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The first prototype of a creative space

At the bank where he works, Jonny finds meeting rooms galore, but
only very few of them have the necessary flexibility to foster creativi-
ty. He has brought up the need for such a space several times already.
In the end, he succeeded in convincing his boss, while having lunch
together, to venture the experiment of a creative space. The room
he gets for it is not optimal, but the old coding machines that were
stored there had to be disposed of sooner or later anyway.

How should the room look? What furniture do we need?

Start with emptying the room, because less is more in this case. Only
in an empty space can something new evolve. We consider how many
people are to be creative in it and put in one or two additional chairs,
stackable ones if possible. Flexible and stackable material is better
suited than inflexible and rigid stuff, because stackable furniture
allows you to create even more space if the situation calls for it.
The design of the space must take into account whether the creative
space must accommodate a project team of 4 to 12 members working
on a project for weeks or months, or 8 to 25 participants who sit over
a topic only one or two days.

For feedback providers, the space can be furnished with additional
stools or textile cubes. The textile cubes can also be used as seat
stacks and staged beautifully. Feedback sessions last only a couple
hours, not days, so simple seating accommodations are quite
reasonable.

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