Liu, That's awesome! Sounds like those in your country are really appreciating the character of old buildings. Given that, I'd say your "wildest pattern design" is a "happy accident" and could well be one of the better things that happened for your space.
Good luck! -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liu Yan" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:19:17 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [Coworking] Re: Crisis management: One day to the opening and the floor is totally messed up. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
