CUBER, Bukola Dagiloke is the founder and CEO of IFE Projects, which is a company that helps young people break into the fashion industry. Their latest project is are below….IFE Projects are now running Independent Fashion Entrepreneur Training and Innovative Fashion Enterprise Development courses, for more detail follow this link :http://www.theifeelexperience.com/ifespotlight.php?action=fullnews&id=64 Please get in contact if you would like to find out more information.We also have opportunities for fashion creatives to get involved in workshops and other paid projects on a freelance basis and we have some intern roles available in 2012. More information about these opportunities can be found here: http://www.theifeelexperience.com/joinus.htmlAbout THECUBE
THECUBE is a coworking space that houses diverse entrepreneurs and helps create community via events and curated introductions.
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IFE Projects Offering Support To Young Fashion Entrepreneurs
Welcome Artist & Photographer Gabrielle Cooper
THECUBE London are pleased to announce “Ubiquity”, an exhibition of photographs dealing with space and presence. Gabrielle Cooper is a young London artist and photographer whose thoughts and work return to recurrent themes: spatial composition and human connections.
Gabrielle’s interest in space, physical space and mental space, began with the reading of city descriptions. She read short articles and booklets describing various places, cities, and spaces. She began to wonder if the place the words allowed her to visit through her mind was the same place she would experience if she was physically present. But how could she visually convey this experience to others?
Gabrielle uses double exposures, repetition, and varying techniques to convey the impression of the space visited and reproduction of its atmosphere. The images not only hold the memory of the space for Gabrielle but act as new words for an onlooker to encourage them to visit the area in their minds. Would it be the same place described if the viewer visited it physically?
We can enter space with our physical presence and mental presence. We can enter any realm we choose. With the use of our minds we have the ability to have Ubiquity.
About THECUBE
THECUBE is a co-working space in East London, which sponsors artists on their first solo exhibition. Each artist is chosen based on their neurological value and aesthetic.
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Notes To The Editor
THECUBE says about Gabrielle’s work “Gabrielle’s work is compelling, thoughtful, and with purpose. She is intelligently combining the perception of space with photography to observer how we perceive and interact with different types of spaces, both in mind and physical presence”
Gabrielle graduated with BA Hons Fine Art at Camberwell College of Art.
This is Gabrielle’s first Solo Exhibition
Gabrielle speaks about her work “It exposes my obsessions with light, shape and repetition and that I often envision myself as many people, all with different interpretations of a space. I then have to compete with my personalities to get their ideas and vision in a photograph which often resolves into something quite scattered and unpredictable.”
What is a Collaborative and Diverse Workspace?
There are a couple of words that we would like to define in regards to who we are.
Collaborative
For us this means a space the hosts individuals who are looking to build a strong knowledge based community. It means that people are open and willing to share knowledge, contacts, and experience to build their business faster and more sustainably.
Diverse
There are many examples on how important extrapolation is for innovation. From the printing press to the airplane they were invented through being exposed to a wide variety of knowledge and systems.
In our space we have members that range in age, industry, gender, and background. They are all learning from each other’s industries and sharing solutions, clients, and opportunities.
The more diverse your knowledge pool the more diverse your ideas and solutions will be.
Workspace
THECUBE is deliberately choosing the word workspace as it is a more open than office space or coworking. For us it refers to both a physical and mental space. Our space uses brain technology to both provide a space that is neurochemically primed but also provide new tools to make better use of our brains.
We are moving to a new ‘humanist economy’ which means that we have to re-learn how to work together, create businesses that offer value, and solve complex humanitarian problems. The old tools, which were used to build the past economy cannot be transferred and we need psychical spaces that encourage the sharing of new knowledge plus brain technology that offers new tools.
THECUBE is a place to learn, collaborate, and grow a sustainable business.
Artic Kiwi Joins THECUBE Coworking Space
Arctic Kiwi are large and experienced enough to take on significant web development projects and offer the full suite of design, consulting, development, hosting and support.
