by yvandeuren | Dec 31, 2016 | Impact, Real Estate
2016 has earned the title of being a difficult year. Luckily, 2016 wasn’t all bad, especially when it comes to coworking. As the movement matures, we see the the annual growth rate slowing down, which is a sign of the industry now focusing on fine tuning and...
by Amanda Gray | Dec 29, 2016 | Business Operations, Coworking, Creativity, Design, Hospitality
The architecture firm is behind one the more unique coworking space networks in the United States, Arrowstreet, Brooklyn Boulders (BKB), has created a productive environment amongst the climbing walls. Utilizing reuse designs, like a converted warehouse in...
by yvandeuren | Dec 29, 2016 | Coworking, Impact
Earlier this year, the Harlem Garage, one of New York City’s vibrant coworking spaces sadly closed its doors. The Harlem Garage was seen as a beacon of creativity in the Harlem community has left an empty space in its wake, but also room for new opportunities. Things...
by Amanda Gray | Dec 26, 2016 | Business, Creativity, Data, Design, Digital freelancers
As human-centric workspaces are rise, so are workplace management tools. Nexudus Spaces co-founder, Carlos Almansa has recognized the need for optimizing everyday tasks in the workplace. Technology as a compliment, not a replacement Some might be sceptical of...
by yvandeuren | Dec 22, 2016 | Coworking, Impact
Three years ago, Melissa Mesku had a nascent business and was working from home. Fascinated by the concept of coworking, after her experience living in shared housing cooperatives in the Bay Area, one of which she started herself, Melissa wondered if the alternative...
by yvandeuren | Dec 19, 2016 | Creativity, Impact
Edspace was started by four cofounding directors, who all worked in education in some way, but felt that changes needed to be made. The Edspace Team were inspired by the coworking movement, realizing that that could not only benefit from working in a sector specific...
by yvandeuren | Dec 8, 2016 | Business, Digital freelancers
In 2011, Julianne Becker answered an ad for a job at Deskwanted/Deskmag. The position was for someone to research, write articles, and manage social media, regarding all things coworking. This was Julianne’s first encounter with coworking, and she’s been involved ever...
by yvandeuren | Dec 7, 2016 | Coworking Europe
Coworking Europe Conference 2016 took place in Brussels. Check out the storify:
by Jean-Yves Huwart | Dec 2, 2016 | Data
The Deskmag Global Coworking Survey 2017 is out. The first results where presented at Coworking Europe 2016 (Brussels, Nov 28-30). Download the worldwide data and statistics here below. As of today, there is close to 1 million coworkers worldwide. [sdfile...