Free Desk Here Project

On a day to day basis the apt inbox is flooded with requests from aspiring creative designers who are keen to have a taste of the industry pie and we try our best to mentor as many young people as we can. We are glad to see that we are not the only ones. London-based Open Studio Club is launching an international campaign to encourage agencies with a spare desk to offer it to a budding creative. This new initiative is called the “Free Desk Here Project”; instead of using the space as a storage area it could be used as a space to nurture the next creative generation.  

Here are the rules;

• Desks are 100 percent free. There's no charge.
• Guests are there to work on their own projects, not the agency's work.
• Agencies can end things at any point.
• Wi-Fi and other facilities like the kitchen, toilet and windows are included.
• The desk is available only during agency hours.
• Guests should not invite anyone into the agency.
• Meeting rooms are off limits to guests.
• Use of stationery, printers, telephones, etc., are not included.
• Guests might be asked to sign a confidentiality agreement.
• Guests shouldn't play their own music.
• Guests should respect the studio culture.
• Guests should not remove anything from the studio.
• Guest might be asked to meet the agency before being offered the desk.
• Guests should be open to share ideas and talk about their work.
• Guests should be actively working on a project and attend the agency daily.
• The free desk is not a short cut to getting a job at the agency.

Although these rules are suppose to be completely serious, we have found some of them slightly amusing and very obvious! We think this project is brilliant and definitely hope it takes off!