<aside> 💛 Last year, we made these assumptions for our space:

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Anything in the below list is:

• In LES, East Vil, Greenpoint, Willliamsburg, DTBK, Gowanus
• Over 5000+ sqft
• Must have outdoor space (rooftop, garden, and/or storefrontage)
• Not more than $40 per sqft per year

<aside> 💛 But maybe by focusing on the best possible version of Index, we made things too hard on ourselves. In order to prove our concept and grow Index as a business, how can we be as resourceful as possible?

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Index IRL MVP

• 6–12 desks
• A big table for meetings, classes, collaborative work
• More than 1 phone zone
• Open space for talks and parties
  • Storage for talk seating when not in use
• Kitchenette
  • Fridge
  • Sink
  • Microwave
  • Kettle / coffeemaker
• Book display
  • Book storage
  • Book shipping station

https://twitter.com/_HHFF/status/1375148514808762368

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Design attributes:

Desk clusters > open plan

Maybe not enclosed with a door / floor-to-ceiling partitions like this example.

Divide up open spaces with translucent dividers for 3–4 desks

Custom and intentional

Build furniture out of simple, warm materials that fit the space we have, rather than buying things that may not fit our space just right.

These are some pictures of my Aunt Lisa’s studio. She and my uncle bought the land where it sits in 1969. They spent the first summer in a tent, before building a room and a fireplace. Since then they have been building every shelf, cabinet, box, divider and organizer in this home specifically to hold the possessions they need to put away. The home is never finished. I think this is a radical approach to…. owning things.

A place for everything; everything in its place

Let’s take a look at everything we want to put in our space, and build simple, logical organization for all these things. No bins for bins’ sake.

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