We had the privilege of having Marc and Sara Schiller, founders of Wooster Collective and MEET at the Apartment, at PSFK Conference NYC sharing the story behind their esteemed street art blog and the pieces that have inspired them over the years. We caught up with them to learn more about how their new space, MEET at the Apartment, was evolving.
Since we first had the opportunity to see MEET last October, how has the space and your vision for it changed?
Our intent was not to just open up just another “meetings venue” in New York City. Our goal was for [...]

I noticed a wave of bedouin or ‘Mobile Working’ in London when I was back there for nearly a month recently. In fact I spent most of my time in London either using the mobile workspace I am now a member of, Hub Pavilion, or attending meetings hosted by others (headhunters, ad industry people, independent consultants etc) in their similar space, most which also have “Hub” in their name somewhere. Hub Pavilion, and founder Stan Stalnaker, hosted a dinner for me and 16 of my guests in the space, which gave me a sense of how these spaces serve social [...]

Web Worker Daily has compiled a lengthy cache of thinking about the increasingly popular practice of coworking. Whether you are looking for information to make the jump into non-office working environments, or want to look for new ideas for your existing setup, their extensive list is sure to inspire.
Web Worker Daily: “Coworking 101: A Brief History”
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(Pictured above is the change you want to see gallery, a Co-working space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Check their space out at http://thechangeyouwanttosee.com/)

Friday, we had the opportunity to tour Brooklyn’s newest “green space”, a seven story office building on Flatbush Avenue in the Downtown area. Stuffed to the gills with beautiful salvaged and reused materials (from industrial kitchens to carnival-ride horses, and everything in between), the building is currently home to creative businesses for whom sustainability is part of their core mission. One floor belongs to a non-profit collaborative comprised primarily of architects and urban planners called MEx, and another to the many tenants of Green Spaces (including coffee distributors, bakeries, sound studios, and video production companies). The most recent floor to [...]

Good Ideas In 2009 : Work Together
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By developing and managing the connection of people and ideas, we can engineer completely new projects, conversations and markets with anyone across the globe. We can share our work and collaborate to create greater value and better returns. Whether crafting projects online, or getting together in a physical space, working in a group has never been easier or more effective.
This is an extract from our latest book Good Ideas in 2009 available on Blurb.com.