Creative spaces

In her love letter to creative spaces, Britt appreciates “anywhere that is welcoming to the big table full of slightly chaotic artists who might make a mess of their carpet from time to time.” Reading through the article brought to mind memories of a table in my school that felt like a creative home for so long.One of my “techie” teachers – the informal term we used at school to refer to technical design, woodworking, and metalworking – used to open their classroom at lunch times for people to drop in. I didn’t take technical design as a senior, but I was nevertheless welcomed into the room. In the heart of the room was a big table, what the teacher coined the “collaboration station.” The outside of the room was surrounded by computers which were used for CAD work.I was there when the collaboration station was being designed. I don’t remember much, but the essence was that the room should have a big table where everyone can come around to collaborate; a retreat away from the isolating…