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Nau finally relaunched it’s new site today. They’ve worked hard to refine the UI of their new ecommerce site in a way that weaves numerous ‘lifestyle’ features of their brand throughout product. Read Entire Post…

While researching sail designs for an identity project today, I stumbled upon a new design for capturing wind power. I’ve seen the wind turbines, tidal buoys, pv cells, geothermal piping, and many other ways to harness natural energy, but this concept looks as though it was devised in Middle Earth.

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Today I came across another collective that is very similar to The GC, but it is located in London. There M.O. is nearly dead on with ours but it’s emphasis is on design technology experimentation. We’re bringing businesses in to The Collective with the clear expectation that they have no formal commitment to working with the other entities in our space, but it’s exciting to consider the potential for collaborative opportunities when working with like-minded creative people. Already, people have been scheming up ways to work together.

In the London Collective’s own words:

“SomethingLabs is a hothouse for creatives that use technology as part of their practice. Within this shared studio space are like minded people, each working on their own and sometimes swap skills on collaborative projects. We aim to build the space into a community, rather than simple desk rental, and plan to run a series of workshops and a group exhibition.

It would be a great learning opportunity to get in touch with other successful creative work spaces in the world. I look forward to discovering more of them.

I’m finding the idea of sharing a workspace with individual business owners or freelancers is nothing new. In the past few months I’ve been seeking out ideas regarding the feasibility making The Greenwood Collective work. While I had an idea it was a creative environment worth striving for, I had no idea how popular it has become with today’s mobile workforce. Aside from being an attractive way to work, the concept of sharing workspace has caught on with the likes of many successful business owners. The examples I’ve been pointed to are geared more towards giving people a temporary space than what can be expected of TGC, but they are worth researching to gain ideas on how to structure tenant agreements or memberships.

Here’s a Businees Week article that showcases many groups that have accomplished a similar concept. Link courtesty of Lee Lefever.

Do you know of any other successful collectives / workspaces?