Creative Workspaces
Being a designer, we all know that our surroundings affect our creativity quite a bit. The smallest things can stimulate creativity, whether that be a poster on the wall, the texture of a piece of paper, or the design of a piece of furniture. All of these things matter when creating your own workspace.
I recently came across This Ain’t No Disco, which is a very inspiring website. It showcases the workplaces of agencies around the globe. There are some extremely creative workplaces, and I think that has a large influence on the work that some of the agencies put out. A few of my favorites are MPM, Grin Creative, Karmarama, and Clearleft.
When thinking about my own designed workplace in the future, two things are of importance to me. One is the actual desk that I’m working at. This needs to be a very comfortable workspace for me. Second would have to be a lounge area. Sometimes my thought process runs dry sitting at a desk, and a creative lounge area has proven to do the trick quite a bit.
How important do you think creative workspaces? And, what do you think is essential in your own workspace?
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Wow those are awesome workspaces. I often day-dream about how I’d design a workspace. I’m torn between having it in my own house, space in a building.. that’s a big deciding factor.
Devin, I actually sketched out what I want my own office space to be like in the very last page of my notebook…..as motivation.
I think I’d rather have space in a building, it would be nice to get out of my house sometimes to do work.
I actually did that in a book once, too. Now all I need are skills, something to do/sell, and money.