But we’re small enough to always offer a prompt and personalised service to all our clients.
Our smart tools and development techniques mean we offer you the one day challenge plus free SEOconsulting and free hosting
Blue Stern Joins THECUBE Coworking Space
Since 1997 the team have successfully run sales and leadership training programmes and have helped create some of the UK’s top salespeople across numerous industries. Several years and an appearance on Dragon’s Den later, Blue Stern Recruitment was born, with the sole aim to become the market leader in sales and recruitment to recruitment (rec to rec) sectors. Should you and your organisation benefit from talented candidates, do get in touch.
Black Tea Events Joins THECUBE Coworking Space
Black Tea Events is a free venue finding and events management service, based in London and operating throughout the UK and overseas. Whether you are looking to book a dinner, drinks reception, meeting or Christmas party we are there to help. From initial enquiry through to event we can be there every step of the way from venue finding, negotiating costs and helping with entertainment.
Jessica Mills
Black Tea Events
T: 07855 239 716
E: Jessica@blackteaevents.com
W: www.blackteaevents.com
A: The Cube Studio 5, 155 Commercial Street, London E1 6BJ
Coworking at THECUBE London
Coworking has not yet launched in the same way as Europe, so there is still plenty of scope for definition in the UK. One of the main reasons we switched from calling the space a conceptual workspace to co-working was because it gave us clear semantic meaning. We were finding it hard to define what we did in less than a sentence, so when we learned about coworking we were happy to start using the word immediately.
As we continue to observe our members, we are moving towards more purposeful use of the word, it is not just about desks in a space, but a community. And it is not just about ideas but creating sustainable economy. It is not an overnight process but one that we tweak nearly everyday, finding new knowledge, tools, and examples to help provide our members with the best possible space.
We are committed to helping entrepreneurs and feel that it is everyone responsibility to kick start the economy.
Our space also offers the regular office tools like meeting hire, virtual office plans, deskpsace, wifi, etc. however it is the innovation tools and community chat really make THECUBE unique space to work from.
Web Developers Round Table: What Type of Marketing Are You Using?
Every first Wednesday of the month web- developers get together at THECUBE and discuss pressing issues facing their industry. It is a great platform to air problems as well as get feed back from peers. Below is this month’s discussion and some of the points that were brought up. The discussion is led and developed by the team at WeMakeWebsites
- Customer referalls are an easy and powerful way to generate new warm leads that are in a similar market to current customers and that you have domain knowledge of (assuming the referred customer is in the same market as the existing customer).
- No reward required, most people will simply pass on or provide details when asked. They don’t do it without prompting simply because it’s not on their mind.
- Referalls can be asked for informally, verbally at the end of a project, or as part of an end-of-project/feedback form (or both)
- Use LinkedIn to find possible leads in second-order network. Ask for an introduction from people in your immediate network. Set the right psychology, if you expect to receive the expect to genuinely give, people are always more prone to help if they are feeling happy. If you introduce people through your linked in, people will naturally feel inclined to introduce you as well. When asking people for an introduction give a specific reason.
- Attend networking events, not necessarily those related to your industry. E.g. attending a fashion or marine biologist networking event can provide a rich source of new contacts. Increase your ‘luck surface area’ through activities such as this.
- Find a niche, create a story, show that you have knowledge and passion in a given domain and use this as part of a marketing campaign to appeal those within that market.
- Write a book, send it out to a select set of contacts. Shows expertise, is out of the ordinary and provokes interest from the other party. Demonstrates domain knowledge.
- Approach journals in a target industry and offer to write an article on something that you know about. Write objectively so that it doesn’t come across as an ad-vetorial. Make sure you a credited.
- Give away some part of your service for free to let prospects get a taste of how you can help them.
- Umbrellas! On a rainy day this have exposure to a large number of people and, well, everyone needs an umbrella at some point.
- Use social networking tools like Dribbble to promote work without revealing all (either because you’d rather keep the product in stealth mode or because you can’t how all due to NDA). Use this technique on your own website to show work that isn’t launched yet for example.
