches. Has anybody tried this? Does it work well? What problems might we run in to? thanks, evan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send
[Coworking] Re: central work tables vs desks?
I think variety is key - we have both individual, divided workstations as well as bigger common tables (more of those in the new space). People have different preferences, so if you can possibly accomodate both, people will appreciate the choice. Good luck! Sasha On Jan 21, 12:18 pm, felicity at cubes felicity.chap...@gmail.com wrote: We don't have cubicles. We have a few shared office space and open office spaces. Some people like to work at large tables that are shared and can be moved and some work on individual tables. All of our furniture is on casters which makes it very easy to move and be arranged to suit everyone's need. We also have a few lounge chairs with tablets attached for laptops which people love to work at. The variety seems to suit every type of workers need. I do find that some people always work at 1 person spaces while others vary between the large shared areas and the individual areas depending on their mood. Good luck. -Felicity CubesCrayonswww.cubesandcrayons.com On Jan 19, 12:48 pm, Dusty dustyrea...@gmail.com wrote: Even, We have a house too, just shy of 1600sq/ft. We have 2 rooms that are joined by double doors. It was our intention to get several small desks that could be rearranged and pushed around in those two rooms. However, due to monetary constraints, we started with 2 9ft long and 2 6ft long folding tables pushed to the center of each room, and for us this setup has been great! I like the big central work area primarily because it promotes collaboration, but I also think it allows us to seat more people. For example, it might be awkward to approach someone alone at a smallish desk to grab some laptop space, but people don't seem to have a problem bellying up to a large table. I guess my theory is that socially, many small desks equals (1 desk : 1 person), but socially a large table equal (1 desk : 1 - ? persons). Here's a picture of those 2 joined rooms:http://flickr.com/photos/thepxlpshr/2724386824/in/pool-conjunctured. We also have a couch room:http://flickr.com/photos/dustyreagan/2758435573/ A heads down room:http://flickr.com/photos/dustyreagan/2850916279/in/pool-conjunctured And a conference room (old pic):http://flickr.com/photos/dustyreagan/2700822363/in/set-72157606597867... Dustyhttp://Conjunctured.com On Jan 19, 1:00 pm, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com wrote: We have both fixed cubicles and a central worktable. See here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/blankspaces/2803672025/in/set-7215760619.. J __ BLANKSPACES work wide open www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: Yes, we have two blocks of four desks pushed up against each other, with a mix of FT and dropins at each. We also have two tables off to the side, which is proving nice for folks who want to be social but still want to maintain some privacy. Then we have a long dinner table for six, which is great for events, lunch, and groups. One startup (Tripfilms.com) takes over the table twice a week and has their whole team there working together. Diversity is definitely useful, but flexibility is paramount. Most important, as always, is to be offering what your members want... which, over the course of time, will change. Tony New Work City On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: Depending on the desks you get, they can be pushed togehter like a large table. That way, depending on the needs of the group, you can get both effects. Our most recent configuration pushes together clusters of 3-4 desks with a mix of full time spots + drop-ins, encouraging mix and collaboration. Our members have been really enjoying it. CitizenSpace's dropin area is the same sort of thing, with a number of desks making up a large shared work table. New Work City has a table that fits 4-5 people at it too, right Tony? -Alex -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com local:www.indyhall.org On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:34 PM, evan anarchog...@gmail.com wrote: So we've been in our space for 2 weeks now and we started out just getting a big folding table while we figure out furniture. We've been trying to figure how how many desks we can fit in our relatively small rooms. Unlikely many coworking spaces, we've got a house we're using, so some of the rooms are smallish bedrooms. The total space is 2500 sq ft. My question is this, have people tried / used central tables which are shared by 3 to 6 people for coworking? We're thinking that upstairs we'd
[Coworking] Re: central work tables vs desks?
Depending on the desks you get, they can be pushed togehter like a large table. That way, depending on the needs of the group, you can get both effects. Our most recent configuration pushes together clusters of 3-4 desks with a mix of full time spots + drop-ins, encouraging mix and collaboration. Our members have been really enjoying it. CitizenSpace's dropin area is the same sort of thing, with a number of desks making up a large shared work table. New Work City has a table that fits 4-5 people at it too, right Tony? -Alex -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:34 PM, evan anarchog...@gmail.com wrote: So we've been in our space for 2 weeks now and we started out just getting a big folding table while we figure out furniture. We've been trying to figure how how many desks we can fit in our relatively small rooms. Unlikely many coworking spaces, we've got a house we're using, so some of the rooms are smallish bedrooms. The total space is 2500 sq ft. My question is this, have people tried / used central tables which are shared by 3 to 6 people for coworking? We're thinking that upstairs we'd put maybe central tables, on the main floor desks, and in the basement which is more of a hang out space and where the meeting room is, for couches. Has anybody tried this? Does it work well? What problems might we run in to? thanks, evan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: central work tables vs desks?
