Thanks guys for your great tips and encouragement. I am going to leave the floor as it is because we obviously have no time to repaint the whole thing(except for the meeting room, it is a bit too dark so I decided to paint it completely white). We too, consider this as the gift of god, will proudly keep it as our first group graffiti...LOL...
I got to go to the space for "firefighting" now, will make some final pictures to share with you guys later. Again I want to let you know how much your suggestions and support mean for us! cheers, Yan 2009/6/30 Matthew Wettergreen <[email protected]> > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
