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Russia is the biggest country in the world, populating one-eighth of the Earth’s landmass, spans across nine time zones, bridging Scandinavia and Asia. Over in the west, Russia’s two largest cities take hold. Deskmag takes a peek inside the coworking spaces of St. Petersburg and Moscow to find a thriving scene in both cities.
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Intimate, vast, directly next to the train station and located in the design district, which is fashion oriented, specialized in start-up digital marketing, music and graphic arts, is where you will find the best of Milan's co-working spaces. In our quest to portray the diversity and richness of the coworking movement, Deskmag visited five extremely different spaces in order to give you a taste of an Italian coworking appetizer (or in Milanese, an aperitivo).
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Admit it: Coworking can get boring sometimes – that is, unless, you are getting creative with you coworking. Far from traditional coworking, some of the creative coworking spaces in Berlin offer perks that are off the charts – free exhibition space, clown workshops, jungle rooms, office mascots and retro mini-blinds.Deskmag takes a tour inside a few creative coworking spaces the city has to offer.
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Hamburg is the second biggest city in Germany, next to Berlin. The city could be considered Berlin’s prettier and richer little sister, and since it is smaller, it could also be seen as limited in the coworking world. But even though the coworking space density does not compare with Berlin, coworkers and freelancers still have many options. Deskmag went out to have a closer look at the coworking spaces in the hanseatic city.
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Before last year, coworking was largely unknown in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In fact, the city is still in the process of learning about the advantages of the coworking movement. In late summer 2012, a number of coworking spaces popped up, more or less simultaneously, in different parts of the city. The different space try to work alongside one another in order to cultivate coworking culture.
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In a modernized city like Seoul, where traditional values are still the cornerstone of the society, the coworking movement that has seen a rising popularity in Asian economies like Singapore and Hong Kong, is taking a slower growth in the Korean capital. However, for eager hearts that want to make it work, looking for more and better possibilities to build a collaborative community is the key.
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It has been a while since our last update on coworking spaces in London, so we thought it was time for a series of spotlights on the different boroughs that make the city one of the most vibrant and diverse coworking industries in Europe. We will kick it off by checking out the ever-busy creative confines of Hoxton, London.
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Maneuvering the vast urban sprawl of downtown Los Angeles can be a challenge for anyone, vever mind the progressive freelancer in search of a make-shift work station in one of the most spread out cities in the world. Due to the art and movie industry, it also makes L.A an epicenter for creatives and freelancers alike, perfect for a recent transplant in search of a coworking space nearby, preferably with character? Take a skim of the hotspots below, but be sure to google map wisely, as each may not all be traffic-worthy feats depending on locale.
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Freelancing can be lonely in Hong Kong, but with more coworking spaces blossoming and an increasing number of Hong Kongers embracing the concept eagerly, this isolation is slowly finding a release into something expansive and enterprising.
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An increasing amount of artists and startups are flocking to Berlin by the day. It seems that every hour that goes by a new set of creative minds is arriving, wide-eyed and hopeful to get a piece of the start-up cake. Yet, this creative renaissance is accompanied by a feeling of disconnect in the working world. Fears in regards to the wide spread gentrification around the city have got some people on edge. Neukölln is a neighborhood, which is experiencing a lot of great changes.
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Last week Deskmag published an article about coworking in Dumbo Brooklyn. This week we are going to focus on some of the other celebrated neighborhoods found in the area, which are also (surprise surprise) full of awesome coworking spaces.
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Boston is an innovative network of entrepreneurs who are eager to collaborate. Overwhelmingly, the founders behind these spaces started them out of personal necessity. These forward thinking entrepreneurs needed a workspace and craved the camaraderie they missed from their previous lives in the corporate world. Their spaces have evolved into a powerful coworking ecosystem. Learn how they’re working to bring Boston and Cambridge to the forefront of the mobile work shift.
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Amidst Europe’s dark economic woes there has been more than a ray of light emanating from some of their tech industries. London has held its position as the reigning start up heavyweight champion of Europe but a plucky contender in the shape of Berlin has emerged with aspirations on the title. Sav D’Souza, a Londoner, who has lived in Berlin the last year muses on the merits of both cities as creative hubs searching for the next Google or Facebook.
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In the late 70’s, Dumbo was given its name in the hopes of deterring developers. As prices skyrocketed in Manhattan, artists and families crossed the river to start a life in Brooklyn. Dumbo is now overflowing with creative talent and tech startups. Many of these up and coming small businesses, startups and artists choose to join a coworking space. Deskmag had the chance to visit Studiomates over the holidays, and also wanted to highlight some of the many coworking opportunities to be found down under the Manhattan Bridge.
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Technology has enabled better access to resources and the vast talent pool around the world. In the tiny island of Singapore, a need for creativity, flexibility and mobility has given birth to its steadily increasing number of coworking spaces – where new ventures and collaborations stir up a storm.
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Many Polish employees have experienced the western style of work and have become accustomed to western scale income, which has in turn led to different styles of career mapping. The first change relates to employees who are now building their futures within global business organizations. The second difference relates to those who choose to seek prosperity on their own: freelancers & entrepreneurs.
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To the millions of tourists who make their way to Las Vegas annually, the city is unexpected, a gilded playground and adult oasis rising out of the one of the hottest deserts on earth. Not many imagine that the people who live here have lives outside of the gaming industry or that there is a developed tech scene and still fewer know that Las Vegas is a turning into a hotbed for coworking activity.
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Coworking spaces in small towns are much younger than in big cities, but they are built in a shorter time. The tendency is that the smaller the town, the smaller the space, so it is not surprising that most coworkers in these spaces often know all the names of the other members. In our penultimate part of the Global Coworking Survey, we present the differences between coworking spaces in towns and cities.
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Move over coffee shops! The Viennese have found a better place to work, connect and stay warm: It started around ten years ago when the first flexible and community oriented shared workspaces started to pop up; a precursor to the coworking spaces that dot the city today. We attended the birthday bash of the "Mother of all Viennese Coworking Spaces" and a big handful of other coworking spaces in the majestic capital..