Yes, we have two blocks of four desks pushed up against each other, with a mix of FT and dropins at each. We also have two tables off to the side, which is proving nice for folks who want to be social but still want to maintain some privacy. Then we have a long dinner table for six, which is great for events, lunch, and groups. One startup (Tripfilms.com) takes over the table twice a week and has their whole team there working together. Diversity is definitely useful, but flexibility is paramount. Most important, as always, is to be offering what your members want... which, over the course of time, will change. Tony New Work City On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.comwrote: Depending on the desks you get, they can be pushed togehter like a large table. That way, depending on the needs of the group, you can get both effects. Our most recent configuration pushes together clusters of 3-4 desks with a mix of full time spots + drop-ins, encouraging mix and collaboration. Our members have been really enjoying it. CitizenSpace's dropin area is the same sort of thing, with a number of desks making up a large shared work table. New Work City has a table that fits 4-5 people at it too, right Tony? -Alex -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:34 PM, evan anarchog...@gmail.com wrote: So we've been in our space for 2 weeks now and we started out just getting a big folding table while we figure out furniture. We've been trying to figure how how many desks we can fit in our relatively small rooms. Unlikely many coworking spaces, we've got a house we're using, so some of the rooms are smallish bedrooms. The total space is 2500 sq ft. My question is this, have people tried / used central tables which are shared by 3 to 6 people for coworking? We're thinking that upstairs we'd put maybe central tables, on the main floor desks, and in the basement which is more of a hang out space and where the meeting room is, for couches. Has anybody tried this? Does it work well? What problems might we run in to? thanks, evan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: central work tables vs desks?
We have both fixed cubicles and a central worktable. See here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blankspaces/2803672025/in/set-72157606194678109/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/blankspaces/2804517438/in/set-72157606194678109/ J __ BLANKSPACES work wide open www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: Yes, we have two blocks of four desks pushed up against each other, with a mix of FT and dropins at each. We also have two tables off to the side, which is proving nice for folks who want to be social but still want to maintain some privacy. Then we have a long dinner table for six, which is great for events, lunch, and groups. One startup (Tripfilms.com) takes over the table twice a week and has their whole team there working together. Diversity is definitely useful, but flexibility is paramount. Most important, as always, is to be offering what your members want... which, over the course of time, will change. Tony New Work City On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: Depending on the desks you get, they can be pushed togehter like a large table. That way, depending on the needs of the group, you can get both effects. Our most recent configuration pushes together clusters of 3-4 desks with a mix of full time spots + drop-ins, encouraging mix and collaboration. Our members have been really enjoying it. CitizenSpace's dropin area is the same sort of thing, with a number of desks making up a large shared work table. New Work City has a table that fits 4-5 people at it too, right Tony? -Alex -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:34 PM, evan anarchog...@gmail.com wrote: So we've been in our space for 2 weeks now and we started out just getting a big folding table while we figure out furniture. We've been trying to figure how how many desks we can fit in our relatively small rooms. Unlikely many coworking spaces, we've got a house we're using, so some of the rooms are smallish bedrooms. The total space is 2500 sq ft. My question is this, have people tried / used central tables which are shared by 3 to 6 people for coworking? We're thinking that upstairs we'd put maybe central tables, on the main floor desks, and in the basement which is more of a hang out space and where the meeting room is, for couches. Has anybody tried this? Does it work well? What problems might we run in to? thanks, evan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: central work tables vs desks?
Even, We have a house too, just shy of 1600sq/ft. We have 2 rooms that are joined by double doors. It was our intention to get several small desks that could be rearranged and pushed around in those two rooms. However, due to monetary constraints, we started with 2 9ft long and 2 6ft long folding tables pushed to the center of each room, and for us this setup has been great! I like the big central work area primarily because it promotes collaboration, but I also think it allows us to seat more people. For example, it might be awkward to approach someone alone at a smallish desk to grab some laptop space, but people don't seem to have a problem bellying up to a large table. I guess my theory is that socially, many small desks equals (1 desk : 1 person), but socially a large table equal (1 desk : 1 - ? persons). Here's a picture of those 2 joined rooms: http://flickr.com/photos/thepxlpshr/2724386824/in/pool-conjunctured. We also have a couch room: http://flickr.com/photos/dustyreagan/2758435573/ A heads down room: http://flickr.com/photos/dustyreagan/2850916279/in/pool-conjunctured And a conference room (old pic): http://flickr.com/photos/dustyreagan/2700822363/in/set-72157606597867234/ Dusty http://Conjunctured.com On Jan 19, 1:00 pm, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com wrote: We have both fixed cubicles and a central worktable. See here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/blankspaces/2803672025/in/set-7215760619...http://www.flickr.com/photos/blankspaces/2804517438/in/set-7215760619... J __ BLANKSPACES work wide open www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: Yes, we have two blocks of four desks pushed up against each other, with a mix of FT and dropins at each. We also have two tables off to the side, which is proving nice for folks who want to be social but still want to maintain some privacy. Then we have a long dinner table for six, which is great for events, lunch, and groups. One startup (Tripfilms.com) takes over the table twice a week and has their whole team there working together. Diversity is definitely useful, but flexibility is paramount. Most important, as always, is to be offering what your members want... which, over the course of time, will change. Tony New Work City On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: Depending on the desks you get, they can be pushed togehter like a large table. That way, depending on the needs of the group, you can get both effects. Our most recent configuration pushes together clusters of 3-4 desks with a mix of full time spots + drop-ins, encouraging mix and collaboration. Our members have been really enjoying it. CitizenSpace's dropin area is the same sort of thing, with a number of desks making up a large shared work table. New Work City has a table that fits 4-5 people at it too, right Tony? -Alex -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com local:www.indyhall.org On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:34 PM, evan anarchog...@gmail.com wrote: So we've been in our space for 2 weeks now and we started out just getting a big folding table while we figure out furniture. We've been trying to figure how how many desks we can fit in our relatively small rooms. Unlikely many coworking spaces, we've got a house we're using, so some of the rooms are smallish bedrooms. The total space is 2500 sq ft. My question is this, have people tried / used central tables which are shared by 3 to 6 people for coworking? We're thinking that upstairs we'd put maybe central tables, on the main floor desks, and in the basement which is more of a hang out space and where the meeting room is, for couches. Has anybody tried this? Does it work well? What problems might we run in to? thanks, evan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