- Comment on blogs which are read by your clients to spread the word about your expertise.
- Write a list of your most connected contacts and then ask them to introduce you to relevant people. Again be specific about how your service will help.
- Network everywhere as everyone has connections, on the plane, at the gym, book club. Be strategic and find where your clients ‘hang-out’ and engage with them in a more casual level. An article based on networking from CFO of leading company.
About THECUBE
THECUBE is a coworking space which focuses on innovation and enterprise. We help our members by giving them tools top help catalyze great business ideas, which in turn creates innovative and sustainable business.
We also offer the standards of office life such as, desk- space, boardroom hire, fax, photocopying, tea and coffee. We are conveniently located in Shoreditch on Commercial Street E1, so its perfect for City and Creative access.
Meeting Hire At THECUBE Coworking Space
Meeting hire at THECUBE is easy and of great value. We believe in honest pricing, allowing small business start-ups to access a great space without creating a large overhead.
Below are some pictures of the different layouts during the weekday (9am to 6pm). The whole space is also for hire during the weekend and evening (630PM-10:00PM) at 45 / 55 per hour.
THECUBE is located at 155 Commercial Street E1 right next to the city and Shoreditch. The nearest tube station is Liverpool street. If you would like to see the space, please give us a call on 02073779279.
Brainstorm Space Hire
Hours (9:00-18:00): £5 per hour (member) £10 per hour (non-member)
Capacity: up to five seated
Facilities included: Tea/coffee, wireless, event planning
Hours (9:00-18:00): £10 per hour (member) £15 per hour (non- member)
Capacity: up to 12 seated
Boardroom Space Hire
Hours (9:00-18:00): £10 per hour (member) £15 per hour (non- member)
Capacity: up to 12 seated
Facilities included: Tea/coffee, wireless, projector, screen, event planning
Seminar Style Hire
Hours (9:00-18:00): £15 per hour (member) £25 per hour (non- member)
Capacity: Up to 30 seated
Facilities included: Tea/coffee, wireless, projector, screen, event planning
Art & Economy
![Ben's Show 006 [800x600]](http://thecubelondon.com/files/2010/11/Bens-Show-006-800x600-524x349.jpg "Ben's Show 006 [800x600]")
Art is the product of the opinions and a reflection of personality. Where we live and what we are surrounded by builds who we are so therefore Art must be a product of our Economy, right?
The most well known example of this is the Great Depression, where much of the art produced were ridden with politics, and expression-less or saddened faces.
The economy not only plays a part in the context and subject of the Art piece but in how it is actually formed and created. The economy forces an artist to either think outside the box or take their ideas back to the very basics, simplifying them. It can limit, and create controlled brackets in which the work must abide by of is forced to fit within.
For Artists it is easy to become frustrated at what you can not do due to our economic climate, but it is a contribution to our art that should be accepted more. It should be embraced as it is what makes the Art resident to the moment, and expressive not just of the artist but of what surrounds the artist.
Our resident Artist Benjamin Buckley’s paintings describe thoughts of a dream world, a way of escape. It is almost as though he constructs each scene in his head cautiously as to not overload the images. They remind us of objects in our reality as well as letting us (its viewers) to slip into their own perception of its represented ideas. It is as though Benjamin is allowing us to escape the reality of the economy through the lavish and beautiful architecture within the images. His painting Slum-dog Tapestry appears slightly different from his other paintings as its a lot more chaotic and busy but in the middle stands a large grand figure, that almost stands as a means of escape. It resides in the middle of painting pulling us in, distracting us from the chaos.
There is also comfort in knowing that in each of his painting’s there is a finite world, one that we can control, which is soothing and releaving in these types. All of THECUBE members have spent a many a time contemplating and enjoying the work as the tinker away at their laptops.
In our current economic climate with much of the Art funds being cut and many protests currently taking place it will be exciting to see the work that it will inspire and restrict. We may see a new genre of art emerging.
By Gabrielle Cooper resident curator