How would you go about designing a coworking space? With so many ideas out there, Mr. Sombat Ngamschlermsak , an interior designer from Bangkok has decided to shed some light into the design aspects of coworking, with the insights he gathered through his journey from a corporate world to a startup business. Mr. Sombat operates two spaces in Bangkok, Paperspace, and KliqueDesk. He has been working in work-class design for the last seventeen years; his career started in a company…
Conference
GCUC USA 2017 Session: Planning For Explosive Growth
Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC) is the largest coworking conference series in the world. GCUC USA 2017, held in New York City from May 5-7, lived up to its promise of “a worldwide explosion of coworking awesomeness” through exploring locations, design, branding and more. One of the sessions held on Day 1 of the conference, Planning For Explosive Growth, brought together a panel of coworking experts, moderated by Laura Kozelouzek. Laura is the CEO and Founder of Quest Workspaces.…
GCUC USA 2017: Reinventing The Workplace For The 21st Century
On Day 1 of Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC), a session was held by Chris Garvin Of Terrapin Bright Green. Chris discussed the problems faced by typical offices and how wellness, sustainability and people-centric approach can stop them. Chris explained how the idea of modern day coworking has sprung up from old age coffeehouses and pubs. Today the story of coworking has been a largely phenomenon. It’s been a story about breaking work free from the boxes that we have…
CUAsia Thailand 2017 – Coworking Academy
Steve Monroe, the host of coworking academy, welcomed everyone to the CUAsia (Coworking Unconference Asia) 2017 with an introduction to its origin. He co-owns and operates a coworking space in Bali, called Hubud; they launched the first CUAsia in 2014, and its purpose was to act as a meetup place for other Indonesian coworking spaces. The number of attendees at CUAsia continued to increase exponentially over the following years, and it began to attract members outside of Bali, such as…
CUAsia Thailand 2017: Real estate tricks
Arun Patro from 91Springboard talked about the do’s and don'ts of signing lease agreements for coworking spaces in CUAsia 2017. Real estate is an integral part of coworking, and Arun was kind enough to share some tips on how to set up a coworking hub efficiently. Those who endeavor to develop a coworking space, usually start off with leasing the space. You don’t want to sink in too much money before you get your coworking space up and running. To…